lose2live

I went to my first LapBand seminar this week and have decided to attend at least two more seminars with different doctors before making a decision on who will do my surgery.  Note that I did not say "if" I would have the procedure done, but rather who I would chose to perform it.  I am going to do this!  I am a 48 year old female who is morbidly obese with a BMI of at least 50 at 5 ft 2 inches in height.  I am tired of always being tired and out of breath.  Shopping for clothes has become a nightmare (size 22 or 24W pants and 3XL tops).  I have tried non-surgical weight loss methods numerous times in the past to only lose weight, keep it off for about 6 months to a year only to regain it all back plus a few extra pounds.  I am at my heaviest weight ever right now and it's time for a permanent change!  I no longer want to be embarrassed by my size or an embarrassment to my family.  The real wake up call really hit earlier this summer when my husband and I boarded an aircraft to fly to our vacation destination and I went to fasten the seatbelt and had a panic stricken moment when I had to struggle to get the seatbelt to fasten around me!  I wanted to crawl in to the cargo hold and just die!  It did fasten, but was it was simply too embarrassing when I had to look at my husband of 31 years and proclaim, "I don't think this seatbelt is going to buckle!"  It's definitley time for that permanent change........