ok first a small introduction.

I am36 year old stay at home mom of 3 fantastic monkeys aged 7.5 years, almost 3 and a 9 month old We have 3 dogs that add into the mix as well as my in-laws living in the basement.... our world is crazy to say the least but we love it and wouldn't change anything.... Except my weight

I've always been a stalky person so it never really occurred to me that as an adult I would have a weight issue.

as I reached adulthood I became larger and larger with each passing year. When my oldest was 6 months old I took the issue seriously and devoted 5 days a week,2 hours a day to exercise and planned each meal and was very successful. I lost 100lbs this way and was so very proud of myself. This process took about 7 months and at the end of it - my husband divorced me and I was left with a baby and not much else... enter downward spiral..... I tried to find time to exercise but I also had to work and make time for my baby who was now in daycare.

I then found a very loving and caring man, we got married and started our own addition to the family Two babies later I find myself very unhappy weight wise. I have not got the time each day to devote to the gym. It is a full time job keeping up with the kids as I'm sure you all know.

My husband had VSG 6 months before he met me and so I've had a bit of inside to the recovery process but I was very against it as I had just gone through working so hard to lose weight the "right" way.

I am now - after 5 years of being with him, understanding that the surgery helps you get to where you want to be but you still need to do your exercise in order to keep it off... I have time to maintain weight but not time to lose weight... does that make sense?

At any rate I have his blessing to get the surgery done and I'm join in next month (November 2011) to have it done.

Hopefully I'll have all the fears and questions calmed in my mind before I go under the knife