Patricia McManaway
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Hi,
My name is Trish and I am finally having gastric sleeve surgery on the 27th October. I have been going to have this done for the last 5 years and in waiting and thinking about it I have gained an average of 5kg`s each year!
I am 69 years of age and have always considered myself to be over weight even when I was only 60kg`s and now I am 107 kg`s. In the early days I kept my weight under control with the help of slimming pills back then doctors handed them out like lollies as I am a chef I had very bad eating habits grazing rather than sitting down to 3 meals a day. Once I had my 2 children I gave up the slimming pills and things started to go down hill from then on in. I tried every diet there was Jenny Craig, weight watchers, the diet factory and untold different weight loss programs each 10kg that I lost I would gain 12kg until here I am today finally booked in to have surgery.
I guess I will be running out of clothes sizes if I kept going as I am already a 22 only one more size left.
I have been on the optifast program for the last 2 weeks and I am so focused on what lies ahead I know I will be down to a size 16 within the next 6 months.
I now play golf twice a week and go to the gym twice a week so I will be reasonably fit when I have my surgery.
I think writing a blog and reading about other peoples experiences will help enormously.
My name is Trish and I am finally having gastric sleeve surgery on the 27th October. I have been going to have this done for the last 5 years and in waiting and thinking about it I have gained an average of 5kg`s each year!
I am 69 years of age and have always considered myself to be over weight even when I was only 60kg`s and now I am 107 kg`s. In the early days I kept my weight under control with the help of slimming pills back then doctors handed them out like lollies as I am a chef I had very bad eating habits grazing rather than sitting down to 3 meals a day. Once I had my 2 children I gave up the slimming pills and things started to go down hill from then on in. I tried every diet there was Jenny Craig, weight watchers, the diet factory and untold different weight loss programs each 10kg that I lost I would gain 12kg until here I am today finally booked in to have surgery.
I guess I will be running out of clothes sizes if I kept going as I am already a 22 only one more size left.
I have been on the optifast program for the last 2 weeks and I am so focused on what lies ahead I know I will be down to a size 16 within the next 6 months.
I now play golf twice a week and go to the gym twice a week so I will be reasonably fit when I have my surgery.
I think writing a blog and reading about other peoples experiences will help enormously.
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