Recommitting to the lifestyle

Aug 16, 2012

I can't believe how long it's been since I've been on here! Soooo many things have happened. The last time I posted it appeared that I had an ulcer. It turned out to be a twisted small bowel. I had a couple of very dangerous gastric bleeds and the doctors tried and tried to find out what it was. Finally, the pain and sickness were too much & I landed in the ER again in February 2009. They found my small bowel was caught in an internal hernia. I was rushed down to the hospital 1 1/2 hours away in an ambulance and had emergency surgery. I have been 100% better since! The blood I lost caused me to become severely anemic I had to undergo six iron infusion treatments to get my anemia under control.

The little cousin I had living with us ultimatly went home. We then pursued foster adoption. We had a couple of disappointments and ended up having IVF which resulted in twins. The month I got pregnant with the twins, My little cousin's niece and nephew came to live with us. They are now our adopted children. So now I have five sons 25, 22, 20, 4, and 18 months and two daughters 3 and 18 months. 

I had to "eat around" my RNY gastric bypass in order to sustain my twin pregnancy and nursing. I stopped nursing in October of 2011 and have not gone back to my previous lifestyle. The result is weight gain. I am now 217 lbs! The day I had my IVF transfer I was 177 lbs...three weeks after having the twins I was 182. This weight is NOT baby weight. It's weight gain from snacking, not excercising, not enough water, and drinking my calories. 

From this day forward I take back my life. I will not go back....four precious children are counting on me!   

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