New to This Group

Hello!  I'm 41 years old, married to a wonderful husband, have two children and two dogs.  I am a teacher and work at the high school in my hometown.  I have RNY scheduled for June 21, 2010. 

I'm a very happy person and love my life.  However, since last year I've gotten so heavy that I've started to have back problems and foot problems.  I've always been active, but this has put the brakes on the things I love to do.  I've been on Weigh****chers on and off since I graduated from high school.  I usually lose about 20 pounds and then stall out.  My husband loses tons of weight on WW which just sends me into a depression and I give up every time.  I've also tried many other diets and nothing seems to work.  I've thought about my decision to have bariatric surgery for over a year now and know this is what I must do to get my life back on my terms. 

I'm so excited to be a member of this group and can't wait to get to know some of you!

Welcome to the family Daisy.  You are among friends.  The weekends can be a little quiet around here.  Come share, post your ideas, thoughts, questions, whatever and you will find the support needed.  I am away on vacation right now and will be back into the seing of things by Tues or so.  Plane ride home on Mon. 

Monday evenings will be a live chat session, I send out reminder notices earleir on Monday with the time and a short cut to the chat area.  I will be travelling during chat this week, but will catch up as soon as I can. 

Men have an easier time losing wieght than women, go figure. lol  Glad to have you join us on this adventure.  It is work, nothing good is ever easy and care free. 

I had RNY 8 months ago and my knees are sooo much happier to have less of me to carry about.  I am still working on losing more to get to goal, but take this one day at a time.  I am married, have an adult step-son who lives out of state and we have 2 dogs.  I work night shift at the local hospital and will pop onto the OH site when I catch a moment here and there. Again welcome to the bariatric buddy group.  Hugs

Welcome to our group Daisy! So glad to have you here.
I am 43 married, have 2 young adult children, 2 grandbabies, and a third on the way (less than 9 weeks~!) I have 2 dogs as well.

I had my RNY July 21st 2008 and am so pleased with the results. It took a lot of focus and effort, but have only 4 lbs to get to my personal goal. I have already exceeeded my surgeons goal for me. I am now at a normal BMI and loving it.  You can see my pics under my profile page if interested.

best thing I can tell you is to be sure you realize going into this that it is not the easy way out. It is great in giving you a big jump start, but you must be comitted to making the lifestyle changes necessary to enjoy life long success. These changes need to be made right away, and hopefully by the time you are a year or year and a half out, you will have a strong healthy foundation for your new way of life.

Let us know how we can help support and encourage you through this exciting journey. Ask any questions you may have. Again, welcome! It's great to have you here!

Welcome Daisy - this is a great group to be part of.  They have all encouraged me to post often on this journey and it has helped me greatly to come here and share and read others questions & concerns as well.  Good Luck and keep posting.

 Welcome Daisy!!!  I am also 41, with a great hubby, but 4 children and 1 dog.  I am still new to this board, and stay kind of quiet, but it is amazing support and great information.  I wish you the best of luck with your surgery next month.  I'm sure it will make all the difference in the world, and you will be feeling like a new women in no time.  Good luck!

Hello Daisy.  Its great to have you here.  I am 42 and have 2 boys. One is 24 and in the Air Force the other is 12 and into every sport that he can.  I do not have a dog but have a cat who thinks she is a dog. It sounds like you are ready for the surgery.  I had mine on May 4th and am happy with the results so far.  We are happy you are here and the Discussion Board is the greatest thing in the world.  You will learn much before the surgery and if you have questions after the answers are wonderful and quick (but of course your surgeon is the one with the best answers for you).  Enjoy and it will be great to share your journey.

Thank you everyone for making me feel welcome.  I look forward to going on this jouney with you!