supergerl
My story is so similar to thousands of women, I'm sure. I was a teen who didn't have a weight problem...although I never really considered myself thin, I certainly wasn't over weight. After the birth of my first child however, all of that changed. I only gained 24 pounds during my pregnancy and lost it right away after having my daughter. However, by her first birthday, I'd gained nearly 100 lbs. I'm not sure why. Probably because of the lifestyle change in being a new mom and a full time student and the fast food lifestyle that I quickly adopted. By the birth of my son 7 years later I was well into the mid 200 lb mark. Right before surgery I had weighed an astonishing 344 pounds. I was so sad and distraught and needless to say caught in the black hole of self pity and helplessness that the surgery quite literally saved my life..both physically and spiritually. Although I didn't have any health problems at the time before surgery (other than nagging back ache) I'm very sure that all of that was not too far away.
I now FEEL great and am so excited about life. Even my worst days are infinitely brighter than my best days prior to the surgery. I'm so thankful that I was able to have something that turned my life around.
Now, I'm not saying that it has not come at a price...there are days when you truly feel bad and eating food of ANY kind makes you feel worse..your emotions are tangled and you feel like you will never physically or mentally be better...but those days pass and things you never thought possible become reality.
My mini goals of sitting comfortably in a movie theater chair, buckling my seat belt in my car, taking a walk without pain and being able to take a bath have all come to pass...and now I seem to make new ones each day!
