Fredcat
Full Member
After dieting from being 17 til now (43), Ive tried them all, ww, sw, vlcd, xenical, and Im still the heaviest Ive ever been. My weight is getting me down, and now, as Ive hit my 40's, its finally beginning to affect my health and what I can and can't do, as it's aggravating my bad back, meaning I have sciatic pain most days, and can't walk very far before I'm in pain. So Ive seriously been considering having a gastric band fitted. Ive looked on the nhs sites, and I'm not heavy enough to get it on the nhs, so it would mean saving the 5k to have it done, which would take me a couple of years.
I was willing to do this, after all, Ill still be struggling with my weight in 2 years time, however, I have read a few peoples posts on the surgery part of this site, saying, they wished they hadn't bothered having a band done, as they have regained the weight, or not even lost as much as they'd hoped in the first place! Also, Ive spoken to my husband about it, who, says he doesn't like the thought of me having surgery to lose weight, however, he's never been overweight, so he doesn't fully understand what it's like.
I need to lose about 6-7 stone might I add. So, Ive decided to give ww a last ditch attempt before I resort to the drastic (and expensive) resort of banding. WW has been the diet that I have had most success with out of all the diets ive tried in the past, so Im gonna give it another go.
I was wondering if anyone else has been thinking of surgery, and if anyone has considered it, but then had success on a regular diet such as ww? I just think that, if I had double this weight to lose, then maybe a gastric band would be worth serously thinking about, but surely, I could lose 6 stone (which would make me about 12 stone, at 5ft 7 and a large frame, this would be ok).
Any suggestions/thoughts on this would be welcome as I have no one to talk to about it that is overweight and therefore, fully understands where Im coming from.
I was willing to do this, after all, Ill still be struggling with my weight in 2 years time, however, I have read a few peoples posts on the surgery part of this site, saying, they wished they hadn't bothered having a band done, as they have regained the weight, or not even lost as much as they'd hoped in the first place! Also, Ive spoken to my husband about it, who, says he doesn't like the thought of me having surgery to lose weight, however, he's never been overweight, so he doesn't fully understand what it's like.
I need to lose about 6-7 stone might I add. So, Ive decided to give ww a last ditch attempt before I resort to the drastic (and expensive) resort of banding. WW has been the diet that I have had most success with out of all the diets ive tried in the past, so Im gonna give it another go.
I was wondering if anyone else has been thinking of surgery, and if anyone has considered it, but then had success on a regular diet such as ww? I just think that, if I had double this weight to lose, then maybe a gastric band would be worth serously thinking about, but surely, I could lose 6 stone (which would make me about 12 stone, at 5ft 7 and a large frame, this would be ok).
Any suggestions/thoughts on this would be welcome as I have no one to talk to about it that is overweight and therefore, fully understands where Im coming from.