grigg4

I am in the final week of waiting for my surgery.  I am 41 and have been overweight for 19 years ... funny - that is the age of my first child!  I was never thin as a rail, I had curves and a chest and a nice waist!  All that changed after I had my 1st 10 1/2 lb baby in 1991.  I gained 60 lbs and never raelly lost it.  Fastforward to 1996 and another 10 1/2 lbs child.  Needless to say, I stopped at the 2nd large baby!  I lost control over my weight after that... or maybe I ignored it ?   I have asthma and it makes cardio exercise really difficult.  With this extra weight it now makes it nearly impossible.  I feel like I have spent 20 years being fat and wasting my youth.  I declared this year to be the year of me!  I always but everyone first.  I will always do that but I will find a way to slide myself into the equation. I thought about doing the Lap Band for years and even met several people that have done successfully and told me about the good, the bad and the ugly.  I have never met someone that regretted it.  Several people know of my pending date and everyone that knows is super supportive.  I can't imagine how hard it would be for that support to be lacking.  I look forward to documenting the new me!