Hey everyone!! I just wanted to see from everyones experience when was their "enough moment"?

Mine was when when I reached 289 I was like wowwww this cant be me?!?! It was like I knew my clothes sizes where getting bigger but I didn't want to except it. You know? Has your S/O ever answered this question like this "Honey I shouldn't have dried that shirt it shrunk" he says "maybe its not the shirt maybe you have gotten bigger" Damn when he said that I was like thats it for me something has to change. So I decided enough is enough and I need more help!!! Looking forward to hearing everyone else's too.

For me it wasn't much of the numbers on the scale. It was the diabetes that was out of control and the meds. were making me very,very sick. Hoping to reverse the diabetes and losing the weight is going to be a big,big bonus.

Totally a numbers thing here. I recently lost 30lbs and then it came back (dang crap sneaks up on ya). I hit 191 and said NO WAY! I'm not hitting 200 at 50 years old. I don't want to have the comorbidity issues that get the surgery paid for.

And part was my stage in life. Ds had been terribly I'll for years and is now generally well. Dh has a crazy busy business which is successful bit time consuming. I decided its "me time".

250!!

I ballooned up to 290 lbs, and when I saw myself in a mirror I didn't even recognize myself anymore. I knew I had to do something, not only did I look bad, I felt physically horrible. My knees & back ached and my eating was out of control. This was the best decision I could have made for myself.

I have had a lot of days like that I mean I ache from my left knee all the time. Sucks I know its my weight just wish I would have thought about the sleeve a long time ago

For me my weight has always bothered me. I have been saying "enough is enough" since I was 170lbs.. I'm 5 feet tall. Highest weight 280. I'm pre op, scheduled for october. But it's when I stopped taking care of myself that I realized I needed an intervention. When something as simple as having a shower became a chore...I started showering once a weeks. Sick I know, but the mere cleansing and getting in the folds etc was exhausting. I stopped attending social events..such as weddings or birthdays. I started sleeping my days away...avoided shopping...cleaning myself after a bm caused me to break out in a sweat. I was getting short of breath after everything...crying a lot. That's when I knew

For me my weight has always bothered me. I have been saying "enough is enough" since I was 170lbs.. I'm 5 feet tall. Highest weight 280. I'm pre op, scheduled for october. But it's when I stopped taking care of myself that I realized I needed an intervention. When something as simple as having a shower became a chore...I started showering once a weeks. Sick I know, but the mere cleansing and getting in the folds etc was exhausting. I stopped attending social events..such as weddings or birthdays. I started sleeping my days away...avoided shopping...cleaning myself after a bm caused me to break out in a sweat. I was getting short of breath after everything...crying a lot. That's when I knew

awww!! U need a hug that almost made me tear so sad but so true. I hate being fat yeah I have made some changes but they never tend to work all the way through. I don't even like going to Hardees in my area because the still have the same ole booths and I don't fit them. ahhhhhhhh so ready for this change :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I turned 30 this year and I gained 10 lbs in 1 month. I'm tired all the time and though I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes yet, my dad died from complications with diabetes. And my mom was diagnosed last year. I can't disrespect them and even more importantly, myself any longer. I've been trying to lose 15 lbs for 4 years then I gained 10. That's when I realized I need help. I want to have children someday, but I can't take care of them if I don't take care of me. I had the initial consultation a week after my birthday, 6 months of doc visits and I should be ready to go! I don't have a date yet but expect end of November or early December. Thanks for asking such a great question, it helps to keep focused on why I'm making this change. It's great to see everyone's responses and I wish you all the best of luck!

I would always be bouncing back from 10 lbs up and down. They don't even have plus size in Old Navy over here anymore. Little Rock, Arkansas to say the least.

They don't here either. I'm on the larger end of the "regular" sizes there.

My height and structure has saved me from a lot in this weight issue.

I turned 30 this year and I gained 10 lbs in 1 month. I'm tired all the time and though I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes yet, my dad died from complications with diabetes. And my mom was diagnosed last year. I can't disrespect them and even more importantly, myself any longer. I've been trying to lose 15 lbs for 4 years then I gained 10. That's when I realized I need help. I want to have children someday, but I can't take care of them if I don't take care of me. I had the initial consultation a week after my birthday, 6 months of doc visits and I should be ready to go! I don't have a date yet but expect end of November or early December. Thanks for asking such a great question, it helps to keep focused on why I'm making this change. It's great to see everyone's responses and I wish you all the best of luck!

