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Hey yall! Hope everyone is doing great in the OH world! I haven't blogged in a while so why not! haha. So August 30th 2012 marks my 1 year surgiversary!!! Haha it's crazy how fast time flies. Looking back I have absolutely no regrets, wait...I have one...not doing the surgery sooner!! But I didn't know the impact it'd have on me then and I sure do know now. I'm so thankful and amazed by this. I now weigh in at 169 lbs give or take, I wear a size 11 jeans and S/M tops. I've gone from a 40D bra cup to a 38C bra cup size. I LOOOOOOOOOVE the new me. I'm so happy and proud. Of course there are still imperfections that pick at me all the time when I look in the mirror but I've come a long way to not be happy with myself. My next plan is to look into the right plastic surgeon for me. I want to have my tummy tuck, breasts, butt, and inner thighs done up haha I could live with my arms. I'm 25 years old and all of my life I've been "hidden" so it's my dream to be able to wear a bathing suit to the beach and feel comfortable with out feeling any insecurity about my body and I really feel having those plastics will accomplish that for me. Mentally I am strong but physically, I need help! haha. So yeah! That's whats been up with me. Anything new going on in your worlds????????????????????! 

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've blogged about my life and what not so I thought I might do that right now 

So it has been about 7 months since I've had my surgery and I'm down approximately 128 lbs!! It is an amazing feeling, literally. The feeling of being able to just maneuver from place to place with out feeling like I might get stuck on something or inbetween something and embarass myself, the feeling of fitting into my car comfortably, buckling my seatbelt with one shot with no hassle and even being able to drive with one leg up on the seat or crossed under my other leg! Or being able to simply cross my legs under tables when I sit now, or anywhere! It truly is an amazing feeling and I'm very thankful to everyone who helped make it possible for me. 

So! What's life like after losing 128 lbs? It's great! I'm very active now I'm either out with friends walking, at the gym, going somewhere where before I'd always be..home. Boring. It sucked. I feel like slowly but surely my life is getting to where I want it to be. I'm a lot more outgoing now and I like that new side of me. Everyone in my life has been so supportive and amazing to me. I get nothing but compliments whenever I see people who've known me since before the surgery and it's almost weird to me because I'm not used to it like I thought I was. My friends and family would always tell me "you are so beautiful, you have such a beautiful face." soo.. I guess now that my body is thinning out I'm just beautiful "period". haha funny how life works but I'm still appreciative of everything I've been handed. 

My body has gone down in proportion I'd say. I've been told my face was the first thing to thin out and then my legs (I can now wear UGG brand tall boots!! They never fit up my calves before) and arms and whole body all together haha. I have been hitting the gym but no one is perfect I don't go every day. I've noticed my inner thighs have loose skin that will probably require plastics to remove, my arms are not so bad but theres still loose skin there too that. My stomach will most certainly need a tummy tuck and I will also need a breast augmentation but hey! it's all part of renewing myself and I want to be happy in my future. 

Well! I hope everyone else is also having a succesful weight loss!! I've posted some "After" photos for your viewing to see the difference from the befores. I gotta run catch you all later! :) 

heeey everyone! 


I'm back! I'm sorry I've been gone for a while haha. I log onto the site atleast a few times a month and look at other member profiles I guess I just always forget to update mine so I figured I would for whoever reads this! haha.


So I will be 5 months post-op on January 30, 2012 and I couldn't be happier and more excited about my future and life than I am right now! 

I started my journey weighing in at approximately 336Lbs maybe even higher (I am 5'10") and wearing a size 24 jeans/pants that was already becoming too tight to fit into, and a 3XL shirt. 

I now weigh in (since the last time I weighed myself a few weeks ago) at 238Lbs give or take a little that is a staggering 108Lb weight loss!!! YAY ME! . I have not weighed this much since I was about 19 years old and it is the most amazing feeling ever I couldn't be happier. I can now fit COMFORTABLY into a size 18-20 jeans/pants, and can wear anywhere between a 1XL-2XL depending on the store/brand some places run differently in sizes. 

I've also gotten into my physical health and I have started exercising. I try to implent physical activity into my every day life, whether I am going up a flight of stairs rather than an elevator, or parking at the very farthest spot in the lot. I also go to the gym and go for long walks with my girlfriends. 

I eat healthy now once in a while I might have something like some chicken finger or something notice I say finger because I usually only need like 1 to help fill me up haha. Well life is good! I am happier than ever and have 0 regrets. I thank the Lord my savior for helping me and guiding me in the right direction in my life and my mother who was by my side thru it all and ofcourse my supportive family and friends! 

