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Jan 29, 2012

 Hello OH family. I have great news. I was approved for financing for Smart Lipo in Weston Fl. I am having my bck and my stomach done and a fta transfer to my buttocks. I am praying alll is well. I hav eben thinking of getting mrried I am seeing a really nie guy who is a great man of God. We are close friends which to me is a major important quality in any relationship to have debveloped that love of friendship first, but the chemistry and the love is there on both ends. My only prayer has been Lord allow me to get this body right before I get to the honeymoon and sure enough I have been approed, this to me is a sign that the ring will be here soon. Just wabted to updte you all on whats been new. Please keep Amy & my family in your prayers as I do for my entire OH family. Shalom 

May 24, 2011

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Apr 21, 2010

Well I am at 245  I havent weighed myself in a few weeks but I am going to get on the scale in a few minutes at the grocery store. I use the same scale all of the time. I started working out in this Body Majic girdle and I am wearing a angel bra from the company and it is really reshaping my waist and my back  and firming those saggy inner thighs. It helps me allot I feel more secure in my clothes and when I am undressed I can see less saggy skin each time I wear it. I wish I would have had this when I first had the surgery it would have helped with the constant pulling I was feeling at one point but anyway it was all the Lords timing.  Now they sell these things for like 140 or 130 everywhere but what I did was just bought 350 dollars worth of items in order to become a distributor so that as my size decrease I can still buy them at wholesale prices.  If any one is interested in getting one the real wholesale price is 84.50 and u pay for the shipping i will be more than happy to order it for you. It helps allot look at my pics I have a waist line and it really helps. Anyway OH family please continue to pray for AMY I am experiencing big transitions and decisions in my life and I am trusting God. Well I am learning to trust him fully. I thought I did trust him but I realized that i was not trusting him with everything my mind heart and soul so now I am learning how to do so. Thanks and stay blessed.. 

Apr 06, 2010

Hello my Oh family, I want to start by apologizing for not posting any thing for March. I have been working real hard on allot of things.  Next I want to say that I have not been on the scale since the beginning of march I was beginning to get discouraged.  I am down to 251 since the beginning of march and at the end of April I will weigh myself again, I know that I have lost more weight because I can squeeze into a size 16 now. I started off 30-32 some 26-28. last month I was 18 now I am a size 16.  I am looking forward to being a 14 maybe by June 2010 or at least by my one year anniversary date July 7th, 2010. It is almost a year since my life has been changed by this surgery. I am so pleased and thankful for the blessings.  I have been able to eat more than usual but nothing like I did before the surgery.  Now it is taking allot of self discipline on my part.  I found that I was doing a lot of grazing so now I have changed up .. I have changed my mind set and I am telling myself that I am thin, I can do whatever it takes to reach my goal of 150 pounds and I will enjoy the process of doing it.  I love working out I love the way I feel when I am working out and the after effects,..I have been hyping myself up.  I have so much I want to say but there really isnt that much room on one page. My sons father will be home in June and we are getting married. YAY He was my first love at the age of 16 .  We fooled around off and on since then..  But after we seperated I had gotten into a very abusive relationship with his best friend (my daughters father) which was the direct cause of me putting on over 200 pounds. In 2007 I ended that 16 year abusive relationship and me and my first love reunited.  However he has been incarcerated since 2003. He will be home soon and we have rekindled so much of our lost years and our son will be meeting his dad for the first time in June. Our son is 15 years old. This is going to be a real transition in my life and now I am at the point where I know that I deserve love and I am worthy to be loved. My weight had put me in a place of depression where it was hard for me to believe that anyone could love me an the only security I had in my relationship was that I was the finacial bread winner.  That was a miserable way to live for so many years. Now I have a man who wants to drive the car, he has to drive the car and I can feel safe and even fall asleep in the passenger side while he drives. It will be a change but this is what I have longed for which is true love.  I had to learn to love me first before I can open myself up to be loved by anyone else.  I am happy I am loved I love Amy and I deserve it.. I will keep you all posted and thanks for all the prayers support and encouragement it is always needed.  Stay blessed

Feb 24, 2010

Hell my Oh fam. I am in a real dilema I am stuck at 257 have been here for a month now. It has been 7 months since my surgery and I have increased my workouts to 5-6 times a week but ive added weights to my routine . I am trying to pump up my lower body and slim down my upper. I am not going to give up but I do need to hear from people who have experienced the same thing because it gets a little scary to think that maybe this is all the weight I willl lose. I hope not maybe I need to attend a support group this week. Ok Oh fam I will keep u all updated please say a prayer for Amy.

