Kevin E.
Kevin's Blog
Jul 19, 2008
Wow, it has been almost 5 years for me. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life. Today I weigh in at 160lbs. I would like to weigh 155, but it seems the last 5-lbs are impossible to lose. I will not complain though, because I started at 314 and to be down to 160 is excellent.
I still watch my portion size when I eat, and from the amount of food I can eat, my pouch hasn't stretched. It has been 5 years and I still can only eat small amounts. I think that has been because I never force food down, and never drank carbonated drinks. I do some form of excercise daily. I normally get up early in the morning and go jogging or walking for an hour. This has really helped me lose weight. I was going to the gym, but got to a point where I wasn't getting results and I was told to try something different and that's when I tried running and it worked.
I hear other patients in the group meetings say they are afraid to eat certain things because of fear they will gain weight. After about 3 years I became confident in myself. I feel I will never gain my weight back because I have mastered how to eat properly in terms of the amout one should eat. Also excercise play a big factor into that. I hear so many patients say they don't have time to excercise, and I say you MUST make time, because that's the key component to keeping the weight off. I often wonder why would a person go through all we have gone through just to gain the weight back. I would never want to let myself down. Mind you, I said myself!! I could care less what others say about my weight loss. In these five years I heard many positive things and many negative things about my size. I have been called crack-head to Lord only knows what else, but I don't care.
I remember on last year, I was walking into a store in Florida and one of my ignorant cousins walked up to me and said "Kevin you look bad, you have lost too much weight". Mind you, when I decided to go into this direction I never thought about what others would think about me. At the time I felt really great about myself and I didn't look bad. As a matter of fact that person had gain weight, and in my eyes they didn't look all that wonderful, but I would have never told them, in fear it would hurt their feelings. On this journey you will find out that people won't care about your feelings at all. Oh well who cares what they think anyway! When I was overweight they said things too right??
I am writing this Blog to encourage anyone who has had Gastric Bypass Surgery. Just focus on what you want out of it, and ignor the negative comments, because you will get them. I can truly say, my intermediate family members and close friends support me. Of course, my mom says, Kevin don't lose anymore weight', but she's only concerned about me and I know that.
If I had to do this all over again, I would do the same exact thing! I love it!!! I was borderline high blood pressure and now I am at a normal range. I was on medication for high Cholestoral and now my numbers are in the normal range. God healed my body through this process, and I thank him for allowing me to get to this point.
Kevin Edwards
www.myspace.com/kevinsings
I still watch my portion size when I eat, and from the amount of food I can eat, my pouch hasn't stretched. It has been 5 years and I still can only eat small amounts. I think that has been because I never force food down, and never drank carbonated drinks. I do some form of excercise daily. I normally get up early in the morning and go jogging or walking for an hour. This has really helped me lose weight. I was going to the gym, but got to a point where I wasn't getting results and I was told to try something different and that's when I tried running and it worked.
I hear other patients in the group meetings say they are afraid to eat certain things because of fear they will gain weight. After about 3 years I became confident in myself. I feel I will never gain my weight back because I have mastered how to eat properly in terms of the amout one should eat. Also excercise play a big factor into that. I hear so many patients say they don't have time to excercise, and I say you MUST make time, because that's the key component to keeping the weight off. I often wonder why would a person go through all we have gone through just to gain the weight back. I would never want to let myself down. Mind you, I said myself!! I could care less what others say about my weight loss. In these five years I heard many positive things and many negative things about my size. I have been called crack-head to Lord only knows what else, but I don't care.
I remember on last year, I was walking into a store in Florida and one of my ignorant cousins walked up to me and said "Kevin you look bad, you have lost too much weight". Mind you, when I decided to go into this direction I never thought about what others would think about me. At the time I felt really great about myself and I didn't look bad. As a matter of fact that person had gain weight, and in my eyes they didn't look all that wonderful, but I would have never told them, in fear it would hurt their feelings. On this journey you will find out that people won't care about your feelings at all. Oh well who cares what they think anyway! When I was overweight they said things too right??
I am writing this Blog to encourage anyone who has had Gastric Bypass Surgery. Just focus on what you want out of it, and ignor the negative comments, because you will get them. I can truly say, my intermediate family members and close friends support me. Of course, my mom says, Kevin don't lose anymore weight', but she's only concerned about me and I know that.
If I had to do this all over again, I would do the same exact thing! I love it!!! I was borderline high blood pressure and now I am at a normal range. I was on medication for high Cholestoral and now my numbers are in the normal range. God healed my body through this process, and I thank him for allowing me to get to this point.
Kevin Edwards
www.myspace.com/kevinsings
