Best thing I ever did for myself!
As I sit here and think back on the past year I cannot believe I am where I am today! A year ago I had hoped I would be here but never dreamed in my wildest dreams its would be a reality. I started last August by meeting with the bariatric nurses and decided that surgery was the way to go. I made my mind up then that I was going to do what ever I had to do to make this body altering surgery worth it. I had trouble in the begging reaching my pre-surgery goal weight...thought I might not get it done in time. But then out of somewhere deep inside I pulled it together and lost the 17 required pounds plus some. My all time heaviest weight was 330 pounds. When I started this journey I was at 305 pounds. The day of surgery I was 267 pounds. I am now at 156 pounds....below my original goal of 170. I honestly didn't think I would get there. Even as a teenager the smallest I got was to 180 pounds. I cannot even express all the different ways my life has changed since starting this journey. So many good things have happened to me. I am finally living life to its fullest. My only regrets are not doing it sooner. The hardest thing is not having enough time in the day to do everything I want to do....I want to do so much!!! Thank you to everyone here....I've lurked and posted and learned so much from all of you. I will definitely stay here to help with the new challenges of maintenance....once I get there. Best of luck to all the newbies just starting their journeys.
I can't figure out how to post pics here but I did put some updated pics on my profile if you'd like to check them out!
~*~Shaunee~*~
Height: 5' 7" Heaviest Weight: 330 Starting Weight: 306 Surgery Weight: 267 Goal Weight: 135
