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Aug 16, 2015

Hello everyone!

I came across this page quite a while ago. I finally decided that it was time for me to join and track my thoughts, goals, ups & downs etc. I have been in the process of complete all the steps to have bariatric surgery. It took a while lol! I started December of 2014. My surgery is scheduled for August 20th, which is in only 3 days. It is finally now starting to sink in that this is really happening. It didn't feel like it was true until very recently. I am not yet nervous or worried. I don't know what I feel to be honest. I am hopeful. I believe that all with go well. I just have to remember not to get bummed out if the weight doesn't drop as fast as I would hope that it would.

A little about me.. I am 27 years old. I am extremely obese.. not exaggerating either. I currently weight 490lbs. When I started this I was 498. I did lose about 15 pounds but then I added some back on. I think I was becoming frustrated with the length of time that it was taking. I have been overweight basically my entire life. I was always the cute 'pudgy' kid when I was younger. I weighed about 350 the entire 4 years of high school. After high school, I maintained about that same weight. It was when I was in my early 20's that I really started to pack on the pounds. It wasn't fast at all until the last few years. When I was at a doctors appointment, my doctor showed me a chart of my weight and how much it has went up. I gained roughly a 100lbs in a year. I knew that I gained a lot but I couldn't believe that it was that much. That is when I found out that I was pushing 500lbs. I decided to make a change. I checked with my health insurance and began the process.

My family has been supportive through this all. Especially my sister and my mom. Those 2 have been the only ones who continue to ask questions and try to be involved. My other sister doesn't really agree with this I don't think. She is overweight also. She did lose quite a bit of weight but then gained it back. I think she believes in doing it the old fashioned way. She has never been near 500lbs though so I don't think that she can really relate to what I am going through.

I am still young enough that it will be much easier to make the change now. I know that I can do it. The hardest part of this so far has been giving up soft drinks. I didn't think that it was going to be humanly possible to end my love affair with pop. It really hasn't been that bad so far. I mainly drink only water. I don't care for flavored water. I occasionally have a small 8 ounce glass of orange juice to mix things up but now I prefer only water. My body has been thanking me for it too. I really do feel much better just from getting off the pop. I have less headaches also.

I think that I am going to enjoy this blog and comments/help from all of you

-B

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