Hi everyone!
I'm really very excited right now. I have finally decided to take matters in hand before my yo-yo dieting and insulin resistance drive me up to my previous high weight of 216lbs. I am currently 185lbs, at 1.67m, so just above 30BMI. I have a family history of obesity and diabetes, and am unable to stay at a certain weight after dieting. I never had thought of bariatric surgery, until one of my best friends got sleeved and has been able to both drop and keep her weight with this tool.
I know that that my weight is not extremely high but it has a huge negative impact on my mind and body. Especially with the last year of dieting in which I lost 20lbs, gained 30lbs, again lost 20, gained 35 (you get the idea) I have become extremely depressed and don't even want to get up and go to work. I have had extreme leg pains for the last 8 months which were identified as a hernia and the only thing my orthopedist and the neurologist told me was that I should lose weight. My dietician tells me the same thing, my husband, my parents, my sister in law,my friends; even my boss at work. I'm Turkish and I'm not sure if it's cultural or not, but everyone seems to think they have the right to say anything - no matter how much it might hurt me - about my weight because they are genuinely concerned. And it does hurt sometimes! I have lived with this for years (been a yo-yo person for over 18-19 years - I was 11 when the doctor started me on my first diet) and only now have I been able to express that I can't take it anymore.
I am not a snacker but am a terrible over-eater, I have huge problems in decreasing my portions; because I am always hungry. I am not too much of a sugar freak (only ice-cream, but even that I can give up) but was a diet coke addict (and have been off diet coke since I found out that it can actually expand your stomach (!), which is around 2-3 weeks ago). I do exercise normally and am also a yoga freak (3-5 times a week) - but since the last two months or so I can't even bring myself to get on the mat, I feel so bad about my body and so helpless. I try to do everything right, but somehow, I just can't keep the weight off!
Long story short (sorry for the rant!), I believe that being sleeved may actually be the tool I really need to bring an end to this constant I have decided that if the surgeon that my friend went to (one of the best in Turkey, I reside in Istanbul by the way!). I will be self pay (private insurance does not cover bariatric surgery in Turkey and the national insurance only covers if your BMI is greater than 40 and there's a looong waiting list) and won't be that cheap for me, but I think this is the way to go.
Any comments or advise appreciated
Thanks!
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