Jan 30, 2010

Hello my OH family. I have reached my 100 pound weight oss at the time I wanted to. I said that I would go on a cruise when I complete my first 100 pound weight loss and I am leaving saturday feb 6th for a 5 night cruise to Jamacia Island with my cuzzin from NY. I have reached one of my goals of 100 pound weight loss. It will be 7 months feb 7th 2010 and I feel great. I can actually jog around my block and only stopped one time. I feel like a new person. My eating capability has increased. I can eat an entire sandwhich but i have decided not to. I break it up into 2 hour intervals. I force myself to eat in small incraments. I also did the 5 day pouch test and my stomach stayed small for a few days after and then right back to fitting in more. I rarely dump maybe because I dont eat the sweets. Occassionaly I will have sugar free icecream. Its just that its more of my will power and less of the surgery tool right now and I am fighting tooth and nail because I refuse to go back. I realize this may be a battle for the rest of my life, one worth fighting may i add, but I have a 100 pound jump  start and I will keep it moving. I am back at the gym 5 days a week and on alternative days when I dont go I walk around or jog around my block but I am determined to succeed. With my will and Gods will and you all praying for my endurance I will make it to my goal of 165.  Please OH family say a prayer for Amy that I make it and stay at my goal weight and I will pray for you. I know God didnt bring me  this far to leave me.. Stay blessed

Jan 18, 2010

 Hello my OH family.....6 months out I have lost 93 pounds but the inches have been so much greater than the weight loss.. I was wearing a 28-30 women's plus size clothes when I was 368 . Now I am weighing in at 261 and my clothing size is an 18... I tried rainbow shop ( cut smaller), I tried Old Navy, I tried apple bottom, and a few other designers and all the 18's fit perfect. I have not been in an 18 since I was 18.  I am happy and I know now that the weight loss has slowed down. they say you reach a plateau sometimes but I have just began to slow down . I know my exercising has slowed down also so I am now starting to pick that up at least 5 times a week .. I have to reach my 100 pound weight loss mark By month 7 Feb. 7Th.. I have a cruise I am going on to Jamaica on Feb 6Th and I had promised myself that at my 100 pound weight loss I would go on a cruise. I have between 5-7 more pounds to loose but I know it is already done,.. I am going to stay focused. Also I have not been drinking my protein drinks as often and that may also be a problem so As of today I am picking that back up twice a day.. Please OH family pray that I get over this hurdle I have come too far now,  not to reach my goals, the devil is a liar & God's word is true...... If anyone has experienced this please let me know what you have done to get pass this hurdle honestly I need help and support right now.. Thanks and stay blessed... P.S. I went back to NY for New Years and everyone was so shocked at my weight loss some people didn't even recognize me.. My EX my daughters Father was so shocked that he couldn't or wouldn't compliment me at all.. As a matter of fact when one of our mutual friends began to tell me how good I looked he had to interrupt and say " Don't be gassing her head up please stop it". Man talking about a glory stealer he is something else. If He is hating now man oh man when I go back in May what will he say then? Thanks again just had to share that with you guys...

