GonnagetLite

My name is Christine. I'm 49 yrs old and have spent the majority of my life struggling with food addiction and weight loss attempts. I've been on every yo-yo diet you can think of, and though I have lost 100 lbs about 4 times during my life, I've never been able to keep the weight off for longer than a year. It's finally sunk in that the change of one's lifestyle needs to be permanent, and I have two great reasons. 1) my son is in remission from diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and 2) I have a granddaughter whose turning 2 in a week. I've learned that it's ok to mess up, and more important to get immediately back on track. More importat than anything, LOVE YOURSELFI have been checking out this site for a while, doing much more reading than posting, but now it's time for me to take a more active roll on here. I went through a program at Kaiser called options, and after a very long wait, my surgery is 7 days away! Through the guidance of a wonderful dietician and therapist, I have been able to start the process of a permanent life-style change. I have lost 50 lbs on my own pre-op. I plan to use this surgery as a tool to help control my rather GOOD appetite.What I'm hoping on this site is to obtain information and to give and get tons of support through the weight loss surgery process.