melcat

I am a 30 year old wife and mother of 4 beautiful children. I weighed about 120lbs from the time I was 13 until I had my first daughter at the age of 18. Even after her birth I went down to 135lbs and stayed that way for the next 4yrs when I had my second daughter. It wasn't until I had my son that I hit over 200lbs that devistated me. For the next 7 years my weight yo-yoed up and down, but never under 175, and after I had my forth child I hit my all time high of 240lbs. My asthma was worse then ever and I had beginings of sleep apnea. That coupled withe fact that I started voiding myself from family pictures was my breaking point. I refused be be riddled with disease and erase myself from history because i was "fat". At that point I started on my journey with WLS, I had Lap-Band surgery on september 17,2011. My weight on the day of surgery was 240lbs and as of today 5/15/2012 I weigh 177lbs. My goal is to weigh between 140-150lbs and most of all to be healthy! I am excited to be apart of Lap Band talk; to give and receive support from other lap banders has helped me a great deal. Good luck to all my fellow banders and may we all reach and maintain our goals