So thankful for WLS

Jul 09, 2010

 I am so thankful for the opportunity to have weight loss surgery.  It has really changed my life.  At first I sat around and waited while the weight was slowly coming off.  Then I started to get more energy and I wanted to start my new life.  So... I started walking.  I was so afraid to walk around the lake. It was 2.7 miles, what if I couldn't make it around the whole lake.  I kept putting it off and putting it off and then one day I did it.  I almost was in tears at the end of the walk, because I, Julie Varnam, walked around the lake with no problems.  I didn't even have to stop!  Sure I was sweating and breathing heavy.... but that is what exercising is all about!  It felt so good and so empowering.  Now the weight is falling off!  I am down 2 pants sizes and I feel so good.  I have even started incorporating a little running while I walk around the lake.  I am so proud of myself.

This surgery has helped me become the woman I have always wanted to be.  I see running in my future.  I see things that I want to do now, that before I never thought twice about. (Like taking my girls in a canoe, running, rock climbing, biking, etc...)  

I thank God for this surgery!  It has changed my life! <3

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