Eli

Mine was 27. It's getting better. Just have high expectations

I am down to 325.

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I'm new to this forum. I did do a little bit of browsing before deciding to post. I have to say that I love the wealth of information that is shared. There is so much valuable information here! I can't wait to hear more about people's experiences and also share some of mine.
Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself a bit. In less than a weeks time I will be 30, I live in Houston, Texas. I have always been overweight all my life. My mom says that every since I turned 1 year of age and she took me off the formula, I've been overweight. Always been bigger, taller, fatter, etc than most while I was growing up. I never thought that in my life I would ever be thin or even be at a healthy size. Once I reached adulthood, I just kind of gave up on the notion of being a healthier size. Instead, I decided to love who I was. Sure, i still got depressed and hated myself on those bad days, but for the most part I did truly love myself as a big woman. I accepted it. At times I would decide that I need to do something, I'd lose ten lbs here, twenty lbs there. I even managed to lose 40lbs with weight watchers, which was the most I have ever done! But ofcourse, not only would I lose but eventually I'd gain it all back, plus more. It seemed like each year I gained between 20-30lbs a year!
I finally reached to the point I was too unhappy with myself. I was missing out on too many things that I wanted to do. I was 28 years old and I had reached my max of 465lbs, I often ask myself, how could I have let myself gain so much weight? In the following year, I hadn't really changed my eating habits but I did become a bit more active.. not much.
Being around 450-460, I started losing a lot of confidence in myself. My unhappiness became more unbearable. Didn't help that at 27/28 I had been diagnosed with borderline diabetes and eventually was put on high blood pressure meds. I didn't want to be sick.
When I was 21 I had tried to get wls with the doctor's of Big Medicine (but ofcourse, back then, there was no such thing as a show called Big Medicine until years later when I turned on the tv and voila.. the doctors I consulted with were on TV lol), but that was put to a halt because I didn't have the funds, nor did my parents and there was no guarantee that the insurance would cover. Well there went that idea. When I finally got insurance on my own when I got a "real job" after graduation in 2008/2009, I thought I'd give it a try again. Only this time come to find out, my insurance had an exclusion for any kind of wls. That was such a bummer. Finally for this year, my company changed insurance companies. I was so happy to learn that they did in fact cover wls, provided I did the 6 month diet and I turned in all paperwork needed.
In Feb of this year, I went for my first consult with the surgeon. I was happy yet at the same time I was a bit discouraged. On that day, I weighed in at 454 and I am 5ft6.5 tall. The surgeon said that along with all the testing and clearances from doctors I had to lose 70lbs. That was just so hard to hear.. but I was determined. By the end of the six months diet program program and my preop appt I had lost exactly 100lbs!!!
My surgery date was on November 5th! I had waited a while for a date.. that next thing you know... it was here and now I am three weeks post op!

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I'm new to this forum. I did do a little bit of browsing before deciding to post. I have to say that I love the wealth of information that is shared. There is so much valuable information here! I can't wait to hear more about people's experiences and also share some of mine.
Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself a bit. In less than a weeks time I will be 30, I live in Houston, Texas. I have always been overweight all my life. My mom says that every since I turned 1 year of age and she took me off the formula, I've been overweight. Always been bigger, taller, fatter, etc than most while I was growing up. I never thought that in my life I would ever be thin or even be at a healthy size. Once I reached adulthood, I just kind of gave up on the notion of being a healthier size. Instead, I decided to love who I was. Sure, i still got depressed and hated myself on those bad days, but for the most part I did truly love myself as a big woman. I accepted it. At times I would decide that I need to do something, I'd lose ten lbs here, twenty lbs there. I even managed to lose 40lbs with weight watchers, which was the most I have ever done! But ofcourse, not only would I lose but eventually I'd gain it all back, plus more. It seemed like each year I gained between 20-30lbs a year!
I finally reached to the point I was too unhappy with myself. I was missing out on too many things that I wanted to do. I was 28 years old and I had reached my max of 465lbs, I often ask myself, how could I have let myself gain so much weight? In the following year, I hadn't really changed my eating habits but I did become a bit more active.. not much.
Being around 450-460, I started losing a lot of confidence in myself. My unhappiness became more unbearable. Didn't help that at 27/28 I had been diagnosed with borderline diabetes and eventually was put on high blood pressure meds. I didn't want to be sick.
When I was 21 I had tried to get wls with the doctor's of Big Medicine (but ofcourse, back then, there was no such thing as a show called Big Medicine until years later when I turned on the tv and voila.. the doctors I consulted with were on TV lol), but that was put to a halt because I didn't have the funds, nor did my parents and there was no guarantee that the insurance would cover. Well there went that idea. When I finally got insurance on my own when I got a "real job" after graduation in 2008/2009, I thought I'd give it a try again. Only this time come to find out, my insurance had an exclusion for any kind of wls. That was such a bummer. Finally for this year, my company changed insurance companies. I was so happy to learn that they did in fact cover wls, provided I did the 6 month diet and I turned in all paperwork needed.
In Feb of this year, I went for my first consult with the surgeon. I was happy yet at the same time I was a bit discouraged. On that day, I weighed in at 454 and I am 5ft6.5 tall. The surgeon said that along with all the testing and clearances from doctors I had to lose 70lbs. That was just so hard to hear.. but I was determined. By the end of the six months diet program program and my preop appt I had lost exactly 100lbs!!!
My surgery date was on November 5th! I had waited a while for a date.. that next thing you know... it was here and now I am three weeks post op!

