Am 5'7 and 275. I have never weighed this much in my life and was shocked when u saw the scale. My boyfriend is overweight also and he is the one who introduced me to the Lap Band idea. He wants to get the surgery together, which is fine. I guess I just need justification to the way that I am feeling. I've lost weight by working out insanely, but that was when I was single and didn't have to consider someone else's time. But as I look into the future, when we are married and when we have children, my old work out routine just won't fit in. I just know that I can't weigh this much for the rest of my life, I am scared my boyfriend and I won't be able to live the life with our kids that I had with my parents ( an active one). We have our first seminar next week and are excited about it, and if all goes well then we plan on having the surgery at the end of the year when we both have 10 days off from work. Any encouragement would be great.

Lucky you a built in support system one who understands what you are feeling and only one set of food to make and boy will you save$$$ on eating out and grocerys. You can spend it all on new clothes.. He may lose faster then you darn men always do............... You can excercise together and go to the gym . Good Luck to you and what away to start out a new year and new life..............

You're taking the right first steps. I'd recommend you google Bariatric docs in your area and attend several(not just one) seminars to get a feel for what's to come. Good luck.

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