Clefairy

Thank you two so much for your input! My dad has been following the thread and I'm sure he much appreciates your responses - almost as much as I do. <3 I look forward to having this done. I understand it's a lifestyle change, and I'm actually happy about that because, let's face it, I need it! Again, thank you!

Hi, forum people! I'm new to the whole scene here, and I just wanted to get some opinions on how this whole thing is going to roll. I'm 18, 4 feet 11 inches, and near 240 pounds. I have been talking to my Belite case supervisor, Teri, and am working on getting a passport card for my trip to Juarez for surgery. I'm hoping that my new sleeve will be the beginning of the end of my (way too long) weight-loss journey. When I was in eleventh grade, I went to Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas, a weight loss-dedicated school in the mountains of North Carolina. There, I had three physical activity periods a day, as well as a low-fat-no-fat diet. We were constantly supervised and not allowed any electronics at all (cell phones, tv, movies, mp3 players). I was there for 8 months and lost 56 pounds; I was around 160-ish when I left the school. This branch of Wellspring has since been shut down. I gained all the weight back within a year due to their teaching me the skills in an extreme environment. Prior to Wellspring, I did Jenny Craig. That. Was. Horrible. The food made me hate eating every day and my mom, who was doing it with me, would often sneak frozen pizzas into the house to curb our voracious appetite for non-horrible food. Needless to say this did not last long. AFTER Wellspring I had a personal trainer and a dietician who tried to help me maintain weight loss. Failure. Even later, I went to an eating disorder clinic which was intensive therapy for seven weeks. I was taught better eating habits there, but no weight was lost and I still continued to gain even after. Then I went to college, which we all know doesn't help anyone. I ended up coming home due to my ill health. So here I am! My parents are working on getting the surgery working for me, but my dad is still not fully convinced that VSG is right because of the lack of long-term data. I don't really have too many questions, but I would really appreciate anyone that could put forth some details as to what it's done for you to convince my dad (and inform me more) that this is the right thing to do.