My Story with Gastric Bypass

[stasonbtff 18]

Hi everyone!

My Story is pretty boring. I had thought about weight loss surgery for years, but figured I could lose the weight on my own. I mean I gained it on my own, it should be pretty simple. My husband and I were high school sweethearts, we married when I was still in high school (2 weeks left) He had graduated the year before. I am 5 "4 and I weight 145. A decent weight for my height. i was involved in many sports. After high school I stared a sit down job, but kept eating like when I was an athlete. Soon I started gaining a little weight. But my husband was fine with it. the next thing I know I weight over 200 lbs. I could not even believe this happened, and when?! I tried so many, many diets, some with results that never lasted long, others didn't work at all. Next i know I am pregnant. I quite worrying about weight and concentrated on my baby. A few months after her birth, I weighed 230. Again, the diets started,gain then loss, gain then loss. I shot up to 280. My brother was in college at this time and he lived with us in the summers and on holidays. He was majoring athletic training/sports medicine and a minor in nutrition. While he was home, he made a structured diet and workout plan for me. It worked! I was down to 240, and doing well. But, once he graduated and moved out. I maintained for awhile but then shot back up to 272.

Finally, a friend had the sleeve surgery. I had never heard of it. She talked about and I hee hawed around about the surgery for 2 years. By, this time my daughter was 15, and I could tell she was somewhat embarrassed of my weight. I finally looked into the surgery seriously in August of 2013. My surgery was May 8, 2014. I am a little over 1 and 1/2 months post surgery and I have lost 45 lbs. so far. I am at 217. It has been over a decade maybe tow since I have weight this little. I have a ways to go still.

At first, and still I have a hard time, especially with the Fluid and Protein intake. But, I am getting there. My husband and daughter have been amazingly supportive and sometimes harsh, to get me motivated, to exercise. It is exactly what i need some days. I only wish I would have done this surgery sooner. But, my daughter and me are having a great time clothes shopping for me. Again, something new for us. I was so embarrassed before I only bought clothes on clearance or rummage sales, and never in front of my family.

So there is my boring story of my journey so far!

[DarbiMolly 188]

Your life story is not boring! Congratulations for taking the steps and so happy you have a great support system!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Your story sound great to me. I know the years were hard as you struggled, and they will continue to require effort, but you are doing good. Epic, even

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

Hurray for you!!!!! Never too late!

[Sleeveless in seattle 208]

Your title says you had bypass but your profile says sleeve.which did you have? Sounds like you're doing great so far!

[stasonbtff 18]

_{I did have the Gastric Sleeve, I just didn't add that in the title.}