The following is a list of my health in detail as of February 2009.
Height: 66 Inches
Weight: 278.1
BMI: 45.2
Frame Size: Medium
Ideal Body Weight : 137.7
Excess Body Weight: 142.4
Current Medical Issues: GERD, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Hyperlipidemia, Metabolic Snydrome, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance.
My dreams were shattered. I reached for the stars and was struck by lightning. A lot has happened since March 2009. I have moved three times, got a new job, separated from my husband who I am in the process of divorcing and met the true love of my life.
My weight went crazy out of control going up and down with my mood, sickness, boredom, stress finally it reached a high of 298.6. I was standing on that scale looking down at this number slapping me in the face and I swore I would NOT reach 300 pounds! I immediately started changing my eating habits, walking daily, cutting out soda, fast food, anything that was tasty and brought me joy was now off limits. My weight went up and down, I discovered I enjoyed walking (I have walked two 5K marathons since 2012) I managed to lose 55.8 pounds, bad habits returned and to date I have gained 27.8 pounds of it back.
My love and I were recently discussing my current frustration with my recent weight loss failure and he asked if I had ever thought about lap band surgery. It caught me off guard and he asked again babe have you ever thought of looking into lap band surgery. I responded I heard you and told him to hold on a moment, I went and opened a filing cabinet and took out these three dusty folders held together with a rubber band and returned and handed them to him. He asked what is this, I said open it and see. He flipped through them and told me how sorry he was that I went through all that and had the carpet pulled from under me in the final hour.
His next statement was "Does your current insurance cover this?" to which I responded yes, I know several people at work who have had it performed. He said "What are you waiting for?" My response "I am afraid of getting my hope up again, I could not physically, mentally, emotionally go through being turned down again.
To which he responded, "You will never forgive yourself if you do not try"
I went to the Surgical Weight Control Center seminar tonight to attempt to reach my dream again.