Why?
People always ask my why I'm having Gastric Bypass surgery and it's an easy answer, I'm 150lbs overweight and have been for most of my life. I have tried many, many time to lose it with diet and exercise and nothing has ever worked. It's basically a vicious circle with me... I have PCOS (PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrom) which has my hormones all in a tizzy and that causes me to gain weight and makes it very difficult to lose. The PCOS is so bad because I am overweight. So basically, being heavy gives me PCOS which makes me not be able to lose weight easily. I did have some small success once when I was on LA Weightloss and Glucaphage for my PCOS. I had lost 50 lbs and after 1 year stayed at that weight. However for someone who was 170lbs overweight at the time to lose 50lbs is pretty much like losing hardly any. You know when you have 20 lbs to lose and you lose 5 or 7 and really dont notice a difference? Well thats how it is for someone who loses 50... it seems like a lot... but in the big picture it's not a lot compared to what they need to lose.
Another huge reason I decided to take such drastic measures was because I am watching both of my parents battling everyday with Diabetes and other illnesses that are surely in my future if I do not do something about my weight now. I do not want to be like them... I want to spend good times with my husband and my daughter and any future kids we may have. I want to have fun and not be sick and in pain all the time!
Another thing people ask is why I chose to have the actual Bypass instead of the LapBand... Well the LapBand procedure is great for someone who just eats too much. I don't mean that in a bad way, I just mean in my opinion restriction is one diet approach and thats what the LapBand is. It restricts the belly so you cant eat as much... the catch... you can still eat pretty much any food you had been eating before that. Also the LapBand is very easily gotten around... there are people out there who drink shakes and eat ice cream and all of that and dont lose weight or even gain after having the LapBand. Also after having the LapBand you need to have adjustments to the band if it starts to slip down or you begin being able to eat too much again.
I decided I needed this to be a permanent tool to help me lose as much weight as possible and to maintain that loss. When you get the actual bypass you can no longer eat fatty, greasy, or sugary foods because it makes you very ill and even throw up sometimes. The reason that happens is because the portion of the intestines that is bypassed is the part of the small intestine that digests and absorbs those types of foods. So it's as easy as needing it to be a permanent tool and I'm not really fond of having a piece of plastic in my belly with a port that has to be adjusted.
Another huge reason I decided to take such drastic measures was because I am watching both of my parents battling everyday with Diabetes and other illnesses that are surely in my future if I do not do something about my weight now. I do not want to be like them... I want to spend good times with my husband and my daughter and any future kids we may have. I want to have fun and not be sick and in pain all the time!
Another thing people ask is why I chose to have the actual Bypass instead of the LapBand... Well the LapBand procedure is great for someone who just eats too much. I don't mean that in a bad way, I just mean in my opinion restriction is one diet approach and thats what the LapBand is. It restricts the belly so you cant eat as much... the catch... you can still eat pretty much any food you had been eating before that. Also the LapBand is very easily gotten around... there are people out there who drink shakes and eat ice cream and all of that and dont lose weight or even gain after having the LapBand. Also after having the LapBand you need to have adjustments to the band if it starts to slip down or you begin being able to eat too much again.
I decided I needed this to be a permanent tool to help me lose as much weight as possible and to maintain that loss. When you get the actual bypass you can no longer eat fatty, greasy, or sugary foods because it makes you very ill and even throw up sometimes. The reason that happens is because the portion of the intestines that is bypassed is the part of the small intestine that digests and absorbs those types of foods. So it's as easy as needing it to be a permanent tool and I'm not really fond of having a piece of plastic in my belly with a port that has to be adjusted.
posted by Michele
| 7:45 PM
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