arielfreak
I’m a 28 year old stay at home mom to four kids. I've struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. I was somewhat big as a child, got chunkier as a teenager, and when I became pregnant with my first child at 17 years old I gained about 90 pounds and became morbidly obese and it has been a huge struggle since then. I gained more and more weight with each child. I've tried countless times and countless ways to lose weight- Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers (many many times), Richard Simmons, nutritionist designed plans, South Beach, Overeaters Anonymous, diet pills, Curves, and the list goes on. My weight has gone up and down for the past 10 years- I have managed to lose and re-gain 50 pounds or more several times- and it has always come back. I hit my highest weight of 316 pounds (I'm 5' 9" tall) in January of 2004 when my youngest child was about 7 months old. I started to look into weight loss surgery at that point but did not pursue it then because I was still breastfeeding. When my daughter weaned at 28 months old, and then yet another failed attempt at Weight Watchers, I started looking into surgery again.
I made my first phone call to my doctor about the surgery in June of 2006. After meetings, waiting, paperwork, appointments, and more paperwork (and a couple more appointments), I met with my surgeon on October 2. I was approved by insurance after the first request. My laprasopic RNY is scheduled for November 27, 2006.
01/04/04 All time high weight 316 lbs
11/13/06 start pre-op liquid diet 295 lbs BMI 43.6 Morbidly Obese
11/27/06 day of surgery 279 lbs - 16 lbs
12/05/06 8 days post-op 270 lbs -25 lbs
12/18/06 3 weeks post-op 265 lbs -30 lbs
12/31/06 5 weeks post-op 257 lbs -38 lbs
01/08/07 6 weeks post-op 251 lbs -44 lbs BMI 37.1 Obese
01/15/07 7 weeks post-op 248 lbs -47 lbs
01/22/07 8 weeks post-op 242 lbs -53 lbs
01/29/07 9 weeks post-op 241 lbs -54 lbs
02/05/07 10 weeks post-op 238 lbs -57 lbs
02/12/07 11 weeks post-op 233 lbs -62 lbs
02/19/07 12 weeks post-op 230 lbs -65 lbs
02/26/07 13 weeks post-op 227 lbs -68 lbs
03/05/07 14 weeks post-op 221 lbs -74 lbs
03/12/07 15 weeks post-op 220 lbs -75 lbs
03/19/07 16 weeks post-op 215 lbs -80 lbs
03/26/07 17 weeks post-op 214 lbs -81 lbs
04/02/07 18 weeks post-op 210 lbs -85 lbs
04/09/07 19 weeks post-op 206 lbs -89 lbs
04/16/07 20 weeks post-op 204 lbs -91 lbs
04/22/07 21 weeks post-op 203 lbs -92 lbs
04/30/07 22 weeks post-op 199 lbs -96 lbs BMI 29.4 Overweight
05/07/07 23 weeks post-op 195 lbs -100 lbs
05/14/07 24 weeks post-op 193 lbs -102 lbs
05/21/07 25 weeks post-op 193 lbs -102 lbs
05/27/07 6 months post-op 189 lbs -106 lbs
06/03/07 27 weeks post-op 187 lbs -108 lbs
06/11/07 28 weeks pot-op 184 lbs -111 lbs
06/18/07 29 weeks post-op 183 lbs -112 lbs
06/25/07 30 weeks post-op 182 lbs -113 lbs
07/02/07 31 weeks post-op 182 lbs -113 lbs
07/08/07 32 weeks post-op 182 lbs -113 lbs
07/15/07 33 weeks post-op 176 lbs -119 lbs
07/24/07 34 weeks post-op 175 lbs -120 lbs
07/30/07 35 weeks post-op 173 lbs -122 lbs
I found it. The 'before before' picture. The picture of me on the left was taken at Christmas, 2003. I am at my heighest weight ever,316 pounds. No, I'm not pregnant, even though I could pass for it. The skirt I'm wearing is elastic waist 3X, because at the time none of my size 24 button/zip jeans would fit me. I was into 26+ all elastic waist pants. I was exhausted. I was obsessed with food. I was a mess. The picture on the right was taken at the end of May, 2007, 6 months after my surgery. The dress is a size 14, weight 189 pounds. I am 127 pounds lighter in that photo.
