camalamb
I am 26 years old and have considered WLS since I was 19. I have been overweight most of my life and can remember going on diets as early as age 8. I have been successful in the past at losing weight but always struggled with maintaining the loss. I've tried numerous diets Atkins, Weight watchers,South Beach, Slim Fast, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Medifast, Nutra System and can even remember doing Deal-a-Meal by Richard Simmons with my mom as a little girl. I have also been on multiple medications for weight loss including Merida and Phentermine along with several over the counter products, each time losing a little and gaining a lot back. I also tried our local bariatric clinic on 2 different occasions going every month to get the B-12 shoots and taking the prescribed medications and failing. On Nov. 19 2007 despite the worries of family and a steady boyfriend I made a conscience descission to have the surgery (Gastric Bypass) and have been better for it. It has been approx. 3 months since surgery and I am down about 90 lbs will have a definite number of weight loss when i visit my surgeon this week. I am excited but worried that I'll mess up but am trying very hard to follow all the rules and have been working out 5x a week for 2 months now and enlisted the help of a personal trainer hoping to cut down some the amount of saggage once I reach my goal weight. At my highest weight I was 381lbs and am very glad now just to be out of the 300's. Surgery was a serious and drastic decision but one that I'm glad I made
