vikkihayward
I have always been overweight since I can remember. I was average with a slight bit of pudge until I hit about 20 then the weight slowly started coming on. I bounced around diets and lost weight and gained weight just like everyone else. When I quit smoking I really packed the weight on, being married didn't help either. You get that comfortable feeling and seem to lose control of your body. I was doing really well with weight loss in 2004 then I found out I was pregnant. It was the best thing that ever happened to us as a family and to me emotional but it turned out to be one of the worst things to happen to me health wise. Over the period of 9 months of pregnancy I developed high blood pressure, gestational diabetes; pre-eclampsia then they noticed something was wrong with my heart. I was hospitalized a gazillion times and put on bed rest for 3 months (even though I still pulled about 60 to 70 hours a week at my job via laptop). During birth I basically had a heart attack. After my son was born we started extensive testing to find out what happed and is happening.
It was discovered I have a complete left bundle branch block which in basic terms means the left side of the electrical system in my heart no longer functions. It causes your right side to work a lot harder, can get your heart all out of rhythm and eventually I will need a pace maker to keep things right.
The problem is I am not allowed to get my heart rate up past a certain level and because I am overweight when I barely exercise it goes past that safe level. But I need to lose weight for my health so where do you go from there?
I am hoping to get a lap band to help me get the weight off, I can't seem to do it myself and every diet has failed. I have no will power and seem to be hungry 24/7 I never really feel full.
I want so bad to get this weight off, if I don't I will not be able to have another child and I may not be around long enough to watch my son grow up.
