BrandNewKimmie
I MADE IT...HAPPY 1 MONTH SURGIVERSARY!
Mar 20, 2012
I almost feel like today is a birthday! I’ve been through many ups and down these past few weeks however as I’ve said in many of my posts this has been the best decision I could have ever made for myself and the lives of my children. It’s so funny – they’re 5 and 6. My 6 year old son is so attentive, he reminds me that, “Mommy that’s too heavy for you, let me help you” and my 5 year old daughter always volunteers to pick things up for me so that I don’t have to bend down. More importantly this journey has taught me that I don’t have to settle for anything in life and that if something is within my power to change – I can change it. Prior to surgery, I wasn’t just a person who ate too much, I was addicted to food. I used food as a way to cope with the life that I created for myself. I let my weight hold me back from doing the things that made me happy which made me eat even more and it became a cycle for so much of my life. I’m more active and have been walking up for a mile several times a week. I walk 30 minutes in the morning and take the kids walking after work something I couldn’t do before because of joint pain and tiredness. One of the most rewarding things is that the children are a lot more active and are eating much more healthier. I won’t deprive them of things that children like but in the past month, I’ve taken them for fast food only twice! Which I’m amazed at lol….They’re learning to try new things like grilled tilapia and veggie omelets. My confidence has gone up, I’ve set new standards for myself. For many years I used to be a doormat to all, people would take my kindness for weakness, belittle me, be rude to me, be disrespectful and hurtful all because I let them and didn’t feel like I deserved more. All that has changed, I’ve made some drastic changes, I’ve separated myself from certain people who I used to surround myself with who didn’t add to the person I was, only took away from and I’ve returned to going to church regularly and am constantly trying to strengthen my relationship with God. It took the surgery for me to realize myself worth and now that I’ve discovered it, I’m not going to allow anyone to destroy it or make me feel bad about wanting and demanding more for myself and out of life.
