Introductions

So, now that I've peaked your interest you may be wondering who is the "face" behind the keyboard.  Well, I'd like to solve that for everyone now =P

My name is Sven.  I'm a 33 year old guy from the Chicagoland area.  I have a partner of over 4 years (Adam) and we have two "children" - Gameboy (minpin-chihuahua mix) and Akira (black short hair domestic kitty).

By day I work in the daring world of corporate finance!  By night I'm a reality show/video game junkie who loves nothing more than to relax at home with good friends, good food, and good conversation.

I'm pretty much always a "happy" kind of guy and very easygoing :)

I started this blog for a few reasons.  The first is I wanted an outlet as to where I could write my thoughts, my feelings, my experiences, and pretty much everything else as I head into the uncharted frontier of having gastric bypass surgery.  I also want to provide some kind of resource for people that are considering having the surgery.  I have done a lot of research into the blog world over the last few months and all of them pretty much are the same to me - "I am fat, I hate myself, I hate my life, surgery will fix everything!"

That is so not how this blog goes ~.  You didn't get fat overnight, and you aren't going to get thin overnight either.  The surgery is a tool, not the golden chalice from the Last Supper.  It is not a holy, divine method guaranteeing weight loss.  YOU have to be the one to want this.  YOU have to be the one to work towards this.  If you are dedicated, you WILL get there.  Just remember, someone out there is about to go through it too and they love you for wanting to make this change to your life!