This is why...

[Lollicatt 36]

I want to be able to shoot hoops with my 8yr old son.

I just started my 6 month med supervised plan and plan on having lapband surgery october if this year. I've been thinking about it for several years and have finally made out to a consultation. I don't know why I didn't make it to all the others. I guess I was scared. Now I know 100% that this is something I want to do. I just told my mom and she asked me why I want to do this. I just tried to shoot hoops with my son and I lasted about 5 minutes. Im no basketball player, but still. And he's my step son so I haven't even raised a baby yet. But I want to be able to play basketball with my 8 yr old son; I want to be able to keep up with my babies.

Just felt like sharing.....

Ashley

[NoMoBand 278]

Good for you Lollicatt! I'm not a basketball player because I'm not coordinated enough to run and dribble at the same time. Really! lol Anyhow, before my weight loss I could not run or even walk from basket to basket on the court without breaking into a heavy sweat and my knees would hurt. Well, I've recently attempted to play a little ball and was able to keep up with a couple of teenagers. I still can't dribble and run effectively, but, I can run and block and who knows maybe with alittle more practice I will get the dribble thing down. lol

This decision for me has given me a new life. I also was scared and I actually cancelled the surgery 2 times. I kept telling myself that I could do it without surgery. Yes, I probably could have done it, due to illnesses that were creeping up on me due to my obesity, however, I knew that I would eventually put the lbs. back on and then some. This was my story all my life, with my most successful weight loss story was losing 120 lbs. on the old Weight Watchers program. I put the 120 back on and much more. Keep the positive attitude up.