Wow! its been a while...4 years post op!

Apr 18, 2013

Well, first off I would just like to say I am sorry that I havent posted anything in literally YEARS. My brother is currently in the process of getting RNY and I was just telling him how awesome this site is and how much it helped me through my process, when I thought to myself...What's up? Why haven't I been on here to update everyone on my progress and success! So here it goes! I really dont even know where to begin because my life has changed so much! I guess I will start with my weight loss since that is what this site is all about! Well I had my surgery in August of 2009. I lost almost all of my weight VERY rapidly! I went down about 70 pounds in the first 6 months. then over the next 3 months I lost another 40. So it took me less than a year to lose 110 pounds altogether! I am in the best shape now then I have ever been in my life. Although I would like to be a little more toned than I am now, I am completely happy with where I am at. I would encourage anyone questioning whether to get this surgery or not to DO IT! It was one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life! I would do it 10 times over if i had to but obviously that is not necessary because I have not only lost the weight but I have maintained it for almost 4 years now! My daughter Ryleigh will be 5 years old next month. She is amazingly wonderful, beautiful and just simply adorable. She is definately a handful but I am actually able to keep up with her! Had it not been for the surgery I dont know how I would have chased after her or played with her like she loves to do. I love being able to go shopping and not have to try things on. being able to grab a small or even an EXTRA SMALL, and know that it will fit without having to go into the dressing room! although i still do try things on just to reassure myself of how DAMN GOOD i look lol! I must say that I have become somewhat of a shopping addict now that I have lost weight because for so long i couldnt buy things that I wanted, I had to buy what would fit and as I'm sure most of you know, plus size clothes are just not as cute as "normal sizes". I wore a size 24 pants and an XXL shirt at my heaviest. I can now fit into a size 3 pant and small or xtra small shirt. It still amazes me to this day! It never gets old trying on a size 3 and smiling. My goal was to get into a 9 so that I wouldnt be in double digits anymore. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would sqeeze my fat ass into a 3!!!! lol! I currently weigh 130 lbs. I wouldnt mind losing another 10-15lbs but like i said i am extremely happy with where I am at! 

On a different note, I guess I will share with you all some of my personal life. After being physically, mentally and verbally abused for 5 years, I finally got the courage to leave my asshole babies dad. At one point in our relationship before I had the surgery he said to me. "I would never marry you at your weight now! if you do end up getting the surgery, I will consider marrying you if you get down to a size 5." ASSHOLE! I KNOW!!! Even after I lost 110 lbs he would tell me how fat I was. I ended up leaving him because I knew that I could do better and guess what? Now he is the one crying for me because he knows what he lost! He knows that we (my daughter and I) were the best thing that could have ever happened to him. And guess what? He is a day late and a dollar short because I have found the most amazing man that I could have ever laid eyes on. His name is Jared and I am so head over heals in love with him that I could go on about him for hours! He treats me like an absolute princess and tells me how beautiful I am and how much he loves me and how much I mean to him. He is sometimes so wonderful that I have to pinch myself bc I cant believe I found him! I feel like I am walking around in a dream. And not to mention he is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!​ people tell him all the time that he looks like Jake Gylenhaul (lol idk if I spelled that right?) And he does! He is great with my daughter and my family loves him. I do struggle with being treated so good, as weird as that sounds, I was used to being treated like crap for so many years that i dont know how to respond when he tells me how much he cares. I dont know how to act when he wants to hold me bc i was neglected before. In my last relationship, i was lucky if he would tell me he loved me maybe once a week. Jared tells me he loves me everytime he is thinking it and let me tell u, its often! Not to mention, the way that we met...It was like God brought us together. Some devine intervention going on somewhere. We both went to a bar one night that neither of us had ever been to. both of our friends had talked us into going out that night because we didnt want to. we both noticed eachother immediately when I walked into the bar and smiled at eachother. Somehow I started talking to a friend of his and he came up to us and told me he liked my Jersey. (I had just come from a University of Michigan game) Well we started talking and he asked me where I was from. Mind you, I live in a very very VERY small town about 20 minutes outside of toledo, ohio. Most of the time people have never even heard of where I am from but he thought I was joking when I told him. He thought his friend had told me to say I was from there, because he was from there too! we literally live 2 minutes away from eachother. it would take me about 10 minutes to walk to his house. crazy huh? so needless to say we exchanged numbers and have spent everyday together for the last 6 months. I know that he is the one. We have so much in common. I know that I will spend the rest of my life with this man! OK OK, i know i know! enough of the mushy gushy stuff! I told you i could talk about him forever! :P 

Other than that, I just started a new job working at Famous Dave's. We are trying to save up money so that we can move out of our parents houses and get a place together. Life is so good and I really have no complaints, other than the fact that I DO live with my parents, which kinda sucks...but its not so bad!  Happiness surrounds me and I have so much love and support from everyone around me. So if you are reading this and you are sad and depressed about your weight or current situation...I hope my story motivates you that this surgery has changed my life and can change yours too! And things will get better! Dont give up one way or another! YOU CAN DO IT AND YOU WILL! I have faith in you! If you have any question, dont hesitate to message me! I promise it wont be another 4 years before I check this thing! I will start checking alot now that I remembered it! Lots of love you guys! xoxo

-Britt

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