Lindsayc
Well, where to start... I'm fat! I guess I always knew I was, at least for my entire adult life but I didn't always feel fat. When I was 14 I had to take medication that contained steroids and had off and on for many years. I blame this as my start to obesity but certainly that is not the cause or the reason I have continued to gain weight. I hated having my picture taken and very rarely ever did, nothing worse than the truth staring you in the face over and over again so I just avoided it. Yep I was in denial. My "wow" moment (and not the good wow) came one day while I was sitting on my sons bed with him and happened to catch a glance of myself in the mirror. Holy crap who's that girl? Maybe it's just the way I'm sitting, I readjust..nope it's me...a lot of me... I couldn't believe it, how did I let this happen? Regardless, that was the moment I knew I had to do something and so I began my journey to weightloss, which has been long....... I talked to my doctor and got my referal to Dr. Nohr and so the wait begins. I finally receive a call from his office my appointment was January 12, 2010 awsome! Wait, that's TWO years away. So I wait and use the time to do a ton of soul searching and research to be sure I know what I'm getting into. I must say.. I think the wait was positive for me because I had the time to decide if this is what I really wanted. So January comes and I'm all excited. I went to my pre-surgery class and saw Dr. Nohr later that day. Here we go, it's finally going to happen. I spent about fifteen minutes with him only to be told what I already knew lol..I'm morbidly obese. But the really dissapointment was finding out I didn't qualify for LAP despite the fact that over the last year I managed to lose 30 pounds on my own and it was really really hard work! Now more thinking to do. I leave his office to see his assistant who gave me my surgery date ... January 24, 2011. Another year long wait! I was so close too. So now here I am three months and 16 days away. I've gained back what I lost.. But I found this website which has been a true blessing and full of information. I'm so excited and can't wait to join the losers bench and have that skinny body to match how I once felt on the inside. Not to mention all the health benefits I will get as well. I'm coming to join you all soon, finally I am almost there.
