maxi2010

When I was a child, I was not overweight and I was very athletic.  However, starting around the age of puberty, I began to gain weight.  I later found out in my mid-20's that I had an underactive thyroid,  I have been on synthroid for my thyroid condition for years.  The synthroid did not help me to lose any of the weight I began to gain.  I've been over weight since about the age of 15 and I have tried many different diets. Although I had some success with some of the diets, they never gave me the ability to keep the weight off. I would just regain the weight each time the diet ended.  I lost all of my excess weitght with the Weight Watchers program about 5 years ago and I reached my goal weight.  I looked fabulous.  However, I was not able to keep this weight off and regained morfe than the weight I had lost two years later.  Lately, as I get older, I've noticed that I have more difficulty losing weight.  I have even added exercises to help me lose weight but I still cannot seem to lose weight.  To make matters worse, I now have health conditions that are caused by my excess weight. I am scheduled for lapband surgery on 9/17/10. I hope I have the sccess I see from other members in this group.