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  • Username: EllefireGA
  • Location: GA, USA
  • Member Since: 1/27/2008
  • BMI: 43.0
  • Hoping to have surgery
  • Surgery Type: RNY (04/08/08)
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I'm a 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo.  TKD is truly my passion, and I look forward to continuing to grow as a martial artist.  The dojang is my second home, and I love my TKD family--they help keep me young!   I'm probably stronger and faster than most people would expect based just on my appearance, but I don't mind being underestimated like that because it gives me an advantage in sparring.  However, I am really ready for my outside appearance to more accurately reflect who I am inside--an active, energetic, creative, witty, strong, fun person.  I can only imagine how good it will feel to kick some weight off of this frame and to experience the movements of my art form with greater ease and less pain!  I'm excited already!

I'm 33, a wife and mom.  My husband and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary in August 2008, but we'll celebrate it on different continents.  He's active duty Army and is deployed to Iraq until September of this year.  This is his third one-year deployment in the last five years, so Army life can be quite challenging, but we work very hard at keeping our little family as our top priority.  We have a seven year old daughter, Madison, who is a very kind-hearted and sensitive little girl.  She loves art, soccer, Taekwondo, Hannah Montana, the color pink, lip gloss, writing stories, her friends and family and pets.  There's so much to be thankful for in our lives, and I am ready to add unzipping this fat suit to that list!  I am ready to get my groove back!

My Story

To bypass or not to bypass is such a huge decision, and I've been back and forth on it for such a long time, but I'm now completely dedicated to making the drastic lifestyle changes necessary to improve my health and mobility, so that I can be a healthy example for my daughter.  I guess a real sense of determination came over me when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror as I was sitting at the dining room table, and I felt really sad about my appearance.  My husband and I were in the process of painting the dining room, so our large mirror that ordinarily would hang on the wall was propped on the floor, and I was able to see myself from head to toe in just a regular t-shirt and jeans and sneakers sitting there at the table.  That was the first time I really thought my body looked like that of a really sad person.  I had been angry and careless and disrespectful and disgusted and determined and discouraged and regretful and hopeful and neglectful and encouraged and surprised and ashamed and proud and critical about my body, but in that broad spectrum of emotions about my appearance, I had never just felt plain sad.  So, as I saw my own sad form sitting at the table, I began thinking about all the things I wouldn't miss about being overweight.  Then I decided to write them down.  When I first took a pause and started struggling to come up with new items for the list, I was already at #212.  Wow.  That's enough reason to do this, I finally thought.  And here I am...My surgery is scheduled for April 8, 2008.   :)