milda_vsg

Hi guys!
 
My name is Milda, I am 27 and I live in the UK. I've been overweight since I was about 8 years old or so, gaining weight, losing weight, and finally getting to my highest weight of around 395lbs. 
 
I have never been a fad diet follower, all of my weight loss attempts were me educating myself, tracking what I eat, eating healthy and exercising. For my first big attempt, about 7 years ago, I lost about 80lbs and got me some gallstones in the process. Ouch. After that, things went south and I gained everything back, plus around the same. Over the last years I have learned from my mistakes and tried and tried again. I know people here know how difficult it is to muster up the motivation and strength to start over and over, and how much of a blow to your self worth it is when you ultimately fail yourself. 
 
In 2014 I was diagnosed with quite severe depression and anxiety, I felt horrible, I felt suicidal and I didn't want (and still find it difficult) to go outside or be seen by anyone. I was in a pretty bad place, but then I started looking into bariatric surgery. After reading a lot about it, I liked the idea of the gastric sleeve, because it would give me an extra tool for that one last push to lose this weight. I didn't want anything added to me and I didn't want anything rerouted. I know I can do this if I have some extra help with portion control, and I CANNOT WAIT for the appointment, surgery and my new life. 
 
Anywho, TLDR; I'm hopefully having the sleeve surgery in March/April time, and this time it will work.