Is the SBD for me?

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Hello.

I am happy to find this board. I am hoping for some inspiration and

direction.

I am a 34 year old woman who has been slowly gaining weight since I

stopped breastfeeding about 1 1/2 ago. (Okay, okay, I've never been

a stick.) At any rate, I spent 2005 jumping from one diet program to

another unsuccessfully trying to find a solution. I got this wild

idea in November 2005 to gain about 30 lbs. in order to weigh enough

for weight loss surgery. After eating enough/ binging enough through

the holidays, I finally tipped the scale and proudly won the title

of " morbidly obese. " The magic words needed for insurance to cover a

$15,000 lap band surgery procedure. When I finally began the

insurance paperwork the first week of January 2006, I learned a sad

new truth. My insurance policy changed as of January 1st and weight

loss surgery was no longer covered. That has been incredibly

difficult for me to " digest " - no pun intended - I just couldn't find

a better word. Putting the brakes on this procedure has made me sit

in this now heavy frame and think about what I have been doing. It's

been an incredibly uncomfortable place for me to be.

I am now 5'3 and 220. It's a lovely existence (note the sarcasm). My

question to you wonderful folks is this...is the SBD do-able for

major weight loss? I am still considering just paying the 15K and

getting the weight loss surgery. However, some small part of me is

hopeful that the SBD could be the answer to my prayers instead. I'd

rather work off the weight for " free " and get hard wood floors and an

updated master bath for the cost of weight loss surgery.

Please...help me out. I'd love to hear your feedback.

~ Jodi