harmony11

...I am a woman of wealth and taste. Ok, not really. However, I have been overweight for a long, long time. I am also not necessarily a Rolling Stones fan, but I do like that song. Ah, so now that we have that out of the way, here is my intro: I am married. I have 2 incredibly awesome (and freaking hilarious) kids (3 and 4 years old). I work full-time - sitting on my butt at a desk. I like to read. I like internet forums. I like to spend time with my friends and family. I am an extrovert - more so when I am consuming copious amounts of wine. I also like beer, but tend to avoid that because it makes me feel fatter than I already am. I love to cook and tend to cook healthy stuff. I love love love to entertain and have parties. I am fat. My husband lies and says I am not, but we all know he is lying. It isn't that I don't know how to eat right or that I don't like to work out, I do both of those things. But...I don't do them enough or consistently. I have battled the scale for too many years. Too many. I was in the 230s in high school. I was in the 140s/150s in college (at least for a couple of years). Then I was in the 180s. Then it was the 200s. Then the 230s. Then I got engaged and did crazy diets and got back to the 170s. I got married, I had lots of miscarriages and shot into the 250s. I had 2 kids and hovered. Then I weighed 270 at my doctor's office. It freaked me out a lot. I got denied for WLS a few times. Then I got really pissed off and started doing the right things. I lost about 30 pounds, but then the scale just freaking stalled. Cue the phone ringing and my place asking if they could resubmit me. I said ok, but I will just get denied again. A few weeks later the phone rang again and I was notified that I was approved. SOOOO...here I sit. I am approved. I meet with my doc in 13 days. I have surgery in 23 days (July 19)!!! I am so freaking excited. I also started a bloggity blog. I plan to write about my WLS adventure, my kids, the weather, whatever strikes me at the moment. I suck at blogging, but I am hoping I can stick with it this time. If you have read this far, you are a saint.