The Patience Is Strong With This One

So I am one week from my consultation for weight loss surgery.  I was told I would get a phone call in the next 2 weeks so I am hoping I hear something this week.  I am really looking forward to getting some more information and some appointments with the nutritionist and psychologist as well.  In the meantime, I have been researching the lifestyle changes that I need to make and trying to envision all the physical changes that are going to happen to me once I get my surgery.  The success stories are amazing and inspiring.  I cannot even imagine myself thin since I have been heavy for so very long.  It's pretty unbelievable.  

I am trying to keep myself busy.  We are painting our house slowly room by room and we finally started in the living room and the new color looks great.  Need to buy some more paint and maybe we can finish the living room next weekend.

Also getting the twins ready for second grade.  With COVID I am extremely nervous about sending them back to school but I cannot give them a proper education at home.  I have to trust my school is going to do everything they can to keep them safe.  I pick them up and drop them off so no bus to worry about.  They are also in the same class this year so I think that will help reduce their risks of catching something.  They are also going to wear their masks in school.  My call.

Other than all that I am just taking it day by day.  Tomorrow I am going to start doing 30 - 45 minutes on our new recumbent bike.  Gonna attempt to do that 5 days a week to start.  Wish me luck!!!

The beginning of my journey...

Well yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life....okay that sounds a bit dramatic.  Let me try that again...

Yesterday I met with a local surgeon to inquire about getting weight loss surgery.  Here is the deal....I am 5' 8" tall and I currently weigh 325 pounds.  That is what his scale said yesterday.  That is the most I have ever weighed in my life.

When I got pregnant with my twins I weighed 280 pounds, so needless to say I have never really been skinny.  Even when I got married in 2007 I was wearing a size 20 wedding dress.  I suffer from PCOS which does not help the weight loss process any.  COVID has also not helped.  I was trying to do Weight Watchers and go to the gym but then everything got shut down and when I went grocery shopping I was lucky to find food at all in the beginning.

I had been doing a lot of research over the last couple years about doing some kind of weight loss surgery but to be honest I was scared to go that drastic of a route.  But now I am realizing that this might be the best option for me.

I am 41 years old.  I have three amazing children.  A 4 year old and two seven year olds keep me very busy.  I am an assistant teacher at a local preschool.  I need to be active and I need to be able to keep up.  In my current state that just isn't happening.  So yesterday I started the process.  It looks like I will be looking at a gastric sleeve procedure.  This is where they laproscopically remove 80% of my stomach.  Sounds scary, right?  Well it is major surgery.....

I am now just waiting for them to call my insurance and get some information.  I should hear from their office in a couple weeks and I will know exactly what I need to do to get a surgery date.  I am going to go through with this and I am going to change my lifestyle and my relationship with food.  I want to live a better and healthier life.  I am lucky I don't have many health issues from being obese, but I want to fix that before they happen.  They said doing this surgery can add 10 years to your life.  Honestly, that sounds pretty damn good.

So for now I will end this first post by saying...I am scared and excited but I cannot wait to get this ball rolling.  Wish me luck!!