Susan B.
My First Blog
Feb 11, 2012
Hello everyone-this is my first of hopefully many blogs in my latest weight loss journey. I am the typical fat girl, I have been big all my life. I am 5'9" so that in itself made me feel larger than life as I was that height at 12years of age. Needless to say I was taller than everyone else.That is not my reason for being fat, I just am fat, I like food I really don't like to exercise and I simply do not have the perseverance to stick to any diet. When I am hungry or fancy something to eat I eat it, as a result I became fatter and fatter as the years progressed. My weight however never held me back, I did whatever I wanted, wore whatever I wanted and had a very healthy self esteem. I was also a smoker-(ya ya I know bad girl). I tried a couple of times to quit smoking but always went back. I finally quit in 2010, October. Since then my weight has taken the brunt of the non smoker in me. I put an extra 60 pounds on top of the larger than life me, so I ended up at the highest I have ever been at 325 pounds. With that added weight I started to have issues with pain in my back and knees, as well I simply did not like me. My weight was stopping me from doing things!! This had never happened, so I knew I had to do something drastic. I did not want to be the fat girl who sat on the sidelines for the second half of her life.
I found out about the bariatric referral network, got hooked up and had my intro session in August of 2011. I learned a great deal at that first step and there was no turning back. This has not been an easy decision but truly I know I am helpless against winning my battle against sugary, fatty, greasy food. Don't get me wrong I love good food too, I love ALL food!
I have done all of my visits, learned a ton from TWH team and am presently on the 3 week of optifast. My surgery date is Friday Feb 17, 2012, One week away. I have already lost 20 pounds on the optifast. It has not been easy however I am hungry!!! sooooo hungry!!! I really do not like being hungry-I thought the hunger would go away however it has not, Its only 3 weeks that is what I keep telling myself.
I am going to get some fat pictures of myself and keep a record of my loss with both numbers and pictures. This is not a sprint its a marathon. I am standing my ground and taking back my life. (I could get really silly and start quoting all those motivational quotes but I am going to save that for later)
Feel free to drop me a note if you have questions, or just want to chat, I don't have all the answers but its always nice to chat.
Cheers!!
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Surgery
02/17/2012
Surgery Date
Feb 05, 2012
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