Geeky newbie here!
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welcome to the bored and you new journey we are all in different phases of weight loss and our own personal journey we all have lots of experience on here so dont be shy we welcome you with open arm
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Woohoo, geeks unite!! (Especially ones that like Harry Potter ?)
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? Congrats so far and Welcome ?
Hi everyone! *waves*
First day on the forums, so I thought it would be good to introduce myself. I'm a 36 y/o geeky gal living in Wisconsin with my husband and cats. My husband is also having WLS in a few months, so I am lucky to have some built in support, but still would love to build my support network up a bit more! I'm a bit of an introvert, and for fun you can usually find me reading a book, playing board games with friends, or getting lost in a video game.
So, my story... I've been obese for as much of my life as I can remember. I've also dieted for as much of my life as I can remember. I've tried pretty much every diet and other strategy that I could think of, and did manage to lose weight now and again, but it always came back.
After years of monitoring, last year, I noticed that my insurance was finally willing to cover 1 surgery over the course of my lifetime. I started the ball rolling in November, and am hoping to have my surgery in early June, likely gastric bypass. I've been a part of the UW Health program, which has been amazing - they have been working hard to make sure I am prepared, which is particularly important to me, since I have had a few friends who have not had long-term success with WLS.
I am absolutely determined to make this work, and hope that the tool gives me a sort of second chance to actually be a healthy person... especially since I'm hoping to have a kid in the next three years or so ? So far I'm down about 20 lbs and am still pre-op, so I have high hopes for my post-op success!
If you've gotten this far, thanks for reading all of this! You rock! I look forward to getting to know some new folks.