Teena D.
December 8, 2008
Okay, I decided to give you a little insight about me just incase someone needed to hear "My Story"!
I am a 42 year young christian lady! I am very happily married to my wonderful soul mate, Michael who I have loved and been in love with for 24 years (on and off of course, thank God it has been more on than off! Just keepin' it real!) We have two truly beautiful girls, Dee our oldest is 24 and Dimples is 20 will be 21 January1.
I am the 4th child of 8, 4 boys and 4 girls. We all have the same parents, so we are very close. I am the one who looks like my Dad so Mom and I didn't get along at all, especially when he left. I was the age of 12 and Mom blamed me when the sun didn't shine in the right direction. (Thank you Jesus for Grandmom!)
I grew up introverted, meaning I kept to myself a lot. It is funny, b/c that made the girls in school think that I was stuck up. They just didn't know that I was scared to open my mouth for fear that all kinds of skeletons would fall out!
Mom sent me to California with my Dad, after graduation, (because I ruined my life, so she says, I got pregnant in the 12th grade). Michael joined the US Navy and the rest as they say is history!
As a new wife and mother, I was never over-weight, but by the time I had our second daughter, I put the pounds on!!! I think I got comfortable. I went from 150 pounds to 260 pounds in about two years! I tried every diet in the world and lost weight, but I always found it, ( along with some weight that was laying around that someone else had lost!)
My husband was great through all this, and everytime I asked was I getting fat, he said, "no Dollbaby, you are getting bigger, but it is in all the right places!" So what did I say, "okay, give me another piece of cake, and put some ice cream on top of it!"
THE DAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE:
One day I was laying in bed and I thought I heard someone which puzzeled me because I was home alone, but sure enough when I turned over and looked there was this person in my house that I didn't recognize staring me right in the face........It was me! My breathing had gotten so heavy that I didn't know it was coming from me! And the whale I saw in the mirror!! Whoa! So I had to free Willey, he deserved to be free!
Now my life is so different! I go places! I take pictures! I smile, well I've always smiled, but I have this really cheesy grin now! Oh my God! Life is so wonderful now! There are still struggles, (McDonalds sweet tea) but when I fall off, I just get back up again! I am taking control of my life! This is a wonderful tool! I love it!
*Please don't be fooled, this surgery is not a fix all! you have to work it. In March 2008 until about June 2008 I gained about 21 pounds!! I didn't know what to do. I kept the weight on until November 2008 when I got the flu and lost about 15 pounds. I was so use to not eating that it was the thing that I needed to jump start the weight loss again. I was eating sweets, chips and everything before then. I have got to realize that those are the things that got me into trouble in the first place! It is a life change, not a season!
June 5- Surgery day weight 315 goal weight 160 /155 to goal
July 5- One month post-op 295 - 20 pds gone / 135 to goal
Aug 5- Two months post op 281- 34 pds gone / 121 to goal
Sep 5- Three months post op 253- 62 pds gone / 93 to goal
Oct 5 - Four months post op 241- 74 pds gone /81 to goal
Nov 5- Five months post op 235- 80 pds gone / 75 to goal
Dec 5- Six months post op 231- 84 pds gone / 71 to goal
Jan 5- Seven months post op 229-86 pds gone / 69 to goal
Feb 5- Eight months post op 227-88 pds gone / 67 to goal
March 5- Nine months post op 219-96 pds gone / 59 to goal
April 5- Ten months post op 208- 107 pds gone/ 48 to goal
May 5- Eleven Months post op 208- 107 pds gone/ 48 to goal
Jan 5, 2008 1yr 7 months post op 201-114 pds gone/ 41 to goal
Dec 8, 2008 2yrs 6 months 197-118 pds gone/37 to goal
IF ANYONE NEEDS TO ASK ME ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO E-ME, I AM AN OPEN BOOK! IF I CAN HELP I WILL! BE BLESSED
About Me
Before & After
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