BlackRoseRNY
Hello there! My name is Kyra and I am 22 years old. I'm the fat girl with the cute face (-_-). I had Gastric Bypass surgery on 3/19/2014. All of my life I have been over weight or obese...the latter has been the majority. I remember when I broke into the 200's... I was 11 years old... My highest weight recorded was 310 pounds.
I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism when I was 13. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when I was 17 and have been struggling with my A1c ever since. I was always the one to eat whatever I wanted because that's what made me feel good. I would always make excuses for eating, " I lost a pound, I will celebrate by eating this pound of ice cream". "I exercised today so it's ok if I go to the buffet."
I was (and still am) an active fat girl. I joined Taekwondo about a year ago. Of course I had to stop for the surgery but I plan on going back. I'm not to much of a party girl but I have my fair share of booty shakin'. The trouble was, whenever I would be active, I would always find an excuse to eat twice as many calories as I burned off.
This Surgery was the huge push I needed to get my life on track. The constant yo-yo dieting was driving me crazy!!!!!!! I realized eating could turn into an addiction. I was addicted BIG time. It had gotten to the point where I would make myself throw up about 60% of the time that I ate. A lot of the purging was done to keep my blood sugar numbers low but I figured that it would keep my weight down also. (Win-Win right?)
Being obese is all I know, the only time I was at a healthy weight was when I was 2. Growing up, I was always called names but after a while, I hid behind the "funny fat girl" act and hid my tears. The Hypothyroidism made it even harder to loose weight.
I am getting a new start with this surgery and am NOT looking back!!!!!
