lisam-OT

My Story? I am married with 2 children, one 24 and one 8, I decided to change my life and my health over 5 months ago and look into getting banded so that I can live to see my kids get married and have babies of their own. I have a lot of orthopedic problems making it very hard to exercise the way I used to 15 years ago when I could cut back on my food intake a bit and start running and lifting weights and essentially whip myself into shape. I have been on many diets over the past 7 years, some have worked for a while with only mininmal losses. I gained it all back and more in times of stress (which is often). This combined with an ever greater sendentary lifestyle, I have become the poster child for poor heart health, and risk for heart disease and diabetes. I am scheduled for surgery in 9 days and am doing the pre-op diet now. I am feeling the need to connect with others to bolster my spirits.I have started my journey and though I am wary of the changes I know will be comming I believe the LapBand will ultimately save my life.