Hi everyone!

My Story is pretty boring. I had thought about weight loss surgery for years, but figured I could lose the weight on my own. I mean I gained it on my own, it should be pretty simple. My husband and I were high school sweethearts, we married when I was still in high school (2 weeks left) He had graduated the year before. I am 5 "4 and I weight 145. A decent weight for my height. i was involved in many sports. After high school I stared a sit down job, but kept eating like when I was an athlete. Soon I started gaining a little weight. But my husband was fine with it. the next thing I know I weight over 200 lbs. I could not even believe this happened, and when?! I tried so many, many diets, some with results that never lasted long, others didn't work at all. Next i know I am pregnant. I quite worrying about weight and concentrated on my baby. A few months after her birth, I weighed 230. Again, the diets started,gain then loss, gain then loss. I shot up to 280. My brother was in college at this time and he lived with us in the summers and on holidays. He was majoring athletic training/sports medicine and a minor in nutrition. While he was home, he made a structured diet and workout plan for me. It worked! I was down to 240, and doing well. But, once he graduated and moved out. I maintained for awhile but then shot back up to 272.

Finally, a friend had the sleeve surgery. I had never heard of it. She talked about and I hee hawed around about the surgery for 2 years. By, this time my daughter was 15, and I could tell she was somewhat embarrassed of my weight. I finally looked into the surgery seriously in August of 2013. My surgery was May 8, 2014. I am a little over 1 and 1/2 months post surgery and I have lost 45 lbs. so far. I am at 217. It has been over a decade maybe tow since I have weight this little. I have a ways to go still.

At first, and still I have a hard time, especially with the Fluid and Protein intake. But, I am getting there. My husband and daughter have been amazingly supportive and sometimes harsh, to get me motivated, to exercise. It is exactly what i need some days. I only wish I would have done this surgery sooner. But, my daughter and me are having a great time clothes shopping for me. Again, something new for us. I was so embarrassed before I only bought clothes on clearance or rummage sales, and never in front of my family.

So there is my boring story of my journey so far!

Your life story is not boring! Congratulations for taking the steps and so happy you have a great support system!

Your story sound great to me. I know the years were hard as you struggled, and they will continue to require effort, but you are doing good. Epic, even

Hurray for you!!!!! Never too late!

Your title says you had bypass but your profile says sleeve.which did you have? Sounds like you're doing great so far!

_{I did have the Gastric Sleeve, I just didn't add that in the title.}