I know I need to re assure myself that I am not the only one and that their is people like me. My worst fear is not being able to have kids. Pcos is a monster and I am tired of irregular periods. Wishing you luck

Mine was when i tore my acl/miniscus from playin basketball because of the weight on my body 2 months til sleevie!

Mine was when i tore my acl/miniscus from playin basketball because of the weight on my body 2 months til sleevie!

That sucks!!! Lucky you how hard was it to get approved?

awww!! U need a hug that almost made me tear so sad but so true. I hate being fat yeah I have made some changes but they never tend to work all the way through. I don't even like going to Hardees in my area because the still have the same ole booths and I don't fit them. ahhhhhhhh so ready for this change :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Yeah booths are another thing I forgot to mention! I pray if there is a booth that it is "moveable" so I can slyley slide it forward because usually the person on the other side has a foot of room in front of them to spare. I have noticed when I go out to eat with friends or siblings that it's usually me alone on one side of the booth...do they think I need lots of room or something? New years eve last year when we got out of a party but didn't really have much food to eat my bf sugessted we go to Denny's at 2-3am for Breakfast cause nothing else was open. Well the booth there was too tight..I got in but was uncomfortable. My bf asked "are u ok babe"? I said yeah but that was a lie. We hadn't ordered yet and he said u know it's ok if we go somewhere else?...and I said no its ok. He's very supportive of my decision and has stuck by my for the last 4 years where i have gained 50 lbs. has never once said anything about my weight but it's not fair to him...he doesn't need to change plans etc just because I can't fit.

Another thing- I am a nurse and therefore moving a lot all day long. Sick and tired of sweat pouring down my back and the sweatiness under my breasts when I'm working..especially in this heat! That is one of the millions of things I'm not gonna miss about being oberweight!!

I know I need to re assure myself that I am not the only one and that their is people like me. My worst fear is not being able to have kids. Pcos is a monster and I am tired of irregular periods. Wishing you luck

As a fellow Cyster, I wish you all the luck in the world. Many women with pcos go on to have children. The desire, no, the bone deep need, to have children is what prompted me to go and get the band in 2008 (should have resisted the band; I wanted RNY but was talked out of it....). 4 years later I am still childless and now40. It's too late for me (now in peri-menopause) but not for you! Good luck and I will pray for your success with the sleeve and motherhood!

Cheers!

Yeah booths are another thing I forgot to mention! I pray if there is a booth that it is "moveable" so I can slyley slide it forward because usually the person on the other side has a foot of room in front of them to spare. I have noticed when I go out to eat with friends or siblings that it's usually me alone on one side of the booth...do they think I need lots of room or something? New years eve last year when we got out of a party but didn't really have much food to eat my bf sugessted we go to Denny's at 2-3am for breakfast cause nothing else was open. Well the booth there was too tight..I got in but was uncomfortable. My bf asked "are u ok babe"? I said yeah but that was a lie. We hadn't ordered yet and he said u know it's ok if we go somewhere else?...and I said no its ok. He's very supportive of my decision and has stuck by my for the last 4 years where i have gained 50 lbs. has never once said anything about my weight but it's not fair to him...he doesn't need to change plans etc just because I can't fit.

Another thing- I am a nurse and therefore moving a lot all day long. Sick and tired of sweat pouring down my back and the sweatiness under my breasts when I'm working..especially in this heat! That is one of the millions of things I'm not gonna miss about being oberweight!!

I wish the same about resturants that I go too!!! Been their and suffered for like an hour in a booth took it like a champ couldn't even eat my food because I couldn't afford any more room. Yeah I feel like my husband is missing out on so many things that we could be doing together. He weighs 189 healthy 5'10 me 5'3 and 289 not a good picture but he has supported me through thick and thin and supports me all the way on this.

As a fellow Cyster, I wish you all the luck in the world. Many women with pcos go on to have children. The desire, no, the bone deep need, to have children is what prompted me to go and get the band in 2008 (should have resisted the band; I wanted RNY but was talked out of it....). 4 years later I am still childless and now40. It's too late for me (now in peri-menopause) but not for you! Good luck and I will pray for your success with the sleeve and motherhood!

Cheers!

I just teared up on that thanks!!! I was actually going for the band and my surgeon talked me out of it. He said that they were having to many complications with them and majority of the first paitents that he put that in are having to get that removed now. I had thought in my mind for the sleeve I was already convinced and that was that. Until I sat down with him and actually talked about it and thats when I realize this is it.