The Blog Begins......

I decided to finally start my blog! I hope I get a few followers :). 

DH & I are in the midst of our 6 month diet as required by our insurance provider (Highmark Blue Shield).  We will attend our first support meeting tonight at our local hospital here in Reading, PA.  I am looking forward to it.  

I have been following so many blogs on here. You Bandsters rock!!!  You keep me motivated and assure me that I am making the right decision.  DH has no doubt he is doing the right thing!  

The reason I named my blog "What I weighed in High School"  is because when DH & I met our surgeon for the preliminary consult, he asked each of us what   goal weight we had in mind.  DH did not hesitate and said 170lbs.  OK, so I sat there, a  blank look appeared.  Of course I thought about this many times, but for some reason I had trouble throwing the number out there :(.  So, Dr. Ceppa said "What did you weigh in high school?"  AH HA!  There it is, how did he know the crash diet I went on between 11th & 12th grade led me to a 45lb weight loss?  I survived on Peanut Butter crackers and a pint of orange drink everyday - this was my breakfast and lunch.  Then I had a very small dinner.  I was motivated and as unhealthy as it may have been, the weight came off and I was a SIZE TEN!!!!  I weighed 150 lbs.  The lowest weight I was in years!!!  I felt good and I looked good.  So there it is - 150 lbs is my goal weight - what I weighed in high school!!!  I am starting at 237.  I told DR. Ceppa that I couldn't even fathom weighing 150 lbs.  But it will happen - I know it will & all you bandsters prove that to me each day!

Here's a picture of DH & me - It was taken at the Philly Zoo last year.  We were both about 25 lbs thinner at the time:

Thanks for reading!
Dawn