My first ever blog entry.

Welcome to my blog, not sure what I am doing with all this so please be patient with me. I find it so odd that anyone would want to read about me or my weight loss journey so in my mind I am writing this for me...something I can look back on in time and go wow I have come so far. :)

My story I am 36yo mother of 3 wonderful (well most of the time) teenage children.
My son is graduating from high school in approximately 2 weeks time and personally I think that scares me more then having lapband surgery. lol

In a way I started my weight loss journey a couple of years ago when I first looked into lapbanding. Unfortunately at the time I believe that financially I would never be able to have the surgery so I opted to go on Tony Ferguson. I lost about 25kg on TF in 6 months which was great but sadly I found it difficult to stick to once I started working full-time shift work.
As soon as i stopped TF I started gaining the weight back then about 6 months ago I quit smoking so my weight gain just snowballed. The 25kg's I lost has found me again and it brought another 20 of its friends so my weight is now sitting at a phenominal all time high.

I have my first appointment with my surgeon on december 2nd and I am hoping for a surgery date in January some time. I just want to get this ball rolling as quickly as I can.

These are my reasons for wanting to have lapband surgery:
I am now at a point in my life where I don't like to leave the house. I do still work full time which I find a massive struggle physically and mentally.
I want to be here to watch my kids become adults...to see my girls walk down the aisle...to be a mother in law from hell to my sons wife (one day) lol.
At the moment I feel like i'm sitting on the side lines and watching my life go by. I want to be a part of my life again I want to take my kids ice skating and not be the fat woman sitting and watching but to be the young funky mum thats racing them around the rink. I want my kids to be proud to say to their friends thats my mum and not be embarrassed at how over weight I am. I know my kids love me unconditionally but to have them be proud of me as well would just mean the world to me.
Anyway hubby is home so time for me to log off and go do the wifey things like make dinner. :)
I will try and post once a week at least.
Take care
Tanya