lisainphilly
Where to start? I'm a 41 year old mother of three beautiful daughters. I was never "obese" until the past few years. Never really thin either. My adult weight hovered around 170-175 or so, and I thought I was SO FAT. Ha! I'd do anything to get back to that weight again. (except eat right and excersize, JUSK KIDDING!).
I started taking Paxil when I weaned my youngest child. I had some serious panic attack issues and paxil helped tremendously. The only downside? I gained LOADS of weight. Add in a thyroid that went wacky and mix it up with my skewed view of portions sizes (I'm Italian, what can I say?) and what do you get? About a hundred pound weight gain.
So, I've been big now for about five years, and I CAN"T STAND IT! I'm not afraid of excersize, in fact, I'm an avid swimmer, and belong to my local Y. I also have dogs (three Shih Tzu's and a big fat black Lab), who keep me walking.
I've been toying with the idea of WLS for over a year. In fact, I had my initial consult about a year ago. Not one to make rash decisions, I needed to live with the idea for a while, research, let it "marinate" if you will. For a while last year, surgery was not an option since I was on steroids for some other health issues. (talk about meds that cause weight gain! sheesh). But I've successfully weaned off of them and have decided to chug on, full steam ahead. Wish me luck!
