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Hey guys,
I have been around the boards a lot lately. Been a member for years... I have never really introduced myself or posted a topic.
So, here I am, a father of five and a husband to a most beautiful wife.
Hmmm, information? Well, I have spent the better part of five years deciding if I am going to have WLS. The same old story as everyone else, multiple diets, very little success and a depressing **** poor attitude toward it all.
I have been overweight all my life, from my 10 1/2 pound birth weight to my pudgy baby fat that never went away.
The weight has been a problem all my life, I think though it has been more of problem for other people also besides just myself. The problem itself has branched to a thousand different directions and has caused more and more problems every year. I even put off getting my shrink appointment scheduled... I think because it is all terrifying and though I want to loose what ever I can so badly, I am comfortable being me and afraid to meet this person I have never known physically.
I look forward to running, riding a bike again... And some day jumping out of an airplane (My wife thinks I am crazy lol). Roller-coasters and Cedar Point! I can't wait for it all... And yet... Can it happen?
My Surgeon is great and I have already had my Endoscopy. I await mental approval and then I get a "date" for RNY.
It has been a rough life... My father died at age 36. I turn 36 in two months and I weight the same as he did when he died... He was huge and so am I... How did I let it get so far? Where has my faith gone? We all ask ourselves these questions I guess...
I have read so many of your successes, concerns, fall backs and let downs.
I wish you all the most success any human can have and maintain. I wish you all happiness and for the most wishful dreams to come true...
That's it I think... Thanks for reading... I am around every day and will see you on the flip side... Hopefully I can get my mental state under control for a surgery date.
Tim S.
I have been around the boards a lot lately. Been a member for years... I have never really introduced myself or posted a topic.
So, here I am, a father of five and a husband to a most beautiful wife.
Hmmm, information? Well, I have spent the better part of five years deciding if I am going to have WLS. The same old story as everyone else, multiple diets, very little success and a depressing **** poor attitude toward it all.
I have been overweight all my life, from my 10 1/2 pound birth weight to my pudgy baby fat that never went away.
The weight has been a problem all my life, I think though it has been more of problem for other people also besides just myself. The problem itself has branched to a thousand different directions and has caused more and more problems every year. I even put off getting my shrink appointment scheduled... I think because it is all terrifying and though I want to loose what ever I can so badly, I am comfortable being me and afraid to meet this person I have never known physically.
I look forward to running, riding a bike again... And some day jumping out of an airplane (My wife thinks I am crazy lol). Roller-coasters and Cedar Point! I can't wait for it all... And yet... Can it happen?
My Surgeon is great and I have already had my Endoscopy. I await mental approval and then I get a "date" for RNY.
It has been a rough life... My father died at age 36. I turn 36 in two months and I weight the same as he did when he died... He was huge and so am I... How did I let it get so far? Where has my faith gone? We all ask ourselves these questions I guess...
I have read so many of your successes, concerns, fall backs and let downs.
I wish you all the most success any human can have and maintain. I wish you all happiness and for the most wishful dreams to come true...
That's it I think... Thanks for reading... I am around every day and will see you on the flip side... Hopefully I can get my mental state under control for a surgery date.
Tim S.
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Welcome. I look forward to many of the same things you do and like many here share a number of the same problems. I still a relative newbie in the post op world and will say that the mental aspect is by far the greatest hurdle.
It is hard to believe the difference in how people treat you when you are even a couple pant sizes smaller. Keeping your mind in synch with your body will take more work than keeping your diet in check.
Remember nobody does this alone unless they want to. You have a whole world of people here ready to cheer you on when things get difficult as well as celebrate your victories no matter how small.
One day at a time one step at a time and you will know what is right in the end.
It is hard to believe the difference in how people treat you when you are even a couple pant sizes smaller. Keeping your mind in synch with your body will take more work than keeping your diet in check.
Remember nobody does this alone unless they want to. You have a whole world of people here ready to cheer you on when things get difficult as well as celebrate your victories no matter how small.
One day at a time one step at a time and you will know what is right in the end.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
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