Hi! My name is Lissy, and I am overweight......lol, thought I could start out funny. I am in a waiting pattern right now because I am awaiting my surgery date and am getting antsy. I am scheduled to go in on May 19th and can not wait for the day to get here faster. I have been battling the weight I put on over a 10 year period. I put most of the weight on in a 2 year period and can't get rid of it. I have tried to lose the weight naturally but can't keep it off. i recently married my second husband and he is against the surgery. He thinks that I could lose the weight if I tried. He doesn't understand the weight difficulties, but then again he is 130 lbs and is trying to gain weight.

I came on here because it looks like a great site for help and support both before and after the surgery. I am hoping to get insight into what it is I am doing.

Off topic, how can I get those nifty weight trackers?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts, support and help.

Welcome to VST- it's a great site with sooo much information and advice/stories from others. I love it! I found waiting for surgery very difficult. You want so badly to have it over and done with and start your new life. Good luck to you as you wait and with your surgery as well.

Welcome to a great place for support!

I hope your husband can get on board as his support could really help you. But you are doing this for YOU! Stand strong and let him know how much this means to you . Maybe if he realizes how much more active and healthy you wlll be he will come around.

Here is the tutorial for adding your weight loss ticker-

Ticker tutorial