Tracith
My name is Tracy and I just turned 48 years old. My story is so much like everyone else's here so I won't go into a whole lot of detail.
I have a wonderful husband of 26 years and three beautiful (inside and out) children ages 16, 19 & 21. I was skinny when I got married (but thought I was fat since childhood). Started gaining weight shortly after marriage and then piled it on with my pregnancies to an all time high of 269 - I'm 5'5". Ugh!! I LOVE to cook for my family and we are a big-time dinner all-at-the-table kinda family. Family dinners are important to all of us.... so I am slightly concerned about dealing with that after the surgery.
Of course, I've tried everything to lost weight, like weight watchers, diet center, pills, etc. I worked as a nutritionist in a hospital many years ago, took nutrition and diet therapy in university - so it's not like I don't know the right way to eat. I simply have an eating disorder, an uncontrollable urge to eat. Food is my drug, my high, my bestest buddy. My hubby is a real good cook too, and we love to eat together. He can lose weight on a dime, and has always only been slightly overweight, but really, a lot of our relationship has always revolved around food, so handling this life changing event is going to be challenging. Of all the diets and weight loss groups I've joined, there is one group that I must give huge credit too... and that is over eaters anonymous
As I travel through this lap-band journey, I will continue to read their literature and follow their program. I highly recommend it to anyone struggling with a food addiction. I have daily readings that I do, other literature, and although I haven't gone to one of their meetings in a while, I may just go back and see my old friends.
Exceptional Inspirational Quotes discovered on the OH boards:
I was driven by an insatiable sense of hunger before, and the band has liberated me from that. - Shrinkingguy W
