Ok...
I have somewhat created my first blog!

I have been reading several other blogs in relation to Lap Banding and how awesome and not so awesome it has been on other peoples lives. So.. I thought I would document my story about getting Lap Band Surgery.. The good, the bad and the "meh".

I have been toying with the idea of Lap Banding for a few years now, but due to financial restraint and work getting in the way, it has never eventuated.. Until now!

I will be Banded Feb/Mar/Apr 2011


I made my appointment with Dr Stephen Watson at Murdoch Hospital a few days ago for 11th Jan 2011 and received my confirmation letter today which made me really happy - Although the $195 consultation fee for the appointment was a lot more expensive then I thought.

It is November 2010 and I have been adjusting to a Low GI diet for many reasons:
1. I have PCOS & Insulin Resistance
2. I feel like i'm 70 and tired, sick, etc etc the list of how shit I feel goes on for a while
3. I NEED to LEARN how to eat!
4. Finally, getting ready for Lap Banding Surgery in a few months time

So, my main motivation to become healthy first then thinner second, is a multitude of reasons most of which is based on the above reasons i've started Low GI eating

I have PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - No Period, Acne, Hair Growth, Insulin Issue, Infertility 

Since I first became a "woman", when I first got my period, I had always had irregularities - 6 months here, 3 months there - Mum said it was the same with her and it's just the way we are. Then at 22, I thought to myself "When was the last time I had a period?" The answer was about 2 yrs ago!!! I had just thought MEH, it's good not to be bothered with it all and i'll sort it out when I was older. I am 29yrs old now and that time is now! Matt and I have been trying to have a baby for 8 months, but I know that will never happen for two reasons - I am obese and consequently don't ovulate due to my label of PCOS.

Over the past 8yrs I have piled on the weight, mainly because:
1. I never cared enough about myself to look after my body
2. I've never learned how to eat - Sounds strange, I know - But think about it, Do you know how to eat?
3. I'm an emotional eater
4. PCOS puts weight on and doesn't want to let you take it off!
4. Stress of life etc etc etc the list of reasons/excuses can carry on forever, but I don't want to make excuses anymore

I am obese, in fact I'm 5'10 and 135kgs as of 25th November 2010
I have put up the most horrible photo I have - The ones where I cringe at how flabby I am

This is the beginning of  thinking there is no problem and facing it head on

So, the Lap Band Surgery... No one wants to have a foreign object squeezing their stomach to artificially create another stomach.. But when you can eat a whole pizza something has to be done

The difference between me and some other "Bandits" is that I have started to learn how to eat for my body. I have to eat a Low GI diet because that is the main problem.. Insulin and Blood Sugar Spikes.
I have seen many people eating junk while being banded, but I am going to try my best to keep on the Low GI eating while being banded as the band is not the be all-end all solution to my weight lose and "emotional weight" issues.

To me the reason I am being banded is not so I can keep on eating junk and lose weight, or have a "quick fix" as many people have accused me of.
I never cared about myself, my body, my life! Until I met Matt!
I want to be health, sexy, energetic, FERTILE for my husband to be.. I don't want to be a half broken woman for him as he deserves my best.

I am 60kgs overweight and I want to start living our lives together... being healthy.
My Low GI approach is my long term way of achieving healthiness and happiness within my body... but...
60kgs is a HUGE amount to lose and it would take me 4/5yrs just eating right which is fine for some.
I want to feel good sooner rather than later. I want to live my life now Matt has saved me from myself.

My approach to Lap Banding Surgery was never a long term quick fix.
It is as follows:

1. Lap Banding Surgery to lose excess weight
2. 20kgs to target weight, I will hopefully feel energetic, alive, fit enough to excercise regularly

Currently, I can't walk 500mtr without turning red in the face, puffing, feet.knees hurting, back hurting etc.
Hopefully with 40kgs off my frame, I can lose the remaining weight mainly on my own.

Disregarding looking awesome, there i\are so many health issues i'm facing if I don't lose this weight and the sooner the better!
Insulin Resistance is a pre cursor to Type II Diabetes, causes extra insulin to be excreted from the pancreas because it is not sensitive enough to take energy (sugar, carbs etc) into the cells to use as energy. So what happens? Insulin over production causes pancreas exhaustion, insulin floats around the body, sugar floats around and then stores as fat.. I also read over insulin in the body causes more calcification on the artery walls..Clogging my arteries and then HEART ATTACK

What else.. My Back has killed me since piling on the weight, headaches have quadrupled etc etc etc!

So, I will enjoy tasty, but Low GI treats at Christmas - Mother in Law is a Nutritionist and a Vegan, so she won't let me be silly at the table.

The next blog post will be my appointment in Jan with Dr Watson and whatever comes from there.

Merry Christmas

Ness xox