Why Are You Getting Sleeved

[newgrandmother 725]

-tired of the up and downs of weight loss

-want to lose and keep it of

-i feel the sleeve is better than rny for many reasons

-i need this tool to help me control my overeating

[joyful noise 101]

same as above and

- would like to live to see my grandchildren ( whenever my girls get married and decide).

[emily_0192010 168]

I am already sleeved, and here were some of my reasons

- at 19 I was already pre-diabetic

- at 19 I had already done every diet out there

- I knew that I wanted children in the future, fat mommas aren't always able to have children

- I wanted to take back control of my life

- I needed help, the sleeve is a lifelong tool to help me on my lifelong journey

As for why NOW

- I am out of school due to financial reasons, so I have way too much time on my hands (especially with the job crisis, almost impossible to find anything) and figured "why not take care of me for once"

- My insurance covered most of it

- why wait?? I didn't want to wait until I had full blown diabetes or other problems. I didn't want to wait until I was in my 30's, 40's, etc.

Best decision I EVER made!

[COnative 192]

I agree with the above. Isn't it nice to have a solution! I am 38 and I want to live and be healthier. I want my weight to not get in my way with all the things I want to do in this life! Enough is enough! Right?

[uwishtoo 15]

Pretty much the same as above, Fought my weight all my life, was thin for maybe 15 years then right back up and down and up and now that I have hit menopause I am just up and up and up. Plus in the last few years I started my own business and work such funky hours that I know I eat at bad times and I also eat bad things but without this I have no more self control. Most days I work from home and I sit in my jammies - no motivation to get dessed and put maekup on. Before I moved to Arizona 6 years ago I dressed to the 9's every single day, heels and a designer dress of some kind. Now anyone that sees me on my bike in my profile sees how I am usually dressed. I want to look good one last time during my old age lol Unlike what I have seen others talk about I have told people and if someone doesn't like it then OH WELL, not my problem and not their body to worry about. June 28th can't come fast enough

[Lehg520 12]

So many reasons come to mind.

1. My #1 reason is the little girl in my profile pic. My daughter. I can't run around or sit on the floor and play with her. I can't fit in the playground equipment with her but my husband can. I feel very left out of my own child's life. She is also the same age in relation to me as I was to my father and I DO NOT want my daughter to have to go through what I did at the ages I did. My father had his first heart attack at 37. I was 7, my sister was 1) And it was a downhill run after that. No way do I want that to happen. I also don't want to be the "fat mom". I don't want my daughter to suffer because of me.

2. I've been overweight/obese since elementary school. I have pretty much been on a "diet" since I was 10. Obviously, nothing has worked.

3. I have been on cholesterol meds due to high cholesterol for 4 years. I'm only 33.

4. I want to be healthy. I want to show my daughter how to be healthy. I don't want her in the same boat I am.

5. I'm tired of being heavy. I have hit my highest weight at this point and I don't want to go higher.

6. I love roller coasters. I don't fit anymore. My turning point was actually when I had to do the "walk of shame" on one. Humiliating.

NO more! I am taking back control of my weight, my body, my life. I am going to rock this sleeve!

[newgrandmother 725]

uwish i feel you on the dressing when i was smaller i would dress up wear make up and lived. now barely. i want to feel that good again

[newgrandmother 725]

yay lehg. thats right we are taking our lives back

[uwishtoo 15]

uwish i feel you on the dressing when i was smaller i would dress up wear make up and lived. now barely. i want to feel that good again

Even before I gained all the weight back I still changed my lifestyle when I moved here. The first week I was here I was all dressed up and went to the apartment managers office at the place I rented for the first year and she told me within a year I would be dressed like her (flip flops and capris) and I thought NAH! she told me I now lived in the Land of the Frump lol I have 400 pairs of high heels I haven't touched in years. The life as a biker is totally different than my old country club life. Most of the time I LOVE it but I still want the option. Though when I do dress up and don't have a bandana on some of my friends can seriously walk right past me til I say HEY it's me lol Happened a ton of times.

[newgrandmother 725]

wow. so when you lose the weight than what. still flip flops or those SEXY hills

[uwishtoo 15]

wow. so when you lose the weight than what. still flip flops or those SEXY hills

I like the way you think!