Re: (((Jania)))) To band or not to band

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Jania, You'll have to decide when the time is right for you...I too was not that over weight, my BMI was 35, I was 70 pounds heavier than I wanted to be and I wasn't getting any younger or smaller...And obesity runs in my family, I have 3 sisters and my mother who are all obese...So my road was leading me to the same road they were on...But I took a different turn...I don't want to wait until I'm 45 or 55 and have something done...I want to enjoy my life...I'm 40 years old and my youngest child will be a senior next year...I want to live to see my grandkids, I want to live to enjoy my husband more once we retire (although I enjoy him now to) but you know what I mean...We hope to travel once we retire and I want to be healthy to be able to do those things...I have worked my entire life and I'm looking forward to my later years in life...So that is my reason for being banded...I started out at 204 in a size 18 jean and now 3-1/2 months later I'm 174 in a size

12...I have NEVER and I mean NEVER been able to lose like this on my own before...The band is about so much more than losing...Although that is what were all after...To me the band has given me back my life, now I'm not constantly thinking about my weight or what will I eat for lunch...My self confidence is at an all time high where as it was at an all time low...I wish we could all be happy at whatever size we are but in my case I wasn't...Now I am!!! Have you seen that comercial where the ladies are dragging that scale around because it was what is always on their mind? Well that was me! I don't and I'm not going to live like that anymore...I'm free! I'm free to think of other more important things in my life...To enjoy the only life I've been given...That is what living should be like for all of us... So take your time thinking of all your options...If you can lose it on your own then that is what you

should do, this isn't an easy fix and shouldn't be consider as such...But it is a life changing fix, you have to be willing to change some of your eating habits and give up certain foods...Your band will let you know what foods it can tolerate...It's funny you'd think it had a mind of it's own...I've had to give up bread and that was one thing I loved...I can eat it on a patty melt if I take tiny bites and it has to be toasted really good. I can say in the last 3 months I've only eaten 1 slice of bread, I know longer even crave it or want it...I can take it or leave it... So anywho, I hope you make the right choice for you...Your the only one who knows what you need and what you want... Good luck and best wishes, RenaJanice <jainames@...> wrote: I am exploring being banded and I have lots of reservations and concerns. One is the port and the idea that I may need fills for the rest of my life. Is that accurate and if so, isn't that expensive and potentially risky for infection? This is a huge decision and I am not huge. I am just over the border into obesity, BMI of 33.5. When does a person make the decision to take this step? Can anyone relate? Jaina Rena Brown DOB: 9/26/06 204/174/140

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