tinaking
Hmmm .....well my story is that I have been over weight all my life, my mother wanted a chubby baby and gave me milk straight from the cow(cream and all). So she got her rolly polly little baby. Well we all know what they say once you get the fat cells they are there forever, so there I am full of "cute" fat cells that got not so cute as I got older.
I am the youngest child of 12 and the largest of them all. There are 9 girls and 3 boys. Other than my brothers being taller than me I am the heaviest. My mom and my sisters can eat anything they want and as much as they want and never gain a pound. I just look at it and its on my waist.
I have tried every diet there is and do pretty well at first and then sneak around and cheat, thats the end of that diet. I will eat however I want for a few weeks then back on some other diet. Every time I gain back everything I have lost plus some. I feel like a drug addict I have to have my food fix. I eat when I'm sad, happy, angry, depressed, bored....etc... My biggest problem is that I never feel fool and I don't know when to stop eating.
Well I will be 40 on July 4th and I had alway said I will lose this weight before I'm 40, well guess what? I'm not gonna lose 130 pounds before July 4th, no way no how. But I can do the next best thing and take a step in the right direction, the direction that will get me to my goal by my 41st birthday. I also have 2 very wonderful daughters that are 15 and 13 and I want to live long and enjoy them and grandchildren someday. I have also taught them my bad way of eating and I am hoping to guide them to a better life style and weight loss of their own.
So, I called my family doctor, went to see him and talked about weight loss surgery. He recamended the lapband and I have done my research and feel that is best for me. I called my insurance and the will cover the surgery. I have set a date to go the the seminar that Dr. Edwards requires as a first step, and I am on my way to a better, healthier me...... even if I will be 40....:)
