KARMELE
All my life I have been up and down like a yo-yo with my weight,
my father is a obese person, my mother is the opposite is a
skinny person..... I have an older sister and a younger brother,both are skinny..... I am the sandwich of the three of us...... I have always be the fat one.......
At the age of 7 I went to my first of the thousands
doctors to help me with my obesity....... I still
hateing that woman...... she make me eat for
a week in the morning an orange not in juice, for
lunch 2 hamburguers (with out bread only meat) and
one orange and for dinner one hamburguer just like
the lunch and one orange...... I completely after that hate
the oranges only in juice i like them..... You can imagine
what a frustration I had, but it wasn´t all, the doctor
don´t let me wacht TV at all........ Oh my god I was
only seven (7) years old...... What can you spect of a
girl of that age??????
Here is a collage of a couple of pictures mine
After the diet with the crazy doctor, I have been
up and downnn with my weight, one year I´m so
skinny and the next one I´m so fat......... But this
last 4 years I can go down, it have been so streffuly f
or me....... I have make like 20 diet programs with
differents doctors, the most I can go down less than
30 pounds aprox.
This next picture is at my wedding 3 years ago...... December 5th
The next ones are the ones that i really hate because
it make me look fat, this ones are recently like 3 months
ago........
This is at the Company´s Bowling Tournament
This one is at a Road Trip with my students last year,
the trip was to El Avila....... Later I will put some pictures
of the El Avila.
This one is with for of my students, I just look one of them.... LOL
The Avila
The Cerro El Ávila forms an integral part of Caracas, and
it is from this famous hill that Caracas has obtained the
nickname of "The Sultan of Ávila". Our valley owes its
yearly average temperature of 23°C to this hill, which
separates the city from the Caribbean coast, and is
known as the "green guardian". It also provides the
city with a permanent supply of oxygen. The Guaraira
Repano hill in Sierra Grande, whose indigenous name
was changed, is now named after Alférez Mayor from
Campo Gabriel de Ávila. In 1575 he set up camp on its
hillside. Few cities in the world possess a place of such
diversity like that of El Ávila, which is a paradise for
adventurers, explorers, nature lovers, generations of
artists, scientists and children of all ages. The Parque
Nacional, which was opened in 1958, and currently covers
an area of 85,192 hectares, offers many places of
interest, such as El Pico Naiguatá (the Naiguatá summit,
which reaches a height of 2,765 meters), la Silla de
Caracas (the Seat of Caracas), el Camino de los Españoles
(the Route of the Spaniards), el Castillo de San Carlos
(San Carlos' Castle), la Hacienda Santo Cristo and la
Fila del Indio. The historic ruins include Corozal, Guayabal
and Tabacal, the Sanctuaries of Sabas Nieves, Sebucán
and La Julia, and the Galipán village, which is the sole
authorized commune in the park.
Here is a picture my husband took from caracas to
the avila.
This is my goddaughther, she is 4 years now, and
I love her a lot, she is my sister only daughter.....
Her name is Ainara
This next pictures is at my sister wedding 7 years
ago, in the picture I only weight 50 kgs....... that is
my goal....
Here is a picture of my dog, my husband and I took
the picture the day we boiught it, only was 2 monts
old.... now if 1 year and 4 months....... the name is
Athos and is a rottweiller
This is my brother in december 2005 when he came
from Houston, he live there with his wife..... I took
the picture with my cell phone camera.....
And this is a picture of my first X-mas tree (X-mas 2005)
also took it with my cell phone camera.........
This is my space in messenger, you can go and visit
it..... I have a lot of pictures from my old job..... I was
a High school teacher.... actually my profession is process
engineer (I study Chemical engineering)
http://karmelesagarzazu.spaces.live.com/
WLS Will
be the key I can use to open the door to living again.
By using this tool (along with diet and exercise) …
I will fit ANYWHERE…
* I will be able to go ANYWHERE…
* I will be able to buy clothes IN town instead of specialty clothes stores…
* I will be able to leave the house and focus on where I am going instead of how I look…
* I will be able to put my shoes and socks on with out having to hike my leg up
on the bed or couch to support it while I put them on…
* I will be able to wear tied jeans again…
* I will be able to take AND enjoy taking trips…
* I will feel self confident instead of self concisous…
* I wont feel so tired and blah anymore
* My body wont hurt all over anymore…
* I will be able to work out in the yard again…
* Clothes will be cheaper…
* I will be able to swim in the pool and enjoy it…
* I will be able to sleep all night and not have to toss and turn because my weight makes my body hurt…
* I will want to be in pictures with my family again…
* I will be able to wear real underware again instead of fat people underware…
* I will be able to say, "I DID IT!"
