The defining moment you knew

[Nicolanz 1,484]

Wow cyncity, so many exciting new changes in your life! Congrats!

[michelle4873 113]

An another thing, may be TMI but I can't wait to lose my "side boob"! Lol

[cyncitygirl 100]

Wow cyncity' date=' so many exciting new changes in your life! Congrats![/quote']

Nicolanz thanks!! It's exciting! I am so impatient but this sleeve has def given me something to focus on haha. Don't you have a child? How was your pregnancy?

[MrsPiggleWiggle 65]

Being diagnosed w/ pre-diabetes and pre-cancerous polyps. That was it for me. I don't want to die young like both my parents did. My dad ate his way to a massive heart attack, and my mom died of colon cancer just under three years later. I don't have to take meds for co-morbidities...yet...but was diagnosed w/ pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, high triglycerides this summer, along w/ having to have colonoscopies every three years due to recurring pre-cancerous polyps. I'm done. I refuse to look at my kids and admit I choose food over them. I choose them and my husband and life!

[Nicolanz 1,484]

Nicolanz thanks!! It's exciting! I am so impatient but this sleeve has def given me something to focus on haha. Don't you have a child? How was your pregnancy?

2 boys. Overall, pregnancy was good but I'm so jealous of those who get to experience a "skinny" pregnancy. You know, actually look pregnant and not not like a beached whale! Haha

[Itsme! 98]

I was on a mission last year to get healthy. I had a runner-friend coming to town in June and wanted to look ok. Well, I didn't make it. I kept thinking about it a few months, then in October there were a lot of stories in the news about the benefits of wls. I never thought I'd be "one of those people", but it finally hit me. The only way to be successful was to get help. I set up a time to Go to a seminar then have pushed my way through my pre-op requirements. I have one more NUT appt then will sumbit to insurance and set a date. I'm so looking forward to being "one of them/you" soon

[lsereno 2,525]

I found out about VSG and I knew it was for me almost immediately. I was afraid of the bypass surgery and when I found out more about the band, I was afraid of it too. I tried to lose weight for years and was not successful.

I didn't want to face my family and tell them I was dying from a weight-related disease. Having VSG was the "hail mary" of weight loss for me because nothing else I had tried worked.

Lynda

[RWHIT43 9]

I decided something had to change when I saw pictures from a friend's wedding and I could not recognize myself anymore. What I was doing to my body was insane. Something had to give. I was tired of the looks, the comments, the constant feeling of being judged. I know people who have tried all different methods and have had success and failures. I just am hoping this choice works out to be the best for me.

[Hairdoc911 2]

...that it was time to do something about weightloss... Mine was when I wait 1hr in line to go on the superman roller coaster and I couldn't strap all the way in and had to do the walk of shame off the ride leaving my boyfriend on and felt like EVERYONE watched' date=' and then having him feel like consoling me after when all I wanted to do is hide in a closet, that was last time I went to amusement park 2yrs ago[/quote']

It was Superbowl Sunday 2013 when I decided that weight loss surgery was my last hope. I have lost 50 pounds on my own, but could not go any further. 2 weeks prior to Superbowl Sunday I started Insanity and a liquid diet. I was killing myself and determined. I got on the scale the morning of the Superbowl and gained 6 pounds. You could have knocked me over with a feather. I was so depressed and dejected. I have been struggling with this weight thing all my life.

I never wanted to do weight loss surgery because I felt like I would be copping out and that I should be able to lose this weight like all the other people I see. I was so encouraged after my first appointment with Dr. Oliak. He let me know I wasn't crazy and introduced me to the sleeve. I am so excited and can't wait until I get my approval.

[iegal 460]

After failing every fad diet, TV commercial, weight loss clinics, groups and others I was beyond depressed. While I hoped that I could somehow overcome my weight, I secretly KNEW that I needed intervention.

What was the final straw? When my own skinny mother told me "You just need to tape your mouth shut" From my own mom. This is why I stay anonymous still. My mom didn't find out for months that I had had WLS. Didn't tell my dad until over two years out.

I self paid for this surgery here in the US spending a boat load of money. Worth each and every single penny. As I always say...No regrets, I love my sleeve.

[Hairdoc911 2]

After failing every fad diet' date=' TV commercial, weight loss clinics, groups and others I was beyond depressed. While I hoped that I could somehow overcome my weight, I secretly KNEW that I needed intervention.

What was the final straw? When my own skinny mother told me "You just need to tape your mouth shut" From my own mom. This is why I stay anonymous still. My mom didn't find out for months that I had had WLS. Didn't tell my dad until over two years out.

I self paid for this surgery here in the US spending a boat load of money. Worth each and every single penny. As I always say...No regrets, I love my sleeve.[/quote']

I am so sorry. Hurtful words,like that from anyone are excruciating, but when they come from a parent they seem unbearable. I am still waiting to hear from insurance and trying not to be anxious. I can't wait to hear the words "you are approved" and get that confirmed surgery date.

[leeann71 539]

I have so many! The one that hit me the hardest was getting out of the shower and seeing myself naked in the full lenghth mirror:’( . I had not seen my full body in years ofcourse I cried and decided it was time.

[PaperBullets 53]

All of your moments make me cry because I've had those too!

For me though, my moment was when my doctor told me I was "one snickers bar away" from full blown diabetes and the only way the symptoms of PCOS would go away would be if I were to lose a significant amount of weight and if I didn't lose it then I would never have the chance to have biological children. I'm already 32 and my time is running out and it scares me as I always said I would grow up to be a mummy one day.

It does crack me up a little that I'm going for this. Both for admitting that I need help and the fact that I was the one that told my mother (when she got banded 5 years ago) that all we needed to do was to go to WW together and we could lose the weight for real.