jamie W.
6 year anniversary!
Apr 21, 2010
I am six years into my new life this week. So many things have changed for me. I lost 159 pounds with the weigt loss surgery. But, two years after surgery, I still was relying on the small stomach pouch to moderate my eating. I didn't eat sugar or fatty foods, but I did find that I could snack on unhealthy snacks. I put 20 pounds back on and had a wake up call. I tried to walk a 5k race with my 5year old son and it took me almost an hour to complete. When I finished, I slept the rest of the day. I realized that my body had shrunk and I had no muscle tone left. I have since been walking and exercising in one way or another regularly.I have dropped 10 of the 20 pounds I gained and I have built up every muscle in my body! I am now the strongest that I have ever been and can run/walk a 5k in about 40 min. I have done a sprint distance triathlon, 4 half marathons, and countless 5k and 10k races with all three of my children. I am now in training for the 2011 Walt Disney World Goof Race and a Half Challenge. That is a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday.
I am instilling healthy lifestyle choices in my children and meeting more people than I ever would have had the confidence to meet before I lost the weight. My life and the lives of my children has been changed forever because of my WLS. It was the best thing that I ever did for myself. I still don't eat sugar and I am aware of what goes into my mouth, but I am no longer constantly thinking of food or feeling controlled by it. I needed the forced behavior modification of the WLS to lose the weight, but I also needed the surgery to make my stomach feel satisfied long enough to get my thinking off of food so that I could deal with the issues that caused me to become such an addict.
I have had plastic surgery to remove tissue and skin from my stomach, a breast lift, and loose skin removed from my arms. The scars from surgery are my battle scars reminding me that I have worked and earned every bit of confidence and strength that I now enjoy every day. My weight loss journey will never end because I will never allow myself to forget where I started, but I will endure and continue working toward healthy living every day for the rest of my life. If anyone is ever in the North East Florida area, look for me and my family at a Saturday race. I am slow, but I always finish!
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About Me
green cove springs, FL
Location
52.8
BMI
Surgery
04/20/2004
Surgery Date
Apr 19, 2004
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