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Hello everyone. My name is Lala and I have been overweight my whole life. When I was in 7th grade I weigh 237lbs and now at 36 I weigh in at a whopping 271 or maybe 272. I have decided to do the lapband because I just cant seem to do it on my own. I remember my friend told me about this site and so i thougt I would use the site to keep a journal of my attempt before the surgery. Well that's if i get approved for the surgery. My heaviest weight would probably be 300 or close to it, I know when I met my first husband I hurt myself on the job and they weighed me and I was 281 lbs and that was in 1993. i have been on jenny and I have tried the phen-fen combo. Both of them were successful but I gained the weight back. Now I dont eat alot of food but i know I eat the wrong things. I mean its not like I eat 6k calories a day atleast i dont think I do. I love to work out for about 30 minutes aday at one point I had gotten down to 245 in 2005 with just exercising but then I met my second husband and he didnt like me being at the gym and so i quit. and the weight came back imagine that. Now after my second divorce I sit at 271 somewhere in between my highest and my lowest. I cant stand looking at myself in the mirror. All the extra skin and fat. I had considered a tummy tuck but was told I had to be around 200 before I could get that done. So here I am with all my rolls. My grandma can barely walk because of bad knees, my mother has diabetes and high blood pressure, and so i am really scared. I dont want those things and by the grace god I have had those problems yet.  Im a snacker and I snack on the wrong things. Everytime I eat I feel the fat sitting on my lap and it makes me sad but I dont stop the snacking. Well nice to meet you all and I hope this will be the start to a wonderful adventure.

Hi So nice to meet you.   My name is Rose I live about 3 hours south of Dallas but go there often, Well to Ft. Worth, my son is type 1 diabetic so he goes to cook. Enuff bout him I did not have alot of problems with my weight when I was younger. Mine all started after children and being diagnosed with a thyroid problem. I am a cosmetologist and standing in one place all day is tiring but rewarding does not constitute excersize.  So here I am 40 something and overweight. C.C. says I am 60 lbs. overweight. I am just aiming for 10 lbs. off then I will aim for 10 more and so on until I feel healthy. Maybe it will be 40 , 50, or 60 I don't know I just want to be healthy and meet new people who will encourage me and I can encourage them. Let'do this together.