trinity P.
I have always been struggling with my weight for as long as I could remember. I have never been small. Now that I have reached 257 pounds I just could not let it get any worse. I have tried exercising and eating right but the weight would still go on. I am 22 and I am scared that if I do not do something now that by the time I am 30 I will be 300 pounds. I come from a family of people who are all small. So when I go out for family dinners I am questioned by family “Trinity, you need to watch what you are eating, we are worried about you”… and do you do not think that I am worried for my self? I have tried weight watcher, herbal magic, I have joined gyms, and tried to just eat right on my own. All of them have amounted in to losing weight to only put it back on and more. Being overweight is not a easy thing to have to deal with. People are constantly judging you; they see someone overweight and automatically they do not want to give you a chance.
I just recently went shopping for a wedding dress and had a women from a wedding store tell me that I could not shop at their store b/c they did not carry my size. That should have been a happy day for me but it was embarrassing and emotionally upsetting. I had gone with some friends and I had wished I went on my own. Also being overweight has caused me to have many health problems and that is a horrible thing to have to deal with. I have asthma and being overweight does not help. I am constantly out of breath even from just going up a flight of stairs. I can not go on long walks with out taking a break. I have a very poor back from slouching from having so much weight on the front of my body (chest area). I would love to have kids but I would run a greater change of miscarriage or developing complication during birth. I have suffered from depression…mind you the RNY will not solve all of my problems.
I believe the worst thing whith being overweight besides the countless health problems; can be other people, looking down on you and you continently having a really low self-esteem. I am going to be getting married and I do not even want my fiancé seeing me naked. Also you are limited to what you are able to do. I would love to go to an amusement park but I have a fear that they will tell me I can not go on the ride because I will not fit. That is a horrible feeling to have or even having to worry if the chair that I am going to sit on will support me. NO one should have to worry about things like this. I heard about wls though a friend of mine. When I first heard that he was going for wls I really didn’t think much of it, I would ask him a few things out of curiosity but I never really thought that it would be for me. I asked him how he was approved for wls he told me he had a BMI over I believe he said 30. So I went on line and found out my BMI. I could not believe that I was in the OBESITY section. I knew that I was overweight but not the obesity section. “How could I have let this happen?” So a few months later I started to ask my doctor questions. She gave me a referral to Highland Hospital and that was how my journey started. I never believed through the whole process that I was going to be approved. So 6 months later my date has been set for Feb.9.2009. My friend has now had the wls for a year and he is doing great I only hope that I will as well.
Here is my weight loss per week
Starting weight@ 260 lbs
Surgery date 247 lbs (-13)
February 16, 2009 ...... 236 lbs......(-11)
February 23, 2009 ...... 231 lbs......(-5)
March 2, 2009...............229 lbs......(-2)
March 9, 2009...............224 lbs......(-5)
March 16, 2009........... 223.4 lbs...(-0.6)
March 23, 2009............218.5 lbs...(-4.9)
March 30, 2009........... 219 lbs......(+0.5) Total loss to date 41 pounds
April 6, 2009.................215 lbs......(-4)
April 13, 2009.............. 212 lbs......(-3)
April 20, 2009...............210 lbs......(-2)
April 27, 2009.............. 208 lbs......(-2) Started working out at the Gym, lets see if it helps! (3x a week is my goal)
May 4, 2009..................206 lbs......(-2)
May 11, 2009................207 lbs......(+1) Total loss to date 53 pounds
May 19, 2009................204 lbs......(-3)
May 25, 2009................204 lbs......(-+ 0)
June 1, 2009................200 lbs......(-4)
June 8, 2009............... 200 lbs......(-+0)
June 15, 2009..............196 lbs......(-4)
June 29, 2009..............196 lbs......(-+0) no loss for 2 weeks :(
July 6, 2009..................194 lbs......(-2)
July 13, 2009............... 193 lbs......(-1) Total loss of 67 pounds
July 20, 2009................191 lbs......(-2)
July 27, 2009................190 lbs......(-1)
August 4, 2009.............190 lbs......(+-0)
August 10, 2009...........190 lbs......(+-0)
August 17, 2009...........186 lbs......(-4)
September 8, 2009.......183 lbs......(-3)
September 21, 2009.....180 lbs......(-3) Total loss of 80 pounds (week 32)
September 28, 2009.....179 lbs......(-1) OUT OF 180'S
October 5, 2009 ...........176 lbs......(-3)
November 9, 2009........171 lbs......(-5) Have been losing very slowly, but still losing (not updating every week now, no point
December 12, 2009......168 lbs......(-3) Total loss of 92 pounds.
January 25, 2010..........165 lbs......(-3)
February 2, 2010...........162 lbs......(-3) One year, in 6 days lets see if i can get to 100lbs and stay!!
December 20, 2010.......163 lbs......(+1)
