MY DATE IS NOW BOOKED!!! ON THE 10TH MARCH 2009 MY LIFE WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE!
I got my goodie bag including my plate and from Monday I am going to start my McClouds shakes for 2 weeks to shrink my liver as we all have to do. I also met a fab lady who is being banded there on the same day as me...yay my first bandit buddy!
IM SO DAMNED EXCITED!!!!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
In The Begining..
I have never been skinny. Well I have once when I was 18 and lived overseas and lived on very basic meals and travelled by foot rather than cars like we do here, even just to go to the shops!
I have peaked at a size 26 and have been considering lightly the concept of having a lap band for the past 4 years since working with a size 12 girl who was previously a size 22 before banding.She raved to me about how wonderful it was but the thought of spending thousands of dollars just seemed crazy to me as I didnt have private health insurance.
I had my second baby 4 months ago and my 5 year old said to me a few weeks ago "will you always look like that mum?" I said like what babe? and he said "will you always have your fat tummy, you have had the baby now but you are still fat and I want you to look NORMAL like us" NORMAL...huh....I almost died, where did he get this mind set from????
As you can imagine my heart shattered into a million pieces and it made me make a crucial and final decision to get this lard off! So off I went to a lap band info night along with many other obese people, lots much bigger than me, and learnt loads of stuff and met a size 10 girl who's life had changed dramatically since being banded. The $$$ kept springing back until I was told there that you could use superannuation or mediplan (like a loan) if you didnt have all the funds.
2 weeks later I decided to go for it! So now Im awaiting my 2nd appointment to book my surgery date which will prob be about 4 weeks away as I have to go on a low cal diet for 3 weeks prior to shrink my liver first. Usually you would go on a shakes diet for 3 weeks but I am still breasefeeding so I need something a little different.
Watch this space folks...my journey is about to begin!!
I have peaked at a size 26 and have been considering lightly the concept of having a lap band for the past 4 years since working with a size 12 girl who was previously a size 22 before banding.She raved to me about how wonderful it was but the thought of spending thousands of dollars just seemed crazy to me as I didnt have private health insurance.
I had my second baby 4 months ago and my 5 year old said to me a few weeks ago "will you always look like that mum?" I said like what babe? and he said "will you always have your fat tummy, you have had the baby now but you are still fat and I want you to look NORMAL like us" NORMAL...huh....I almost died, where did he get this mind set from????
As you can imagine my heart shattered into a million pieces and it made me make a crucial and final decision to get this lard off! So off I went to a lap band info night along with many other obese people, lots much bigger than me, and learnt loads of stuff and met a size 10 girl who's life had changed dramatically since being banded. The $$$ kept springing back until I was told there that you could use superannuation or mediplan (like a loan) if you didnt have all the funds.
2 weeks later I decided to go for it! So now Im awaiting my 2nd appointment to book my surgery date which will prob be about 4 weeks away as I have to go on a low cal diet for 3 weeks prior to shrink my liver first. Usually you would go on a shakes diet for 3 weeks but I am still breasefeeding so I need something a little different.
Watch this space folks...my journey is about to begin!!
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