I have been flip flopping on whether to have the surgery for 1 - 2 years now. Last year I attended a seminar but then decided that if I could limit my calories to 1000 cal/day and exercise I wouldn't need the surgery. Now here I am almost two years later and I weigh the same or more. I am 5'4'' and 212 lbs. I lost about 22 lbs thru diet and excercise but slowly gained it back. When I met my husband 9 years ago I weighed 142 and he always nags me about my weight. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and found him awake. When I asked why he couldn't sleep he said that he wanted his old wife back. He also said that he never has asked for much and that the most important thing to him was for me to get skinny and get my old self esteem back. It just broke my heart to hear him say that, but worse than that it scares me to death because I am afraid that if I don't lose the weight not only will my health suffer but my marriage also. I have to decided that I have gained so much weight that I have difficulty motivating myself to stick to a program because I feel like I have put on too much weight and my yo yo dieting has only made things worse. I want to believe the GB will work for me sooo bad but I am terrified that if it doesn't that I will feel worse than if I never had it at all. Does anyone know of people that have gained the weight back despite the GB? Please help me make a decision.
