triciaann

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For some strange reason my will power seems to disappear at 6 weeks after the start of a diet. Because of this blip in my self control as well as having no restiction yet I'm fighting not to overeat. It seems to be working so far. I get my first fill Friday and hope it helps a little bit. Incisons finally are healing after a round of antibiotics and I'm happy that I made the right decision and still feel like this will really work to help me become a much heathier weight.

I am three months post op and I'm down 19lbs. I really think I still have some swelling from surgery because it is easy to eat band size meals now that I am off of liquids. I'll be on mushies for another week and will be interested to see how whole foods will go down. I'll be starting regular exercise this week so hopefull the scale will continue steadily down for a while longer. No regrets , just excitement!

But my family was obese as well and we seemed perfectly fine until I started school. Needless to say the self loathing began . Like everyone of us here I tried everything from diet pills to adkins and beyond. But unlike a lot of you I never could lose more than 25 lbs, much less keep it off.  I have friends and family that love me, but I just don't love myself. But that is going to change. I'm doing this for me .

I'm 56 years old 4'10 and weigh 210. My highest was 220. My joints and feet hurt all the time and I should buy stock in Advil. When I started this process March 25(seminar). I thought I would be banded by April and be down 25 or 30 lbs by now. What a surprise I had! But I won my insurance appeal, have all test finished and my pre-op appointment made. From there Dr Tanner's nurse says it will be 2 or 3 weeks from that appointment. I'm so grateful for the things I have learned from this board and hope to contribute in meaningful ways real soon. Like alot of you I retired from teaching (very early) and went on to interior design and selling antiques. I have been married to my high school sweatheart for 35 years. We were not able to have children , but we have some dear young friends that have a two year old that we claim as our grandchild. What a joy she is to us. So I'm still in a holding pattern, but hope to join you losers sometime in Aug.