I’ve been a dieter for at least 20 years of my 30 yr life. Yes, since I was 10 years old I was on some form of diet, most of which had something to do with restricting carbohydrates (aka the Atkins diet). I find it amazing that I was so consumed with my food intake at such a young age. That’s just not something a child should be thinking of, in my opinion. When I look at my nephew now, who happens to be 10 years old, I couldn’t imaging him telling me how much carbs are in his lunch, or how he can’t have an apple because it has carbs in it. Boy, was I screwed up!

My years of ‘yoyo’ dieting haven’t been without success. I’ve had success many times over the years, but success never stuck. But my success stories have been getting further and further apart over the years, and I’m not sure why. When I was younger I was able to stay on a diet for weeks at a time. However, nowadays, I’ve come to the point where my dieting attempts can’t even last 1 day. Am I so use to the dieting and failure that my body/mind just says “forget it’ and gives in?

Today, I’m about 100 pounds overweight it seems to be here to stay. However, there is a new treatment called Bariatric Surgery that seems to have helped many people who were in similar situations, and many people who were much worse situations (weight-wise). Spending nights looking at all those success stories on television’s ‘The Learning Channel’ as brought me to wonder, is it time for me too look into Bariatric surgery? I know there are risks, and the long term effects are quite as well known, but there are risks being as large as I am for the rest of my life as well. The decision has yet to be made, but I’m more tempted now than ever.