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lose 5 pounds this week, and to drink 72 ounces of water a day.

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  • Sports - Love sports...Basketball, football, boxing, oh yeah!
  • Travel - I work hard and like to play even harder!
  • Musical Performance - I enjoy going to concerts,
  • Theater - Love the Theater!!
  • Poetry - I really like spoken word.
  • Meeting People - Learning new cultures and new people is one of my passions.
  • Dancing - I am a dancing fool! lol
  • Karaoke - Oh I like to think I am a Karaoke Queen!
  • Singing - I love to express myself through song!
  • Dating - Well still waiting for my Boaz!

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Hello All:

I am starting 2010 with a healthier and happier me! I have been dealing with weight issues since my teens and decided to live my "Best Life" by making some changes to my lifestyle. I am here to find support and also to help encourage anyone who can relate to my story!
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20 pounds down!!
on February 6, 2010 6:33 pm
I am in awe, I got on the scale and I have lost 20 pounds since the 19Th!!! I didn't expect to see these types of results this quick! I started my 2 week pre-op diet on the 19Th of January and I just didn't expect that in 2 weeks and 4 days to be down 20 lbs!!! I have a taste of success and this taste so much better than any food ever will! 

Thanks for all the well wishes this week during my surgery...it means a lot!
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Post Op
on February 4, 2010 11:15 am

Well I am 2 days post-op and I am feeling great! I do have a little tenderness and soreness but moving around very well. I have started my full liquids but I haven't been hungry. I am amazed at how great I feel, I thought it was going to be more painful. but amazingly it wasn't. The 1st day I felt the most pain, but had medications to manage the pain. The 2ND day I was just sore, not really pain but discomfort. Overall I would say pretty FABULOUS!!!!

Thanks everyone for all the well wishes and prayers!!!

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Pre-Surgery
on January 31, 2010 9:04 am
Surgery date Feb.2, 2010!!! Just 2 days away...I am so excited and feel so blessed! The time seemed to fly by. I am ready to start this new journey, it has been a long time coming. I have a great group of friends and family that have been supportive. My doctor and healthcare team has been awesome!!!
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My Story

I was actually a skinny kid but I was raised in a family that believed in clearing your plate! I remember as a child being the only one at the table because I still had food on my plate and I couldn't get up until it was completely empty. So I learned to stuff myself so that I wouldn't be left sitting alone at the table while my siblings were playing or watching television. I continued this habit and got so good at it that I never even felt the sensation of full. I knew to stop eating when the plate set before me was empty. The crazy thing about that is we used to call empty plates, "Happy Plates"!

I began to pack on the weight and became a chunky or chubby child. I remember wearing the same size clothes as my sister who is 3 years older than me. Fast forward to junior high and I remember being one of the tallest and I also developed early so I was shaped like a woman at a very early age. This was so uncomfortable for me. I had older boys looking at me and thinking I was older because of my body, never looking into my eyes while speaking to me but my chest! I then began to emotional eat because I hated the way I looked and I hated the attention I was getting and it wasn't the right kind of attention. 

Thank goodness I was smart enough to surround myself with great friends who loved and accepted me for who I was. I had sad times but not a sad or horrible childhood! I don't want people to think that at all. Big people get a bad wrap for being desperate and sad already and I'm not trying to feed into that stereotype at all! 

As an adult, I continue to clear my plate and the plate size grew along with my waist size! I always thought I was a beautiful big Woman and always wanted to represent the BBW's in a positive way. My reality check was when I was on blood pressure medication and looked at the facts concerning my life....both parents diabetics, both have high blood pressure, both overweight, my mother has heart issues and her quality of life is diminishing. I had to take a hard look at myself now that I am in my 30's and make some choices. Life or death, it was no longer about proving the world wrong on the fact that Big Girls can be sexy and beautiful, but now this girl needs to be healthy!

So here I am 2 days out from my surgery date and I am on a different path and a different journey, but I am determined to "Live My Best Life"!