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I'm 36 y/o. 5'7'' and weigh 311 lbs. I have a surgery date of 10/31/06. Halloween- my favorite time of year!
I'm a mother of three boys. I have been looking at WLS as an option for more than a year. I'm doing it probably more for my emotional well being than my physical well being. At this point I'm pretty healthy, other than high cholesterol and some arthritis in my foot. But I went through a pretty lengthy depression after I got divorced, and gained about 120 lbs over the last 5 years. After I finally came to terms with my divorce, I woke up and realized what I'd done to myself physically. Now my every thought revolves around my weight. I'm depressed over it- maybe I should say obsessed with it. I hate the way I look and feel. I'm never comfortable. Not even when I'm in bed at night. I'm self conscious in public. I feel like people treat me like a second class citizen because of my size. It makes me SO angry, because I know I'm intelligent, and pretty underneath all this fat. I've lost the ability to do some things I REALLY love. Like going on rollercoasters, or taking a long walk at the Metropark in my city. I love to swim, but all I can do anymore is float. I can't fit on waterslides or inner-tubes at waterparks anymore. I can't ride a bike, or rollerblade. I want to be active with my kids, before they've outgrown wanting to do things with their mother. I'm sure I could list 100 things that I want to be able to do again once I'm no longer OBESE, but that'll have to wait for another day.
Monthly weight loss
November 2006 - 28 lbs.
December 2006 - 12.5 lbs.
January 2007 - 15.5 lbs.
February 2007 - 9 lbs. :(
March 2007 - 11 lbs.
April 2007 - 5 lbs!!!
May 2007 - 12 lbs
Goals -3/25/07
To reach my -80 lb. mark - * achieved! 3/26
To be in the 220's - achieved 4/1 !
Wear my 2x scrub tops
To reach 55% loss = 225 lbs. * on 4/18
60% = 217 lbs on* 5/16
65 % = 210
70 % = 202
75% = 194
