Hi everyone, im Milehighdreamer, you may also call me Adrian. I am a Colorado transplant living in Midland Texas; I moved here last year because my 53 year old astranged father was living here and had/survived a heart attack.

I am now 27. I am 5'11" and weigh 347. I had been working in the oilfields of Texas for most of last year. Which I enjoyed very much but had to quit because of physical demands. Now I work for a major wholesale retailer; but I wish my body would have allowed me to stay in my previous job.

In Denver, in 2011 I attended a huge lapband seminar but was turned off by the impersonal aspects of that meeting. But after the seminar I contacted my insurance and found that the surgury was excluded. Now its january 2013 and im feeling much older physically. My right knee always hurts aswell as my feet. I have trouble keeping up with coworkers and friends. I cannot work hard, I get tired soon. Im just not feeling what I belive a 27 year old should feel like. Im not fit and my life feel unfulfilled. I feel like im traped inside a jail which is all this excess weight.

A week ago, while stocking 90lbs boxes of ribeye at work, I had a very sudden idea. I said to myself,"its time!" I thought about it for a hour, knowing I was going to have to be a self-pay. I then told everyone I knew that I had made the decision to get the operation. I asked my close friends and relatives for money to pay for it. With limitex success. But I can say this thursday I will be driving 5 hours to San Antonio for my first consultation. They told me on the phone if I pay half I can pay the rest over two years. Well wish me luck everyone.

Today is the day before my consultation. Last night my brother and dad took me to buffet. We were discussing how its so hard to keep a good diet here in this small oil town because there is nothing to do except go eat.

Today is the day before my consultation. Last night my brother and dad took me to buffet. We were discussing how its so hard to keep a good diet here in this small oil town because there is nothing to do except go eat.

I totally understand that, all there is to do in my town is eat as well & everybody is so obese and unhealthy..and they're all okay with it ! I eager to know how your consultation turns out

Yes big is normal here in Texas. I thinks its because in the summer its so hot; people just want to be inside in the air conditioning. Very different from Denver which is one of the fittest cities in the u.s. when I first moved to texas, I became way more attractive instantly. But that doesnt change my health concerns.