ARauser
I had my surgery on June 21 2007. The decision to have this surgery didn't come easy for me. I have struggled with my weight for the last 30 years. It has been years of dieting, weight watchers, atkins, slim fast, etc. Every time I lose weight I would gain it all back and then some, until I topped the scales at 226. It's a story that everyone is familar with. I decided to look into bariatric surgery about 2 years ago. After much research and soul searching I went to a meeting a Metro Hospital to speak with the surgerons and get general information. It took me a year to go through all the testing required for the surgery. I took my time doing all these tests to make sure I wanted this. After finding out I have sleep apnea, my blood sugars were high and my family history of heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes my decision was easier. It's been 7 months after my surgery and I have no regrets for making the decision I made.
It is now April 3rd, 2018. Since my surgery I have gained and lost weight. My high point has been 193 lbs. I have looked my self in the eye and said " why did you go through the surgery if your going to do this to your self again. I am now on Weight Watchers again. This time I hope to become a lifetime member. I have learned the surgery is only good if you are going to change your eating habits. If you don't do this you will gain the weight back. The one good thing I can say is I never gained back to my highest weight. So here I go again.
It has been a little over a year since I have been here. It is May 21st, 2019. I have been following weight watchers now since April of last year. I am offically dow 34.4 pounds. I have another 8 lbs to go before I reach my goal weight. I have been losing very slowly, I figure I have not put on this weight overnight, it will take me a while to get back to goal weight. So the turtle always wins the race. Maybe I'll check back in a while.
I'll be writing back when I reach goal.
