First post!

I am now officially a blogger! Feels good! Anyone that knows me knows that I have kept journals for a long long time. I have about 30 volumes of my life from 6Th grade to just a few years ago. I stopped writing much after I got married. I guess life just gets in the way sometimes. I decided to start a blog, maybe I will keep up with it better.

For those that don't know me, here's a little about me. I am 33 years old and have been married for about 3 1/2 years to Brandon. We met through Yahoo Personals in 2002. We got engaged in 2003, married in 2004, bought a house in 2005 and had a baby girl in 2006. Whew! It was exhausting just typing that!

My main motivation for beginning this blog is to document my upcoming journey. I decided, after much soul searching, prayer and research to have the Lap-Band procedure. My family history of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure.... these all came into the equation too. My surgery date is scheduled for 9/25/07. I go in to see the doctor, Dr. Carter, on the 18th for all of the pre-op stuff. Then a week later I go in for my procedure.

The surgery itself is pretty routine from what I've heard. Living with the band will be a different matter I am sure! But everyone reacts differently to it. Some people can still eat whatever they want, just much smaller portions. Some people can't have soft bread, some can't eat broccoli. It's just so individualized that until I am banded I won't know what I can and can't have. But I know I am making the right choice. It isn't that I woke up last week fat! This has been a life-long battle for me and I can't wait for the new life I have ahead of me!

Stay tuned for more!