freetoobeme

I have fought my weight all of my married life it seems .I weighed about 145 when we got married 43 plus years ago .I was at the ripe old age of 16. About 22 years ago I started to cut down and cut out certain things and after the first month I had lost 30 lbs Well ,I was only trying to lose 10lbs before I flew to Chicago ,so I was pretty happy when I had lost the 30 instead.While I was in Chicago I picked up about 7 lbs so when I got back home I started right in again with my weight loss .I forgot to mention I was also excercising along with dieting .Walking became my best tool .I started this diet in March of that year ,and by June I had shed 50 lbs Well I joined a gym and went faithfully 3xs a week .On the day's I didn't go to the gym ,I excercised at home and tried to walk 5-8 miles a day .I was feeling pretty good by then .By the end of the summer I had shed 100 lbs . had so much ENERGY !!!!!!!!!!!!! my husband would tell people ,"I can't keep up with her " My husband and I got very close ,whenever he was home he would walk with me and he was watching what he ate also ,so he took off some lbs too .Well 3 years ago I had a Stroke at 56 .I had to learn to walk again and stand without falling ,eat without makeing a mess .I forgot how to use my pc .I couldn't even write my name good .The first two week's after I had the stroke I couldn't talk so anyone could understand me . I had a lot of therepy ,first at home with a theripist who came to my home .She just taught me how to get up from a sitting position and to walk with a walker .Then I went to a special hospital and stayed for 10 day's for therepy every day ,ot ,pt,and a little speech therepy. After about two weeks my speech improved a lot .I can't talk like I use too BUT ,atleast people can understand me .I came home and over this 3 years and a lot of therepy and a lot of fall's and bruises and a broken nose ,I am happy to say I have become a lot more independent.Now I just want to drive again and get myself moving .I drove for 40 years .The bad news is ,I gained 50 lbs between the time I left the rehab Hospital and about 3 month's ago .I was bigger then I've ever been !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and I can't take off on a nice brisk walk or go to a gym ,like I did before .I still have balance issue's . I'm still bruiseing myself up .So ,that takes me to my Lapband Surgery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I went to a seminar about a year before my surgery ,Well ,When they started saying you couldn't have fruit ect ,ect, I told my husband no-way no-how am I going to have that Surgery !!!!!! I can lose this weight on my own .BUT !!!I didn't ,I got bigger and bigger.Finelly,my therepist told my Dr. that she thought that a lot of my balance problem was due to my weight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SO , I went back to another seminar and HERE I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOOoooooo!glad I had it !!!!!!  I highly reccomend it . I am sure it saved my LIFE and the LIVES of countless others .If I had kept my weight off and kept excersizeing,I may not have had that stroke .I hope and PRAY that I can get off some of my med's after I lose more weight .