sunnyblue1971

I've been heavy most of my life (thanks puberty ;-P), but after I got married to a man who was 6'4" and didn't have to watch what he ate, I started to gain weight rapidly.  I went from 180 to 250 in 3 years.  I had my daughter in 2000 and weighed 275 when she was born.  I went on my first of many forays into Weight Watchers and lost 70 lbs in 6 months and kept it off for almost 2 years.  I lost my long time job in December 2002 and immediately started to put back on weight.  By the time my son was born in 2004, I weighed 295 (my all time high).  I did yet another round of Weight Watchers and managed to lose 75 lbs and kept it off again for almost 2 years.  At the end of 2007, I filed for divorce from my husband and the downhill slide (or should it be up?) began - I reached 290 lbs in Sept 2009.  I had been casually looking into Lap Band since 2005, when I was diagnosed with sleep apnea among other issues.  This time around I decided to go for it - I mean, heck, I'd already divested myself of 240lbs of useless fat (yes, the X)!  My surgery was on 10/20/09, and I have lost 23 lbs since then.  I am having some trouble with hunger, but I try to manage what I'm eating by doing it slowly (hard for someone who's used to wolfing down a meal in the 15 minute interval of a Sponge Bob cartoon).  Will keep posted.Christy