I am down to 325.

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I'm new to this forum. I did do a little bit of browsing before deciding to post. I have to say that I love the wealth of information that is shared. There is so much valuable information here! I can't wait to hear more about people's experiences and also share some of mine.
Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself a bit. In less than a weeks time I will be 30, I live in Houston, Texas. I have always been overweight all my life. My mom says that every since I turned 1 year of age and she took me off the formula, I've been overweight. Always been bigger, taller, fatter, etc than most while I was growing up. I never thought that in my life I would ever be thin or even be at a healthy size. Once I reached adulthood, I just kind of gave up on the notion of being a healthier size. Instead, I decided to love who I was. Sure, i still got depressed and hated myself on those bad days, but for the most part I did truly love myself as a big woman. I accepted it. At times I would decide that I need to do something, I'd lose ten lbs here, twenty lbs there. I even managed to lose 40lbs with weight watchers, which was the most I have ever done! But ofcourse, not only would I lose but eventually I'd gain it all back, plus more. It seemed like each year I gained between 20-30lbs a year!
I finally reached to the point I was too unhappy with myself. I was missing out on too many things that I wanted to do. I was 28 years old and I had reached my max of 465lbs, I often ask myself, how could I have let myself gain so much weight? In the following year, I hadn't really changed my eating habits but I did become a bit more active.. not much.
Being around 450-460, I started losing a lot of confidence in myself. My unhappiness became more unbearable. Didn't help that at 27/28 I had been diagnosed with borderline diabetes and eventually was put on high blood pressure meds. I didn't want to be sick.
When I was 21 I had tried to get wls with the doctor's of Big Medicine (but ofcourse, back then, there was no such thing as a show called Big Medicine until years later when I turned on the tv and voila.. the doctors I consulted with were on TV lol), but that was put to a halt because I didn't have the funds, nor did my parents and there was no guarantee that the insurance would cover. Well there went that idea. When I finally got insurance on my own when I got a "real job" after graduation in 2008/2009, I thought I'd give it a try again. Only this time come to find out, my insurance had an exclusion for any kind of wls. That was such a bummer. Finally for this year, my company changed insurance companies. I was so happy to learn that they did in fact cover wls, provided I did the 6 month diet and I turned in all paperwork needed.
In Feb of this year, I went for my first consult with the surgeon. I was happy yet at the same time I was a bit discouraged. On that day, I weighed in at 454 and I am 5ft6.5 tall. The surgeon said that along with all the testing and clearances from doctors I had to lose 70lbs. That was just so hard to hear.. but I was determined. By the end of the six months diet program program and my preop appt I had lost exactly 100lbs!!!
My surgery date was on November 5th! I had waited a while for a date.. that next thing you know... it was here and now I am three weeks post op!

I am down to 325.

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I'm new to this forum. I did do a little bit of browsing before deciding to post. I have to say that I love the wealth of information that is shared. There is so much valuable information here! I can't wait to hear more about people's experiences and also share some of mine.
Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself a bit. In less than a weeks time I will be 30, I live in Houston, Texas. I have always been overweight all my life. My mom says that every since I turned 1 year of age and she took me off the formula, I've been overweight. Always been bigger, taller, fatter, etc than most while I was growing up. I never thought that in my life I would ever be thin or even be at a healthy size. Once I reached adulthood, I just kind of gave up on the notion of being a healthier size. Instead, I decided to love who I was. Sure, i still got depressed and hated myself on those bad days, but for the most part I did truly love myself as a big woman. I accepted it. At times I would decide that I need to do something, I'd lose ten lbs here, twenty lbs there. I even managed to lose 40lbs with weight watchers, which was the most I have ever done! But ofcourse, not only would I lose but eventually I'd gain it all back, plus more. It seemed like each year I gained between 20-30lbs a year!
I finally reached to the point I was too unhappy with myself. I was missing out on too many things that I wanted to do. I was 28 years old and I had reached my max of 465lbs, I often ask myself, how could I have let myself gain so much weight? In the following year, I hadn't really changed my eating habits but I did become a bit more active.. not much.
Being around 450-460, I started losing a lot of confidence in myself. My unhappiness became more unbearable. Didn't help that at 27/28 I had been diagnosed with borderline diabetes and eventually was put on high blood pressure meds. I didn't want to be sick.
When I was 21 I had tried to get wls with the doctor's of Big Medicine (but ofcourse, back then, there was no such thing as a show called Big Medicine until years later when I turned on the tv and voila.. the doctors I consulted with were on TV lol), but that was put to a halt because I didn't have the funds, nor did my parents and there was no guarantee that the insurance would cover. Well there went that idea. When I finally got insurance on my own when I got a "real job" after graduation in 2008/2009, I thought I'd give it a try again. Only this time come to find out, my insurance had an exclusion for any kind of wls. That was such a bummer. Finally for this year, my company changed insurance companies. I was so happy to learn that they did in fact cover wls, provided I did the 6 month diet and I turned in all paperwork needed.
In Feb of this year, I went for my first consult with the surgeon. I was happy yet at the same time I was a bit discouraged. On that day, I weighed in at 454 and I am 5ft6.5 tall. The surgeon said that along with all the testing and clearances from doctors I had to lose 70lbs. That was just so hard to hear.. but I was determined. By the end of the six months diet program program and my preop appt I had lost exactly 100lbs!!!
My surgery date was on November 5th! I had waited a while for a date.. that next thing you know... it was here and now I am three weeks post op!