slh0725
Hi everyone!
My name is Sarah and I'm 21 years old. As long as I can remember I have always been overweight. Growing up, being overweight never bothered me because I was always active and very outgoing, never being afraid of trying new things and I always had great friends and a great loving family. It didn't occur to me until about high school that my weight had really become a problem when I could no longer fit into the clothes I wanted to and started dating, but all in all I was always happy with who I was and I was always comfortable in my own skin. After graduating high school, I decided to go to nursing school and have been going ever since. Nursing school helped me open my eyes about losing weight, and living a LONG, HEALTHY life!! I also remember a specific moment in which I went to the doctors and they told me my weight reached over 300 lbs and it devastated me. I have also seen my own mom struggle with diabetes and struggle with weight loss her whole life and all of these things combined helped me make a PRODUCTIVE CHANGE!!
I had researched WLS for over 2 years before I finally decided that this was the time in my life that I was prepared to go through with finding a surgeon that I felt comfortable with, doing what I needed to do to better myself and my life, and get Lap-Band surgery! I recently had Lap-Band surgery on 2/14/2011 and so far so good!! My highest weight was 339 lbs, my surgery weight was 324 lbs, and just one week after surgery I am already down to 310 lbs! I have stayed educated, I have prepared, and I know in my mind that I can lose weight and be successful, happy and most importantly healthy!
I know weight loss is the hardest thing I will ever accomplish in my life, but it is definitely NOT impossible and I WILL DO THIS BECAUSE I AM WORTH IT!!! 
