chunkymonkeylvr
10 days until....
Oct 07, 2011
I am on the count down!!! I had my final appointment with my surgeon yesterday, and I cannot wait! I love my surgeon, and it is a great feeling that I completely trust this guy to do the best for me and my life.My story,
I was a very typical child that was healthy and active in sports. I never carried weight and didn't have to really think about what was I was eating. My parents divorced when I was 8, and that is when the battle with weight began for me. I was not as active as I was previously. My mother worked 80+ hours a week to make our monthly bills, barely. My dad was stationed in a different state. Looking back it really affected me and put me on a path that I am not too thrilled about.
As I entered Middle school I became self conscious and found comfort in food as many did during that time.
When I became a Junior in High School I joined the Winter/Color Guard and the weight fell right off. I went off to college feeling great, but the freshman 15 hit me,as well as,being poor and eating un healthy. I didn't join a sport or do anything too active, and I drank way too much. As I left college I was a thick curvy girl not to bad though. I left my skinniest size of a 10 and went to a 14. I still felt great!
After college, I hit a bit of a funky. I was trying to figure out who I was, andI got caught up with a guy who wasn't the best. With in a two year relationship I gained about 100 lbs, and became pregnant. It was rough, but I got a wonderful daughter out of the relationship and I moved on.
I worked hard and lost about 80 lbs through diet and exercise. I worked with a personal trainer 3 times a week, and worked out over an hour a day. I put in more than two hours on diet and food prep. It was unrealistic for me to expect to keep up that kind of a schedule being a single parent. When I stopped losing weight after the 80, and hit a plateau, I kind of gave up. Slowly the weight crept back on plus more in less than 5 years.
I started a new job, which is high stress which didn't help with the weight gain. The good thing about my new job is it gave me a friend who I went with to the seminar about Gastric Bypass. I watched her journey and surgery in late July, and I cannot wait to go through the healthy transformation.
I am more than ready to be healthy and to be a good role model for my daughter.
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About Me
KY
Location
30.2
BMI
Surgery
10/17/2011
Surgery Date
Jul 31, 2011
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