blueeyedprincess
My story... I grew up as a child being overweight. It wasn't so bad until around just after 2nd grade. I moved to a new town and made a new best friend (who was also overweight), and shortly thereafter her parents took us to Overeaters Anonymous. Talk about embaressing and confusing as a kid!! After that, I gained weight and a lot more. I remember being in a size 18 in 8th grade and hating it. I never got the "cool" clothes, and fitting in when I moved to new cities always sucked. As a senior in high school I did Weight Watchers and got down to 201 pounds... but then off to college and I gained the freshmen 75+... there was no freshman fifteen for me... I jumped right over that. lol I did the standard yo-yo up and down and up and down. I'm from Cleveland, and 2 (almost 3 years ago) I decided I was tired of being fat. I read the Dr Phil book and went from 345 down to 219... Yipppeee was I happy!!! Well... you know the story. I moved to Colorado Springs (January of 2006) and up and up and up the scale climbed until right around the 330 mark. So finally early this year I decided I'd had enough. I turned 33 this year (2007) and said I want the surgery thing and started reading into it, doing research and thinking seriously about it. In Ohio I knew LOTS of people who had this surgery done and they were never happier (for those that did NOT gain the weight back). I knew it would take work... but I do love me, and I do think I'm cute... but my outside wasn't a pretty sight. So... I started my road for WLS.
Dr Fedorak ROCKS!!! The entire staff at Penrose Hosp in the Springs is awesome!!! I'm right now at about 10 weeks I think and I have lost only 51 pounds. I did have a problem with scar tissue that I just got resolved (it took a while to get the time off to get in).. I was not keeping food down. So Fedorak did the EDG and found a very common issue, my scar tissue had decreased my stomach opening to 7 mm. He expanded it via balloon to 14 mm and now... Yippppeeee... I'm eating like a PRO!! I'm now up to 3 tablespoons, but don't usually eat it all... though I DO try!!! Anyhow... I'm the happiest I've been in a LONG time!!!! I am loving me again... I'm excited to get out and about!! I have lost about 3 sizes in shirts and pants already... I"m excited to work out and meet guys again!! :o)
I'm a new me. A new and improved me.. because this time I've broken the darn yo-yo cycle.. this time the new me (as I evolve) is for keeps!!! A happier and prouder me!!!
