saldidacus82

Where do I start? I was always a big kid growing up. I always was chubby my clothes was always husky and my parents kept saying, "he'll grow into his weight as he gets older". Well I kept growing and so did my waist. Growing up in a mexican family we always had and still have great food all the time, its what brings family together. My parents are both immigrants and not as educated as most people they didnt know any better. I loved sports as a kid and still do to this day but we never had the money to get into organized sports. Going into my Junior year of high school I began to work at a Mexican restaurant and for some reason began to shed weight. At my thinest I was 210 which is pretty good for a 6ft kid in High school. I got a girlfriend and we had a baby, I started working as a bartender, began to drink alot and not excersise and 8 years later I was at 291 at my heaviest. So unhappy with myself, the ladies werent looking at me like they used to lol and on top of that I just felt lazy and fat. As luck would have it my job has PPO insurance and for two years while working here at my desk listening to the "1800-getslim" commercials I never called till one day my best friend told me I should look into it. It was may of 09 when I went in for my first consultation and six months later I was getting my lap band put into place. I'm so happy and grateful I had the procedure done I seriously felt like I was just gonna keep gaining and gaining. I'm down 17lbs in a little over 6 weeks which is something I have never experienced before and I'm so excited to see it through. I've even started up on P90x and man I never thought I'd be able to do that. I'm hoping with the combination of those two things as well as watching what I eat I'll have great results in no time. The lap band has changed my life....now if I could only win the lotto lol.