Getting ready mentally

Hi Everyone,

I'm new. Just reading a few posts, not really sure how to get started with the posting, so bear with me. I am 51, married with a very supportive husband.

I have been thinking about this for awhile, except the band was what I had wanted until my surgeon said he would not do them anymore.He said this is due to slippage and erosion problems. He said the companies that make the band are very savvy at marketing and his first choice is the VSG. So a little research and here I am. I have to admit I am a little nervous that this a not a reversible procedure. But my other attempts at weight loss have been reversible. I have lost weight many times, only to gain it back and then some. My high weight was 204, I am down to 194, my BMI is 35, but have HBP, high triglycerides, very strong indicators of future cardiac problems due to family history. I don't want wait around for a heart attack or a stroke to happen to me, like my mom. I really need to get this weight off of me for health reasons. I have always been ok with the way I look, just getting scared in the last two years with health issues.

There it is, the end of the unhealthy me and the beginning of the new healthy me. Along the way, I intend to make my husband healthier by changing the way we both look at food and nutrition, exercise.

Wish me luck!