Hey yall! I thought I'd stop in and blog a bit about what's new and such.. So it's been approximately 3+ months since my surgery at the end of August, and so far so good! I've lost a total of approximately 70lbs where I started at like 336lbs I'm down to 262lbs give or take now. My goal is to be at 145lbs but I am tall too so we shall see. I'm now eating normal foods and I stick to the same stuff on a daily basis for the most part. I don't really eat anything fried, fattening or oily. If I absolutely must go to a drive thru for food cause I have no other choice then I always opt for a chicken ceasar salad or something that's low in fat and somewhat healthy for you but I don't usually go to those. So yeah my diet is mainly chicken, salads, rice and beans etc. I don't eat a lot and I'm rarely ever hungry. I haven't started hitting the gym yet so I know I should, I don't wanna lose muscle. I drink only water besides that I drink decaf tea on occasion. I haven't touched alcohol in forever or anything with caffeine in it. I have had a decaf coffee before and that was pretty good. So yeah I mean so far everything is going great I am sooooo beyond thankful to the staff and my doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This procedure has changed my life dramatically already and I'm only 3 months out. I'm very thankful to God too for blessing me with the oppurtunity to be able to have had this surgery done. To anyone whos contemplating it, don't just do it! You've got everything to lose and so much to gain! :)))))))))))))))))

So I've had my surgery!! :) Tomorrow will mark 1 week. When I was going in for surgery I was a nervous wreck...I cried like a baby haha and having my mama by my side almost made me more of a baby haha. The first couple of nights in the hospital were rather tough on me, I had a tube in my nose and iv in each hand and i'm which we've all gone thru it but it deffinitely is not pleasant. I had to stay in the hospital for 5 days because i developed a UTI from the catheter they had in me and i kept having some fevers that would spike up and down then up again then down again, it sucked. My room was located where there was a big old window and i could see the city of Boston and at night it was really beautiful so that was awesome. I'm home now and i'm so glad to be around my family nothing feels better then having those who care around you. Last night before leaving the hospital i had only a few small sips of the broth they give to you, I know i'm supposed to try and drink atleast 8oz of carnation instant breakfast because of all the protein and what not but i get tired of the taste its sweet and eventually i kind of get grossed out by it having it all the time but i am sucking it up and drinking it because it seems to be one of the only things that my stomach can tolerate and that won't make me nauseous. Yesterday my mom prepared some broth from me, store bought...it had 33% sodium in it, but i had less than 8 oz and i ended up feeling so ill and rather nauseous shortly after consuming it. I ended up laying down and that helped settle my stomach so it leaves me to wonder if the broth is what made me sick. I'm sort of scared to eat or drink certain things now i'm scared i'll become ill but i know this is all about trial and error as well. With time I know things will get better god willing! I came into this a staggering 325+ lbs and now i'm down to 320 i think it is so thats pretty amazing to me!

So I'm less then two weeks away (Aug. 30th) from having my surgery and i'm not nervous to be honest, i'm sure when i walk in that morning and it sinks in then i'll probably feel a little bit nervous but i've already went thru the lap-band and it's pretty much the same difference only this time its a lot more invasive. I started my liquid diet today too. This morning i'm sipping on some Strawberry Sorbet from UNJURY. This stuff really does work to help with the hunger because by this time i'd be famished i usually eat breakfast every morning but just drinking this which i used cold water to accompany it is making me feel some what full. For lunch I plan on having the chicken soup flavor and for dinner another packet of the chicken soup flavor. I ordered the sample pack from the website and it comes with a few different packets and flavors, a rubbermaid 1PT small container for the drink and a thermometer because when you heat it it has be a certain temperature. It was an excellent deal for only like $25.00 bucks. I plan on ordering the large containers now of the unjury as well as the multi-vitamin specially designed for gastric bypass patients. Anyways let's see what else is new...hmm...work is going great, my friends & family are all being very supportive of me and i'm so grateful to them in my life. Life is good and i can't wait for it to get even better! :)    

So i thought i'd hop on and do a blog really quick if thats what its called lol. I've been thinking a lot lately about life after the surgery, a lot of questions running thru my mind, will i lose weight? will i feel comfortable in my new body? will i lose a lot of my hair? many things.. I like coming on here at times of doubt and questions because its very helpful, and inspirational to me. I smoke ciggs and I haven't quit yet, i know i have to quit atleast 2 months prior to my surgery date which is aug 30th so im kind of just timing it. i plan to stop after this week..(hopefully). Its hard though..but if i have to choose between a smoke or my surgery its kind of obvious what my choice would be. Anyways I've also been ordering shirts online in a size Medium lately, its what i estimate i'll be wearing after i reach my goal weight of 140-145lbs. Anyone else in here (WOMEN) 5'10?????? and if so whats your goal weight and what not...inbox me! :) 

Well thats just a little update for now i gotta go to lunch soooo i'll see yall later! :) stay healthy my friends!

So I'm pretty much just prepping myself for the surgery end of August. I'm both nervous & excited. I just placed an order for the Unjury sample pack so I can try a little bit of all flavors for after the surgery. I keep trying to invision myself being in a healthy weight range. I have many bad habits I'll need to break but I know I can do it! :)