I actually did it!

My mother has had the LAP-Band® for two years(august) and shes always told me that i should look into having the procedure. I always blew it off, saying that I can lose the weight myself and I'm just not trying very hard. Well over the summer, I just got tired of being overweight and not being able to really enjoy my college years and doing things that I felt that i should be doing. So I decided that, yes, the LAP-Band® was good for me, and its not about me trying hard, but maybe trying hard isn't good enough, maybe i need that boost the band gives us. So last Friday [9-24] I went under the knife, and got my band.

So far, I've not decided if I'm truly happy or not. I've had some difficulties with malnutrtion and dehydration. But i'm slowly working on getting my strength up to what it needs to be so that I can start exercising and becoming the person that I know I can be, and deserve to be!

-Bailye