Kelly's Fatline...

Here's my Fatline... I'm a 35 y/o Female... Keep in mind, I started taking dance classes at age 5... through age 18 I was dancing 3-5 days a week, and 18-30 I took a class or two and also taught a few classes a week.... now read on and imagine how I would be if I DIDN'T have dance in my life... 1) Chubby Kid (age 8 started packing it on, bought "Pretty Plus" 1/2 sz clothes from Sears) 2) Plump Teen (Graduated HS a size 13/14, probably @ 175#) 3) College/Single adult years (18-21) Gained another 10-15# wearing a sz 16 4) Getting Married (age 23) Wedding Dress was a size 22 had to be for 220# of me 5) Married w/o kid went on phen-fen and lost about 50-55 pounds, i'll see that when I go to my pcp and ask for my records from 1995/1996...Phen Fen for 6 months, then stopped, pounds crept back on easily, and phen-fen taken off market 6) 1997 Married & pregnant - My son was born 2/16/98 and I weighed about 242# 7) 1998-2000 - I'd cut back on food and lose a few pounds, then gain it. 8) Nov 2000- pregnant, gaining weight then miscarried on my son's bday, 02/16/01.. here comes the depression again 9) In 2001 my husband and I had marital problems... only then my depression some how motivated me to get in better shape... Hydroxycut w/ephedra and diet I lost alot of weight, comparitively, about 35-40# Weighing in around 190ish... 10) The rest of 2002 depression and food went hand in hand, back up to about 220 or so. 11) Christmas 2002 - PREGNANT again.... kidney stones bad 1/2 way through pregnancy 12) August 2003 my daugher is born... I'm weighing about 248 start to lose a little weight, about 20 pounds off, but the kidney issues and s6 surgeries that follow were very depressing. Lost pregnancy weight 13) Christmas 2003 - My kidneys are clean... weigh about 220 14) October 2004 - My sister and I join weigh****chers... This is it! I'm not having anymore kids, I can do this! Weigh in at 216.6# 15) March 2005 - Lost @25# or so, weighing in around 190ish... We join Curves 16) April 2005 - June 2005 - Curves is great! i'm toning and losing more, got down to 178#, wering size 12's and pretty happy with the way I look. Underlying problem... Marital issues again... 17) Sept 2005 - Husband and I are counseling (We went the first time too) we are gonna make it and get better together. Things are going well with us... leads into eating out... back to school time too... and I can't go to curves as much, my sone has school issues that I needed to focus on. 18) Oct 2005 - Aug 2006 - I started eating and eating and not caring and comfortable in my marriage and eating and eating and ... I think you got the picture. I'm back at 215 pounds! PRESENT DAY - I've been reading alot about Lap Band - I want it, and truly feel that I need it! I hate to make it sound like a crutch... but with the more reading I do on obesity and heart disease etc... what have I done to my body over the past 27 years of gaining and losing weight????? It's not healthy and I'm done rolling up and down this yo-yo string! I'M DONE!

Hi Kelly Welcome to the Maryland board. . Hugs, Mo

Good morning Kelly. I think most of us on these boards can relate to your feelings/story. It is a struggle. Even now, after surgery I struggle with food and the choices I am making. I have to watch myself everyday and be motivated to do what it takes to be successful. My nutritionist told me one time that if we want it bad enough (whatever IT is) then we will do what it takes to get it. Well, I want to lose this weight and keep it off for good. So I am doing that and working on myself so that I will keep it off forever! Welcome and I wish you all the best with your WLS journey. Hugs, Robin

Kelly. It sounds like you're about right where we all are/have been. The thing about the surgery for me is that it's given me the ability to really, finally, control what I eat. I still have to do the exercise, water, etc. But now I'm finally full and almost never hungry. Here's hoping you have success with getting banded and getting the eating under control. -Daniel