* I will be able to look in the mirror and actually LIKE what I see.
* I will not be the biggest one in a room.
* I will no longer be embarrassed about eating in public.
* I will stop hiding from cameras!
* I will be an inspiration to others.
* I will make my mom and dad proud of me.
* I will make my Husband proud of me.
* Most of all I will make myself proud of me.
September 10/2006
Finally I got a date..... September 29, I can´t believe
how excited this is.....I´m counting tha days I have
left to start a new life....hopefully a happy happy life........
September 22/2006
The day is closer, and Im getting ready for my trip to
the losers side..... I cant believe how fast the days have
gone...... I have everything ready for my date..... I just
have to finished make my bag and my DH bag for the
two nights threee days in the clinic..... Monday I have
my appointment for my final pre op test.....
My pre op diet week have been a litttle bit difficult... I
have had a lot of headaches because the small amount
of food am eating.... Hopefully is not going to be the same
after surgery.....
September 28/2006
Ok..... one more day..... Im getting nervous and
excited..... I just took a pictures of me for the record.......
September 29/2006
This is the day....... This picture was taken by my mom,
while she was with me at the recovery room.... I kind of
ugly the picture.... LOL. My BMI at this point is 41.
October 02/2006
I got home yeasterday.... Im felling a little bit of
pain..... but everything cool.... Im resting this week
so I can go to work on monday 9.... I have a hard
night trying to get comfertable I didnt sleept to
much......I have been crying since I got from the
clinic.... maybe feeling that I miss something.... It
is getting better
October 05/2006
Thrusday, almost a week aniversary.... WOOHOO.... The
pain is almost gone only a few times in the day..... I´m
having troubles to eat all my proteins and liquids I feel
like my stomach is going to explode..... I have talk to
my doctor about it and he told me that is ok not have
enough room for everything.....
This marvelous picture is the stomach my DD took out
my body...... is open so you can see the inside part..... closed
was 10x7x5 cms
October 09/2006
Today it has been a horrible day.... only crying and crying and crying.....hopes to stop soon....
I post this on monday..... I was feeling miserable:
"I dont know whats wrong with me, but I
have all week crying .... I just got home and
start crying I dont know why????? Today I have
appointment with my doctor, everything was good
until he said that after loosing the weight I have
to be carefull with the food because I can go back
of what Im now...... That make me think all day,
what if I can be able to reach and mantaing my
goal???? Im scary about that, I dont want my husband
after, telling me I told you that doesnt work, why you
spend the money in that stupidity!!!!!! I need some
advice........ Please help me....... "
Thanks for all replies Im feeling better tonight.....
October 11/2006
Monday I went to the doctor.... they took my stiches
out..... my belly bottom still hurting.... and sometimes
my back.... because I can seat straight in the chair......
My crying is a little bit better.... I´m still on my puree
diet, I have app. with my nutricionist on october 26 that
will be 4 weeks post op.....and the first week of november
I have app. with my Lovely doctor.......
yeasterday I got my first accomplished, from a co-worker....
he told me that I was beautiful..... that the surgery was
doing its part..... LOL..... I said Thank you very much.......
October 21/2006
Ok 3 weeks already I have go down
11 Kgs (almost 25 lbs), thats so
amazing..... Thursday the nutricionist
change me the diet, now into semi-solids
food, yipeeeeee.
Friday was a terrible day, since surgery I
havent been to the bathroom, my doctor
toll me to have ANGIOLAX (a laxant) in the
morning, well I drink it and I had a patetic day,
I had nausea all day and my stomach hurts all
day long
I talk in the night with my doctor and he told me
that is probably the change of type of food I was
having now, that makes me feel so bad that day.
October 29/2006
WOOHOO my first month post op.... Yes!!! Today is my first month after surgery!!!! I'm so excited because I feel no hungry at all... I have lost 26 lbs.... in ONE month.... never in my life no matter which program and exercise I made I have lost that many pounds in such a short time!!!!!
I love my VSG.... and I love my new life.......
Here is a picture of me as the one the night before surgery, but this is from today!!!! 
January 27/2007
Almost is 4 months since my VSG... Im feeling great, I have lost 43.2 lb. I eat everything, but if I eat cheese i get a weird feeling in my little stomach. The rest of the food is ok.
My hair is falling out a lot, my doctor told me to drink a protein shake to increase the number of protein that I have been getting wwith my food.
In the album is a picture with my lovely surgeon, and his lovely and pretty nurse (Valentina)
February 26/2009
Almost 3 years post op I only have to lost 20 more pounds Im so happy with my new life.........
