New Beginnings

Jan 24, 2010

I had my surgery September 1, 2009. It was the first day of the rest of my life. I was at my highest wieght ever at 262 lbs. I would look at myself and all I could see was that I was following the footsteps of my mom and grandma. I needed to do something to stop the cycle. Both my mom and grandma died in thier early 50's and me being 35 with kids said, "I need to be here for them and live longer. I want to see my grandkids grow up!" My kids are young still, but are always saying how much they miss grandma and I remember when I was young when my grandma passed away. So I did it! It was the most exciting yet scary expirience of my life, but I would change it for anything. There are no regrets. I am now a little over 4 months post-op and have lost 84 lbs. I'm not sure what size I was wearing before cause everything I bought had to have elastic, but I am in an 11-12 now and they are even starting to fit loose. I have had people do a double take cause they didnt recognize me it had been so long since they had seen me. I am so excited about my success that I am even trying to get both my sisters to get the surgery done cause they are both much bigger then I was. We'll have to see how that goes later.

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