time4me2be

I have been overweight since the age of 13 - slightly at first but each year began a new plateau.  I actually went through a stage after kids where I was able to lose 60lbs and keep it off for  awhile.  That lasted about a year.  Since then approximately since 1996 my life became crazy, both personally and financially.  My husband and I were going through some rough times and the stress was very bad at home.  In doing so I gained alot of weight and have been a yo yo since losing to some success then gaining again after some time.  Never ending battle.I have heard of Lap Band and even looked into it once but thought that was for bigger people then me.  WRONG - I was big enough just kept trying to fool myself into thinking I could do it by myself.  WRONG again....  I have been on every FAD diet out there including pills, shots, weight-wathcers, jenny craig, atikins and so on.....  I was able to start losing weight on all these diets but was never able to keep it off.My best friend is also a clone of myself going through her weight battles too.  She was looking into LapBand and asked me if I wanted to go on this journey with her and since then we are both on the track to a healtier life.  I'm so excited.  It's alot of prep work but we will be having surgery on July 26th assuming the insurance says yes.  We have completed just about all the requirements and we now have a date for surgery.  I'm so excited and scared.  My whole family is overweight and my brother and his wife also got the LapBand a few months ago and they have around 40lbs each so far.  I'm so happy to go through this with my best friend.My husband (who is the same weight as the day I married him) was a little hesitant and wanted to make sure I really prayed on this and thought it through.  After explaining to him what my reasons were he was supportive and will be supportive I hope after.I have been praying over it for like a year now on and off and feel like I really need to do this for me and my health.  It’s Genetic and God gave men wisdom to perform this procedure to save lives.  I think the benefits outweighs the risks with my family history.  I looked back at all my medical records and I have been struggling at a high weight at least since 1996 and I struggled prior to that but I don’t have the medical records to prove it.  From the age of 13 until now I have been a huge YoYo – I don’t keep it off and the only way is to practically starve myself.  I don’ t have the will power to do thatMy GERD is from being overweightNow I have High Blood PressureMy snoring is from being overweightThe numbness I have in my arms is from being overweightMy joint pain is from being overweightMy Cholesterol is 240AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND READING THIS SITE AND ALL THE WONDERFUL STORIES FROM YOU ALL I DECIDED IT'S TIME FOR ME TO BE ME (TIME4ME2BE) ME......  WISH ME LUCK!  PRAY PRAY PRAY