Jazlenesmommy
Well...a little about me & my WLS journey. For starters I have been heavy since I was a baby, & pretty much the only heavy one in the family. I've heard stories about me hiding cheetos before I could walk! LOL...Everything sorta spun out of control when my parents divorced when I was about 6. My mother started stress eating & I followed her path.
I wasn't really teased much, & I always had a lot of friends...I sort of believe that this is why I never did anything about my weight. I was always accepted for who I was & was always told how beautiful I was. My father was the only one who seemed to have a problem with it. He would say things all the time that would hurt but I thought he was crazy because no one else said the same.
Graduating high school I was probably about 280...At this point I started to feel like I needed to do something.
I started working on it on my own & lost about 30 lbs. by the time I was 20. At 21 I became pregnant with my 1st child. As great of a blessing I was given...After 2 weeks my mother passed away from a fatal heart attack.
Throughout my pregnancy, I just ate and ate to heal the pain & forget about the greif...bad idea. I had no problems & a perfect pregnancy...but I got up to my highest weight of 384 & it just didn't want to come off.
I faught a battle with post partum, and once I got back to my normal routine, I decided that my baby girl meant the world to me & I did not want to leave her, the tragic way my mom left me, just because I was obese. So after a talk with my Dr. At the begining of this year, he recommended that I look into WLS.
I started my process in February and had my RNY on July 12th. The past few weeks have not been easy...but I feel like I'm getting through it as best as I can. I lost 30 lbs. on my own before surgery & since surgery I have lost 37 lbs. A 67 lb. loss is so amazing...but I still have a long way to my goal! I am motivated to get there & hope to meet some people who will support me along the way & that I can offer my support & words of encouragement to as well!
