vinny09

Hello Everyone, My name is Vanessa I am 27 years old am married and have a son. I have been obese most of my life, or at least normally one of the largest in my group of peers throughout my life. I am an active person and tried to change my eating habits, and joined a local gym to try and loose the excess weight, but It was a lot harder than I thought. I managed to loose 10 lbs. yes only 10.lbs in 1 year and kept it off but obviously 10 lbs. wasn't enough so decided that the Lap Band was the best choice for me. My life changing moment was when I took my son to a museum and got on a scale that noted you total weight and converted it to total number of barrels of hay needed in comparison to your weight. Getting on the scale was an eye opener it read 286 just 14 lbs. shy of 300lbs. then and there I decided that I couldn't continue on that path. I am here for motivation, knowledge, and friendships because I feel that we will all be more successful if we have a big support group this being part of it. I was on a weight loss program for 4 months prior to my surgery and on Aug.29,09 which was my surgery day I had lost 20 lbs. pre op. It's been 1 1/2 weeks since my surgery I am am down 8 lbs. my goal is about 160-165.