Hi
there! Welcome to my weight loss journey blog. My name is Michael, but you can
call me Mike. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and share my weight loss
journey story with whoever wanted to read it. So what's this blog all about you
ask? Well, I plan on starting with this blog post by giving some backstory
about how I arrived at looking into weight loss surgery, and why I decided to pursue
surgery instead of the conventional weight loss methods. I plan on writing on those topics in other
posts. This post is strictly to give a
backstory and provide an introduction. To get something out of the way real
quick – I will allow people to comment, but I will not tolerate rude and crude
comments and you will be blocked.
So now that introductions are out of the way, let's get into why I decided to write this blog. During the process of learning about weight loss options, and learning about the weight loss surgery program I chose. I chose to use the Minimally invasive weight loss surgery program through Washington University Physicians. The program came highly regarded and the doctors were the deciding factor. All the doctors who are in the program came highly regarded and had excellent reviews. The doctor who took my case is the chief of this service and had excellent reviews. The decision just didn’t come lightly. The other decision about why to go with weight loss surgery was the simple fact I would spend a lot of time at the gym; it wouldn’t be just simply cutting calories and the whole expending more calories than I take in. But I didn’t want to spend hours and days working out. I don’t have a problem with working out 4 days a week for a couple of hours, but I’m talking I tried a lot of different diets and tried different approaches and while I did lose some weight, I couldn’t keep the weight off. I started thinking about weight loss surgery several years ago. I talked with people who went through the surgery and saw how they succeeded afterward. Having this surgery is just part of the process – it’s a complete lifestyle change and I will have to be careful to eat right for the rest of my life.
My next posting will start to walk through the process I had to follow and we will start with the initial appointment and the many steps I had to go through before I was able to meet with the surgeon.
So I will see everyone on the next post.