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[Julianne 0]

Hi everyone. :thumbup: I am Julianne and I am heavier than I've ever been. I will be 36 next month and am really feeling that I'm less mobile than ever. It's very subtle, but walking hurts my feet and lower back with the extra weight I'm carrying.

I have PCOS and UARS which is a form of sleep apnea. My A1C was a little elevated at my last dr appt and he sent me to a really skinny dietician that told me to balance my carbs. :biggrin: The only diet that has really worked for me was Atkins, but I think that was a stinky and unhealthy diet.

Here's my thing, though.

I mentioned the Lap Band to my doctor a few months ago (at the appt that he gave me to the dietician) and I think that over time he's been sort of giving me the right diagnosises (diagnoses?) to get this approved through my Blue Care HMO.

I guess my thing is.... and can someone help with this.... I feel like I'm giving up on diets. I know I haven't been able to stick with it.... I feel lazy about it.... it hurts too much to do a lot of exercise in my joints and I know that is 100% because of my weight. I've done low fat, low carb, no carb, no sugar, vegan, weight watchers, grapefruits, Soup diets.

I quit smoking after 20 years (yay me!) with Chantix and I have probably put on 15-20 lbs since then (it will be a year in June) and I'm sure that is part of why I got bumped up a little. I guess seeing the 200 coming closer on the scale (at 5'1" or so) has been my wake up call.

I want to feel better. I don't want diabetes. My cholesterol and BP are ok for now miraculously.

I've had fertility problems that I don't want to get into unless someone wants to hear them but it's been a long, expensive, and sad struggle and I think weight loss could help with that, too.

So hello... and what do they want to hear in a psych consult?? What are the right things I need to say? I realize it's going to be work. I need to change. And I'm not doing well trying to lose weight on my own.

Help!

[Astrasmom 1]

Hi everyone. :w00t: I am Julianne and I am heavier than I've ever been. I will be 36 next month and am really feeling that I'm less mobile than ever. It's very subtle, but walking hurts my feet and lower back with the extra weight I'm carrying.

I have PCOS and UARS which is a form of sleep apnea. My A1C was a little elevated at my last dr appt and he sent me to a really skinny dietician that told me to balance my carbs. :thumbup: The only diet that has really worked for me was Atkins, but I think that was a stinky and unhealthy diet.

Here's my thing, though.

I mentioned the LAP-BAND® to my doctor a few months ago (at the appt that he gave me to the dietician) and I think that over time he's been sort of giving me the right diagnosises (diagnoses?) to get this approved through my Blue Care HMO.

I guess my thing is.... and can someone help with this.... I feel like I'm giving up on diets. I know I haven't been able to stick with it.... I feel lazy about it.... it hurts too much to do a lot of exercise in my joints and I know that is 100% because of my weight. I've done low fat, low carb, no carb, no sugar, vegan, weight watchers, grapefruits, Soup diets.

I quit smoking after 20 years (yay me!) with Chantix and I have probably put on 15-20 lbs since then (it will be a year in June) and I'm sure that is part of why I got bumped up a little. I guess seeing the 200 coming closer on the scale (at 5'1" or so) has been my wake up call.

I want to feel better. I don't want diabetes. My cholesterol and BP are ok for now miraculously.

I've had fertility problems that I don't want to get into unless someone wants to hear them but it's been a long, expensive, and sad struggle and I think weight loss could help with that, too.

So hello... and what do they want to hear in a psych consult?? What are the right things I need to say? I realize it's going to be work. I need to change. And I'm not doing well trying to lose weight on my own.

Help!

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To be honest, you are giving up on diets if you get the lapband. Why? Because the lapband isn't a diet, it's a lifestyle change. It's a tool that will help you lose the weight and keep it off. I was just like you. I tried every diet I could think of. They worked...for awhile, and then I gained it all back and then some because I got tired of the same routine over and over again. The Lapband is different. It allows me to eat foods but in way small portions. And I don't deprive myself of the better things once and awhile. Like a tiny piece of cake or a cookie. Which is what I was deprived of before and ultimately failed. I also quit smoking 11 years ago after smoking for 1 years with the help of a pill. I went through a nasty divorce. Went through open heart surgery. And got married again. If that's not enough stress to kill someone, I don't know what is. Needless to say I gained alot of weight. My highest was 304lbs and I am 5'6" tall. I finally realized that after much soul searching and research that I couldn't do this on my own anymore. And if I didn't do something different I was going to die. So I decided to get the lapband. And I am so glad that I did because I have lost more weight with the band then I have with any other diet I've tried. And the great thing is I am keep it off. Oh yeah and I didn't mention that I also have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine too. I have to call for an appointment for another study because I think I'm ready to come off of it. I was also borderline everything, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, fatty liver..etc. All of that is normal now.

In my phsyc consult he just asked me how my current family life was. What my life was like growing up. And why I wanted to get the lapband. It took about 15 minutes. They are trying to determine that you are doing this for the right reasons. Just be honest and answer the questions that he/she asks you.

Good luck and I hope that some of this has helped you.

[Julianne 0]

Thank you for your response. :thumbup:

Just like with quitting smoking and needing help, I'm realizing that I can't do this on my own anymore. I don't know if it's a food addiction or what, but I do think that I eat *healthy* foods.... I just also eat unhealthy foods sometimes.

I guess I just don't think I'm "that big" but I know that it affects my self-esteem big time. And I know it affects my fertility. And just giving me some Metformin to try to regulate my ovulation isn't going to cut it for me.

I just worry that my doctor will say "well we don't think that you tried hard enough at dieting...." If he looked in my cupboards and saw the different crap I've accumulated over the years (Nutrisystem, WW, Slimfast, Jenny C anyone?) then it would be pretty obvious. :thumbup:

[Julianne 0]

I'm reading your blog now, btw. :thumbup: