NanaBeth55
As a child, I was what the old folks called "healthy" sized. I was one of the first to develop and throughout my high school years, while my friends were picking out clothes in the 2s and 4s, I was wearing 14s. I hated PE (loved sports,though) because twice a year we had to get on the scales and the teacher would call out our weight - guess who was one of the heaviest? I married at 19 and went on my first diet so that I could wear my wedding dress. It was at this point when I began to yo-yo. Up and down the scales my weight went. In the beginning, I struggled to stay in the 130s, then I became pregnant with my first child. After he was born, I began struggling to stay in the 150s. Then came my second child and after she was born, I was in the 170s where I stayed for several years. I remember my first liquid diet. It was called HMR (Health Management Resource) and I attended meetings every two weeks (for behavior modification) where I was told how I should eat and what I should eat. I gutted it out for 6 months - nothing but shakes. I lost down to a respectable 140 lbs. Yep, I stayed there for, oh, a week and then my weight started creeping back up. For the last twenty years, I have had three sets of clothes in my closet - fat, fatter, fattest and I can't remember when I wore the same size clothes two seasons in a row. I've been on countless diets - Atkins, Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers, Cabbage, and so many more. Now, I'm fifty. I take medicine for hypertension, hypercholestrol, GERD and lots of tylenol for my knees and I worry about having a heart attack or stroke. I want to finally gain control of my weight - lose the weight but, this time for good. I want to have ONE set of clothes and keep them until they wear completely out - threadbare! I think that having Lap Band surgery will be one of the most important steps I've ever taken toward getting truly healthy. I know that for the first time, I feel like I'll have a weapon of power in my battle.
