threegirlson7
My story........hmmmmm. Probably not all that interesting or unique. Basically, I have tried every diet out there and I have purchased every diet book ever written. I have had a lot of success losing weight, but I have never kept the weight off. I have had "skinny" times and "fat" times, and I relate almost everything that has happened in my life to a "skinny" or a "fat". I wake up in the morning thinking about food. Whether I am dieting and strong, or pigging out and weak....it is always about the food. The heaviest I have ever been was 240. ( I am 5'9" tall so even at that weight I wasn't considered morbidly obese), but I looked terrible and felt even worse. So I got a LapBand. Like every other diet, this too failed. The band slipped! I lost 75 lbs but had to have emergency surgery to get it remove. (By the way, that is the most PAINFUL situation I have ever gone thru - including childbirth and a colonoscopy with little sedation!) The slipage was in August of 2006. So here I am, just 14 months later, and I have put 40 lb back on! My current BMI is approximately 30. In desperation, I decided to get another band (feeling terribly guilty because I am a self-pay) but in the process I discovered the gastric sleeve. So.....after lots of research, worrying, etc., here I am waiting for my sleeve. Oct. 16th, 2007 with Dr. Joya in Puerta Vallarta. Hoping this is finally my LAST DIET!
