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Okay, where do I begin? I am now almost 2 years post op. Very glad I was blessed to be able to have the surgery and that I had the surgeon that I did. I've lost, not counting the bouncing around pounds, 179 lbs. By the "bouncing around pounds" I mean the ups and downs that I experience, weight wise, that consist of approx. 5 lbs. Now I'm almost confusing myself. :-)
So, I started off at 342 lbs. at surgery, and now, as of the other day, I was at 163. But then, last night I was 166. However, I am still going by the 163, because lately, whenever I reach a new low weight, I tend to bounce back up a couple lbs. here, and down a lb. there and back up, and back down and so forth. Then, after a couple of weeks of that I'll be at a new all time low, and so on and so forth, etc........
Well, I started out at 342, as I'd said earlier. I've always been overweight, ever since I can remember. Actually, I think I was pretty much a normal weight in 1st and 2nd grade. But 3rd grade, I remember, was the beginning of my life of being overweight and made fun of. It's a sad thing that people get made fun of for any reason at all. I wish that it wouldn't happen. So many lives are destroyed just for someone elses sheer pleasure.
Anyways, such is the way it was. I've never had much self confidence, and in some ways, I still don't. But, I know I feel better and it's such joy to be able to do things I couldn't before. I don't have any problem going out in public now as I'm not afraid of being judged for my appearance. And that is a good feeling. I love being able to fit in jeans and not having to worry about splitting them at any point or having them wear out between the legs. Oh, how I always hated that.
I do have some jiggly skin, which my kids love to tease me about, but, I'd much rather have that than look the way I did before. So, I don't mind it.
About Me
Before & After
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