Jumping on the band wagon...

Where to start.....I have been over-weight my entire adult life. I have tried various forms of dieting over the years never with any long term success. I contribute some of my lack of success to the fact that overall I am a very self-confident, outgoing person and even though like most people I have always longed to be a smaller size, for the most part I was happy with who I was - inside and out. So, what's changed??? For the last few years I have started to worry about the impact my weight may one day have on my health. My dad is a diabetic and I worry that is what the future holds for me. I also realize that as we get older being overweight places limitations on the things a person can do and I do not want that for myself either. With those thoughts in the back of my head, I began researching the idea of surgical weight loss options and discovered this amazing blogging community that I have learned so much from. I have been "lurking" on these blogs until tonight when I read a post from Lap Band Gal and she called me out on being a lurker and gave me the jumpstart I needed to create a blog to hold myself accountable. I have signed up for a June 13th informational seminar on weight loss surgery. Wish me luck on this new adventure....