Mistletoe76
It all started for me back on July 24, 1987. I turned 11 years old just 6 days earlier and my parents bought me the Pink and Grey 10 speed bicycle that I wanted! My best friend was having a pool party that day and when I left I put my wet towel and bathing suit in a grocery shopping bag and then on the handle bars. They slipped down and got stuck in the spokes of the front wheel as I was riding down a steep hill. They acted as a brake and I flew off the front of the handle bars. I wound up having 164 stitches in my mouth and face and I lost 4 teeth that day- though they were put in milk and put back in at the hospital. For the rest of the summer I was on a different kind of liquid diet than those of us doing the WLS had. My Mom was making me Vanilla Milkshakes on a daily basis in addition to the Chicken Broth, applesauce and mashed potatoes that I ate for the next weeks and months. I gained a bit of weight but even more important than that I felt ugly and very self-conscious because of my now distorted upper lip. I gradually packed the weight on for the next few years and while only 5 foot 2inches tall I weighed 160 pounds from 6th -11 th grades. That wasn't "obese" at the time but when I started my senior year of high school I gained 60 pounds from September-May. Every year since then I've gotten heavier and heavier until I reached my lifetime high of 299 pounds in March 2008.
At this point in my life I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be under 200 pounds again. I haven't been for nearly 15 years now. I desperately want to be healthy and happy! I want to live life and enjoy sports again. The most important thing for me though is to become a Mother. It's all I've EVER wanted out of life.
I cannot wait to start the new rebirth of myself!!
