You are a very articulate women and I really enjoyed reading your post. I am 47 years old and also have battled weight my entire life. Your weight related experiences and mine are very similar-I started Weight Watchers when I was 8 years old and lost 25 pounds. At my heaviest I was about 100 pounds overweight. Although I did not have diabetes or the other diseases you mentioned, the weight took a terrible tole on my confidence and other areas of my life. I had a lap-band put in roughly 7 years ago and lost 100 pounds, it took me roughly 2 years to get the weight off. I actually had my band put in in Mexico because at the time insurance would not pay for it and I was tired of loosing it and then gaining it. I was ready for a more permanent solutions ( definition of insanity-right) Obesity runs in my family and my mother has a lap band as well. Additionally, I have referred and helped many friends in getting a band. The lap-band has also been proven to get rid of Diabetes in some thing like 80% of the people who get one. I have posted some video interviews on EmpowHER about my lap-band journey-you can check them out here https://www.empowher.com/community/herstory/kelley-shares-how-much-weight.... To loose weight with a lap-band requires some work with exercise and eating right however that awful nagging hunger does go away and therefore generally gives you more permanent weight loss vs. what you have experienced your whole life. I am happy to speak with you more in these posts, or via email, private message on the site or via a phone call. I will tell you what I have experienced. It has been the best thing I have ever done. Much Success,
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Hi Trish:
You are a very articulate women and I really enjoyed reading your post. I am 47 years old and also have battled weight my entire life. Your weight related experiences and mine are very similar-I started Weight Watchers when I was 8 years old and lost 25 pounds. At my heaviest I was about 100 pounds overweight. Although I did not have diabetes or the other diseases you mentioned, the weight took a terrible tole on my confidence and other areas of my life. I had a lap-band put in roughly 7 years ago and lost 100 pounds, it took me roughly 2 years to get the weight off. I actually had my band put in in Mexico because at the time insurance would not pay for it and I was tired of loosing it and then gaining it. I was ready for a more permanent solutions ( definition of insanity-right) Obesity runs in my family and my mother has a lap band as well. Additionally, I have referred and helped many friends in getting a band. The lap-band has also been proven to get rid of Diabetes in some thing like 80% of the people who get one. I have posted some video interviews on EmpowHER about my lap-band journey-you can check them out here https://www.empowher.com/community/herstory/kelley-shares-how-much-weight.... To loose weight with a lap-band requires some work with exercise and eating right however that awful nagging hunger does go away and therefore generally gives you more permanent weight loss vs. what you have experienced your whole life. I am happy to speak with you more in these posts, or via email, private message on the site or via a phone call. I will tell you what I have experienced. It has been the best thing I have ever done. Much Success,
Kelley
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