my life

 OK so I decide to have WLS in 08/09 i went to weigh****chers thinking hey i have packed on some weight now its time to get it off last time i was weighed i was 19 and i weighed in at 275 still obese but i was OK so i think at that weight. so now i am 22yrs old and I'm weighing in at 407 still i ask my self how and when. Well my 1st WW meeting went like this the scale read 445 holy **** is what i said i sat in my car and i cried like i never cried before i did not understand when or how or why... i lost my mind i marched back into WW used there bathroom and then weighed in again at the same weight. That day i didn't sit through the meeting . i began changing my life i began watching what i eat and working i went to the kingly health institute did some training but did not really like my work out but i did loose weight ,,, but do to cost i could not afford it,, i joined la fitness and began doing an hr of cardio ... to speed it up a little i am having so many issues with my insurance my job had an exclusion on it so i have saw many docs which are all great and tried to fight my insurance but it didn't work so now in Feb i still did not have my surgery i have done many test much research. I got a new job so far looks like insurance covers it , also brought an oxford plan for in between jobs i hope something good happen... i laugh because many people say WLS is the easy way out but i don't see it like that . i have spent money researching this surgery that i don't even have eating healthy is very costly but i want to live so i work around the clock so i can have what i need NJ insurance is no good ,,, I'm just venting 

Everyone who posts on this board knows WLS is NOT the easy way out so keep on laughing at those people - YOU know better!

Also, keep fighting for your health and the insurance company.  I hope the new job/insurance is better at realizing that it is important for your health - not just something you want to do to look better. 

Good Luck - you will succeed and be on your WLS journey soon - just be patient but persistant in getting through all the pre-surgery items required by your insurance.

Vicki

thanks so much but u kno with this road i am taking im learing so much about me that i never knew before like that when i look in the mirro its only at my face i learned that i have  thyroid that jus doesnt work anemia and i lack b12 which is cured now but i would have never knew any of this if it wasnt for the road of wls i am beyond over weight u know today if i meet some body and we talk about weight i tell them the real number because i am aware of it now i see ppl they look at fat ppl like o man how did he or she get so big but they never ask what can they do to help i work in the mental health feild so i gussesing im a bit more open to the un normal as the world calls it