Posted by TexasChic on February 11, 2008, at 18:38:37
In reply to Re: Anybody done the Lap Band thing), posted by stargazer2 on February 11, 2008, at 16:46:24
> Texas Chic, what is your height and weight if you don't mind saying. Will your insurance cover the procedure and is there a weight requirement?
OMG! You really want me to tell everyone that!!! Okay, but in my defense I have HUGE BOOBS! (Heh, heh!). 5'6 225 lbs
At my skinniest and most anorexic, I was 130 lbs (size 8), which on me was enough to have friends telling me they were worried about how skinny I was. And with chics, that's pretty serious!
The weight requirement for Lap Band is at least 100 lbs overweight, which I'm not. I would actually be a decent healthy weight at 155-165 (around a size 12-14) and the least I'd want to get down to is 140-150 (size 10-12). But if my weight is combined with something like high blood pressure (which I have), then I qualify for the surgery.
> Do you exercise at all?No. My problem is I just can't seem to get started. AND I binge eat as a way to sooth my anxiety.
>That is the best thing for everything, although it is extremely hard to condition yourself to doing it. I started a few months ago after doing nothing for about 2 years and it is starting to make a difference. I gained lots of weight in the last few months myself from either Nardil or menopause. The advantages of exersise are much better for high blood pressure since you actually change your blood vessels and improve the blood flow to all areas of your body.
Yeah, I know it is, I guess I just feel that if I did something as serious as surgery, I would have a hardcore reason to push myself. In my mind, after all that, to give up would be unthinkable!
> I have heard of many people having the bypass procedure gain alot of weight back because they can't change their eating habits.
I think once I started losing the weight, I would have the incentive to keep it off. Maybe that's what everyone thinks, but to me this makes sense. Right now when I think about it, I think, why deny myself the temporary satisfaction of binging and couch potato-ness, when the payoff of exercise is so far in the future, and I'm so likely to fail!
I appreciate all you advice! I will at least attempt it on my own before doing something as serious as surgery. In fact, maybe just deciding to seriously consider surgery would motivate me to
exercise!-T
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