JakeH

I've struggled with weight since my High School days and Obesity/ morbid obesity on and off for the last ten years. My highest weight around 300 lbs. Five years ago I went on a medically supervised diet and quickly lost about 140 lbs. After that I began to quickly regain my weight leading me to go on another VLC diet, this time with less success over a longer period of time. Each time I gained weight, I would repeat this extreme diet and loose less weight each time. And each time I started gaining weight, I would gain more weight, more quickly than the last. It became obvious that this was not sustainable option for long term health and I was quickly on track to surpass my highest weight. I had hoped I could struggle and maintain a reasonable weight until some long awaited medical breakthrough came along. But having looked at my track record for the last 10 years, I became convinced that continuing that lifestyle another 10 years, while hopefully waiting for the miracle cure, would likely leave me bigger and more unhealthy than ever.  I decided that now was the time to act and Lap Band was the best and least invasive long term tool to help! I'm now on the optifast diet for two weeks preop and then surgery.