Dec 12, 2009

Incredible 90 pounds lost in 5 months... I am telling you that this surgery was a life saving miracle. I have to admit I was skeptical at first about this I even thought about backing out. I was fearful of the unknown but I had to realize that if I didn't do something I would die... I praise God for his help for him leading me to the right surgeon and answering my prayer of healing and restoration.  There are physical benefits which are associated with vanity  like how good I am looking now but the mental emotional and health benefits are overly out weighing everything else. I am alive now, I am moving I am living I am healed in Jesus name,. No more injections no more high blood pressure pills no more C-pap machine. I can let go of my fear of marriage and wondering how will I ever be able to sleep next to my man with this big ugly thing on my face.. God is so great I am so in love with Jesus for real because He is the one that blessed me with this surgery. 2 months after I got approved for this new insurance I was approved for WLS. It took no time no hassle I just asked God if this is his will for my life then he has to do it and he did it and I am so happy .. I also told the Lord years when I realized he called me to preach around the world I told him that I couldn't do it as an obese person. I wouldn't feel comfortable preaching to people about God being a healer and a deliver and I was bound by food addiction, sickness and obesity .. He has freed me up form this weight and now I am scheduled to have a 3 night preaching revival in Long island NY the first week In January. January 3rd, 4Th & 5Th. I am anxious and excited ....... I can run on for the Lord now.. My people in NY have not seen me since I was 335 pounds and I am now 268 last time that I checked and I know I have went down.  I have slowed down on the gym because I am on a 21 day LIVE FOOD & juice fast from Dec1-Dec 21st for the revival. It is a good thing that God called me on this fast because I had begun to eat more. I was eating taco bell , 2 supreme soft tacos at a time. I was able to eat a whole double cheeseburger from MC Donald's. I have not tried the sweets I am afraid but natural sugars from fruit don't make me dump .. after like 5 days on my fast my stomach shrunk again because I tried to eat a few chunks of watermelon and began to feel full I was like yes I am back... be careful after your 4Th month because food intake may increase but we have to stay in control mentally and emotionally.. I have decided that I will not lean to food for comfort any more but I will allow the Holy Spirit to be my comforter because that is why God sent Him here.. I am praying for you my OH family please continue to pray for me.. look me up on face book and we Can be face book friends also Amy Stephens...

Nov 17, 2009

Hello my OH family Its been a while. I am updating all those who like to check up on me I really appreciate your love and support. Here it is.. Since the surgery I have lost 77 ponds in 18 weeks. I feel so much better. I am breathing so much better but I don't think I am giving myself enough credit because I am not where I want to be yet, (but I'm not where I was either). I am not ungrateful I feel that this surgery was and is life saving and I have been blessed, so blessed with my results. I  have not thrown up not one time. I dump when I eat greasy foods but my dumping is not a violent dump like I hear some people say. I more or less get severe diarrhea and sweaty and a little nausea. I can tolerate sugar from fruits and a little more than 12 grams per serving in other foods or drinks. I don't push it any further than that because I am afraid that I wont dump and then what????????  I can eat allot, but not as much as I used to but ALLOT COMPARED TO THE BEGINNING.  I am realizing that its more of my own responsibility to take control of my life. My eating, my exercising and my overall health, so that is what I am doing. No more emotional eating. When I get lonely and or slightly depressed I pray, I fast, I read, read, read, and find comfort in my relationship with my God my Father. That's what has been working for me. I noticed that when I feel lonely I get in bed and I hold what ever food I have close to me and its almost like a form of worship and I find comfort in my food just like I would if I had my husband at home with me.. I am not sleeping with the enemy any more(FOOD). So that is where I am right now and I am still working on me everyday inside and out. I have a personal trainer and its been OK .. I feel and see some muscles forming and I can feel my collar bones. My sister said I have ankles now instead of Kankles..LOL. Yesterday in the store while I was shopping with my two daughters I grab a size 58 men's belt because that used to  be my size and it was way to big. So i grab the next couple of sizes down all the way down to a size 42 n that was my fit. I was so shocked that I can wear a 42 size belt and I know it is just the beginning. I will some day soon be a 38" bust,  24" waist,  37" hips or close to it or below I am keeping the faith and please I cant stress this enough who ever reads this please say a prayer for Amy that's me.. Mention me when you talk to God the father , The Son or the Holy Spirit.. Thanks and I love you all and I am praying for your success in life and on the weight loosing  journey..