Disappointment into something better

Jan 02, 2019

I was signed up to have surgery on August 14, 2017. I was originally quoted a price of $9,000 which at the time I was able to finance. However, when I signed up for the surgery, they quoted me a price of $13,000. I was not able to finance the extra $4,000 because I didn't have the credit. So the surgery never happened. In the meantime, I kept gaining weight. I was at a point where I had just given up and my thought was that I would just eat myself to death. In April of 2018, I got really sick. I had an extremely bad kidney infection. Thank God I didn't die from it and that it was the catalyst for my weight loss. Later in the month, my mom had bought some probiotic pearls that she found on clearance which she thought to try. A couple of days later, she still hadn't tried them so I asked if I could try them. Apparently my system was so out of wack that about an hour after taking the first probiotic pearl I had a great deal of abdominal pain. If you ever decide to try probiotic pearls, I would suggest eating probiotic yogurt for a couple of days before hand so that you won't have as painful a reaction. We discovered that this was a good idea because I had never eaten probiotic yogurt before and tried the pearls and had pain. My mother had eaten probiotic yogurt, and when she tried the pearls she didn't have the pain. After taking the first couple of probiotic pearls, I went from eating seconds and thirds to only eating about 1/3 of what was on my plate. I also discovered through elimination diet, that products with gluten in them do not like me. I have been on this weight loss journey for almost 9 months now, and so far I have lost over 1/3 of what I need to lose. To God be the Glory!

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