I have been lurking and reading alot here and have found your site to be wonderfully informative. I got the web addy from an LPN at the Lap Band info seminar I went to a couple weeks ago.
Having been overweight for many years, I have dreamed of losing weight and becoming "attractive", etc. All the things we hope for. But recently my whole perspective changed when I realized that I need to lose this weight to live. I want to be alive for my two children. I want to feel good and be able to do things I used to be able to do. I rarely think about the cosmetic benefits anymore. I am concerned with my health.
I understand that the LP is a tool and our whole life will change. We must change our attitudes and habits drastically to be successful. I know it will be very difficult and am resigned to the fact that my "best friend" (food for comfort) will no longer be there for me. However, I do have a question that admittedly gives me some concern.
Why/how can we expect to be able to change our whole life after the WLS when we could not manage to do it before? Is it because we now feel we have no choice? Or is it just that the surgery makes us feel more capable?
I have always gone through periods of commitment, intense will power, only to eventually fail and go back to my old ways. What is different that makes this work?? Am I destined to fail again, or will this drastic solution be the one that I manage to use successfully?