Jojeki
I have always been overweight since I can remember (chubby toddler too). As a child I was teased through grade school because of my weight. Back then girls clothes did not come in plus sizes so my mom had to buy my pants in the husky boys section. How embarassing and degrading.
I have tried different medications and have also tried the Atkins diet with limited success. The first time I lost 55 lbs in 6 months and managed to keep it off for another 6+ months, only to gain it back again and then some. The second time I did a limited Atkins diet while exercising 3 x a week. I lost 41 lbs in 5 months and would have kept going with the weight loss had I not gotten into a car accident in 2008. Between the limited mobility and the medications I was on I could not exercise and my weight slowly crept back on. I have also had gym memberships, which I did use and would do cardio on the treadmill, swimming and weights. Again, the results were minimal or would not stabilize.
Since 2008 I have tried several times to diet without success. I have managed to stick to a goal of no eating after dinner, so that is a plus. I was taking Zumba classes (which I love) for several months but got discouraged that I was getting too exhausted after a few minutes. I got up the motivation to start the classes again, but unfortunately the day before the class I sprained my ankle (6/6/10) and don't want to chance it too soon until it is fully healed.
I attended a WLS seminar in the fall of 2009 and was told by the surgeon that he could not do the RNY because 5 years ago I had a Nissan Fundoplication surgery. He referred me to Dr. Lautz in Boston, MA for a consult. Unfortunately it took from October to June just to get to see him. During the course of that time I have been reading online the expectations of what the RNY surgery would do for me and my future. If you asked me last year would I do the RNY? Absolutely not, but now that I have seen the results my daughter has had and talked with her about her experiences, it has taken the fear of the unknown away. So when the surgeon's office asked if I wanted to proceed, I was all for it!
