Amberbelle

[b][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][size=4][color=#006400]Hi my name is Amberbelle,im 28yrs old and a wife and mother to 2 loving children. I had my Lapband surgery in Oct2010. My starting weight was 260pds, im 5'7tall..from Oct2010 to july 2011 i had went down to 211pds. in mid-july 2011 i found out i was 6wks prego. i went up to 239pds at 9months.i gave birth in March 2012 to healthy 7pds 3 ounces baby girl. i now weight 222pds..my goal weight has always been to be 135pds. my story begains,i have a mother whom is 330 pds and is 4'11 in tall. growin up we were told to eat all our food,we were never in sports. i was a thin kid,but by age 9 i gain weight,i was like 147pds..by age 14 i was 167pds,by age 21 i was 201 pds..i went up to 248 while prego with my 1st child,then i droped to 222pds. in 2007,2008 and 2009 i miss carried 3 babys..my weight bloom to 248pds.. by mid 2009 i was 255pds..i went to see many docters because my health went bad. i found out in sep 2009 that i had infected ulcers,3 high hearnias,chronic asthma n brocities,sleep apnia and a heart problem,this realy frightn me!!!!! i was only 24yrs old!! i was told by my primery docter to look into lossin weight, i did tryed for 6months,and nothing happen..it was difficult. so my docter told me to look into lossing weight with weight loss surgery,and i did look into it and went to the ceminar,and did all that was requierd, finaly on oct 2010 i had my surgery, my weight at the time of pre surgery was 260pds...once i had the surgery i lost with in the 1st 5days 12 pds!! wow i was amazed, i also got full very fast...and as time passed i keept lossin 3 to 5pds a month,then 5 to 6 pds. i was feelin healther,my asthma got better,my back n left leg didnt hurt as much...my sleep apnia presure went down..i was gettin better n lossin weight n goin to the gym..i was sooo proud of myself,but i was in shock to become prego out of the blue..we werent even trying!! my pregnacy was difficult,but not becuz of the lap band,but becuz of other pregnacy health issues. Im so proud to say i had a healthy baby. shes 2 months. i havent gotten my lapband injections,so i havent gain or lost weight, but this fri june1-12 i will be gettin my 1st injection...so im very x-cited., i cannot weight to get bk on track to loss weight n workout.. i plan to drop 20more pounds ,because i like to get prego for the last time and have another baby soon,and after that baby i want to loss all the weight and go down to between 145-135pds. After that i think i will be 100% healthy and happy...well this is a few lines of my life. i hope my story helps others understand why i did this surgery,mostly becuz of my mother and i, my mom has every illness u can imagen, lupus,in large heart,heart dieses,dvt,infasima, and many many more illnesses do to her weight,my mother motivated me and begged me to save my life, she said look at me im ur mirror if u dnt get help...so i tock my mothers advice,saddly she cant have the surgery herself, she has a 97% chance of dieing at the time of surgery.so she lives day by day.i did this surgery for me,for my mother,for my children,becuz if i dnt take care of me,then i cant take care of my love ones,well once again,these is alittle about me, if u have any questions...pls ask =)[/color][/size][/font][/b]