Finally deciding to take my life back!

I'm 31 years old and have been fat for the past 12 years or so. I struggled with anorexia in high school because my dad was always calling me fat and that if i could pinch an inch I needed to lose weight. He was physically and emotionally abusive to my mom, sisters, and I.

After I got a fiance and started feeling decent about eating in front of him all hell broke loose lol.

I don't know what happened but I kept gaining weight. It was like my body rebeling against me.

I've tried for 10 years or so to lose weight and I'd lose a little and gain even more back. I've tried South Beach, Slim Fast, Weigh****chers, the gym, and more to lose weight and I can't keep it off.

I was talking to a gal at work that just had gastric bypass and I was always one of "those people" that said "I don't need surgery, thats a cop out, thats the easy way out." When in fact I think I was just jealous of them taking control of their weight. The gal I was talking to told me about the sleeve since my only reason for not doing surgery was because I didn't want a foreign object in me and I didn't want my intestines re-routed. It was like a light bulb went off!!!!

I researched everything I could and decided to do it!

I looked up my insurance info and found the Northwest Weight Loss Surgery center in Everet****hey had a lot of great reviews. I didnt' know what doctor to choose so the receptionist picked her fave doc for me. I love Dr. Michaelson. When I went into my consult he told me I was more knowledgable than med students he's seen!!! Makes me feel good lol. (I went to school for medical assisting and I want to be a Nurse Practitioner someday)

I had my first meeting with my nutritionist this week and can't believe how much my portions really were! The size of fruit is supposed to be like a tennis ball....the oranges I buy are huge and so are the apples. I was eating almost 6 or 7 servings of fruit a day! and 2-3 servings of chicken at one meal...

I told my husband I'm going to do this and he supports me although he thought that I was just going to go have my fat cut off...lol...he's silly.

That's exactly how I was....thought it was a cop out...I am strong..I don't need no stinkin surgery LOL
Then I educated myself about VSG and took over two years to think about it...once I made the decision..I never looked back..I just wish they would hurry up and approve me already!

You'll be so glad you did this! I'm only five days out, and I'm sore, but my blood sugar is already dropping, and that alone proves to me that I have made the right decision.

I can't wait to follow your progress! Congrats, and keep us posted!

So excited for you to take this step towards a new you!    I was really educated about the surgery and requested the sleeve over the others.   I have not regretted my decision and I will be 6 months out tomorrow.

Congrats on your decision. Once you have your sleeve you will never regret it.

Felt the exact same way as you about WLS. Once I educated myself, realized it is NOT the easy way out but a tool to help me succeed... I am sooo ready to get going!!