JellyBellyNoMore

Hi Everyone - Melanie here, 35 year old female ready to make a change!  I believe the Gastric Sleeve it the right tool to get me where I need to be.  
 
This isn't the first time I have tried to lose weight.  I have even had success multiple times, losing up to 80 lbs one time (only to gain it back and then some).  My lowest weight was 120 pounds. 
 
I think of myself as a healthy fat.  I still take bootcamp classes, still jog stadium stairs, and still work full time on my feet.  I don't have diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, heart disease, or high cholesterol. 
 
However I can't wait to lose this extra weight.  It's exhausting.  I can't comfortably sit in a theater or airline seat, leak pee on myself, can't reach my own feet, can't breath when I sleep, and my joints hurt.  Not to mention that I desperately want to shop in a normal store with normal clothing sizes! 
 
I have been seeing a family therapist who coincidently just had the surgery herself.  She has been so kind to share with me her experience.  She was the one that told me about BariatricPal and encouraged me to use it.