A Fairy Tale

At my heaviest, i was about 338 pounds..... i sit back and think about that number, and I cannot even begin to think or imagine how i got there... and in the past 20+ years, i tried and i mean i honestly tried almost everything to lose the weight, and believe me there was always some progress but coming below the 300 mark was simply impossible and every time i did come close, my diet would become a fad and it'd finish before i could even enjoy my drop in weight...

I thought and wanted a bypass to help me find a normal healthy weight. But things work in mysterious ways and the lap-band was the procedure decided for me. I can remember my dad telling me "if you can even get down to 250 pounds, your life would be so much better....." at that time even getting down to that mark seemed difficult for me and i was so sure i'd fail here too.... and that began to cause doubts for me, because, here i was about to undergo a life-changing procedure, and what if i fail? how would i live with myself, knowing that in most cases regardless of wt. loss, the procedure is simply not reversed because we want to quit.... so i decided to put up and give it all my best so at least i could say i tried to be around longer for my daughter....

15 Months post-op (March '10)

Having taken my own challenge and wanting to shut up all the people that said i could never lose weight or look decent for them, I am one pound away from my goal weight (set by Dr. B). I can run 6 miles a day and then work out till my body's every inch says, i quit.... lol..... i worked my hardest and in this short time, i managed to lose enough weight that i could honestly say i am in the best shape of my life... i am still continuing to lose weight and enjoying my success.

At this point, i have already decided i want to go beyond the goal set and continue to strive for the best possible....

For all that i have accomplished, it shows that anything is possible if one pushes themselves to the limit and then some.... So for all the new readers and people looking into the surgery.... i encourage you to better your lives and focus on the fact that this surgery is only a tool that we can take and benefit from only so much..... Thank you Dr. B and Sophia for giving me a reason to live my life in ways i never imagined.......!