twinsandolivia
My Story
Jan 09, 2009
MY NAME IS ELAINE AND IM 30 YEARS OLD AND A MILITARY WIFE AND MOTHER OF 3. TWIN BOYS WHO ARE 4 YEARS OLD AND A LITTLE GIRL WHO IS TURNING 3. I'D LOVE TO BLAME MY WEIGHT GAIN ON THE FACT THAT I WAS PREGNANT WITH TWINS BUT ...YEAH...THAT WOULD BE A BIG FAT LIE.
I WASN'T ALWAYS FAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND IN 1997 I WAS IN THE NAVY AND I WEIGHED 115LBS BUT TO KEEP THAT WEIGHT IN CHECK I HAD TO DO 2 HOURS OF CARDIO A DAY IN THE GYM AND BARELY EAT. PEOPLE STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT WHY WOULD THEY WHEN LOOKING THEM IN THE FACE IS A WOMAN WHO IS OVER 100LBS OVERWEIGHT. I MIGHT THINK I WERE A LITTLE CRAZY TOO.
ONCE I GOT OUT OF THE NAVY I WASN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT GOING TO THE GYM. I STILL LED A SLIGHTLY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE AND DIDN'T OVER EAT BUT THE POUNDS JUST STARTED TO PILE ON. AND AFTER ABOUT THE FIRST 40 ALL I THOUGHT WAS "HELL IF IM GAINING THIS EASILY AND IM NOT PIGGING OUT THEN IM GOING TO STOP TRYING TO DIET ALL THE TIME AND JUST BE FAT AND HAPPY". I WAS SOO MISERABLE I WOULD DO THESE DIETS AND LOSE LIKE 3 POUNDS A MONTH WHICH WAS TORTURE FOR ME SO I GAVE UP THAT VERY MOMENT. A YEAR WENT BY AND SO DID ANOTHER 60 LBS . I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND TRULEY WAS LIKE "WHO THE HELL IS THAT AND WHERE DID MY GREAT BODY GO?"
I NOTICED HOW ALL OF MY ENERGY WAS DRAINED FROM ME AND NOT EVEN THE CABBAGE SOUP DIET ALONG WITH CURVES FITNESS CLUB WAS MAKING A DENT IN MY WEIGHT I WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR AND THIS WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS LATER. SO I RECIEVED A CALL AND POOF I HAD HYPOTHYROIDISM THIS ENTIRE TIME AND DIDN'T KNOW IT. MY MOTHER CALLS IT A FAT PERSONS EXCUSE. SHE THINKS IT IS SOMETHING MADE UP BY DOCTORS TO GIVE AN EXCUSE TO WHY PEOPLE ARE FAT. AT LEAST THAT IS HOW SHE FELT AT THAT TIME. SO I GOT MY THYROID REGULATED AND DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO SHED THE POUNDS. ONLY NOW I WEIGH SO MUCH THAT IT ISNT THE SAME AS LOSING 10 LBS. I HAVE TO LOSE AN ENTIRE MIRROR IMAGE OF MYSELF. AFTER TONS OF DIETS AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING EVERY OTHER FATSO ON THIS PLANET HAS GONE THROUGH I DECIDED TO MAKE A REAL CHANGE. I DECIDED TO HAVE GASTRIC BYPASS. NOW IT IS THE END OF 2002 AND IM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PREPARED FOR SURGERY. I CALL MYSELF PSYCHIC MY HUSBAND CALLS ME PSYCHO BUT I JUST KEPT HAVING THIS FEELING NOT TO HAVE THE SURGERY. SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW MY INSTINCT (YEAH GREAT INSTINCTS --NOT PSYCHIC BECAUSE I CANT PREDICTS LOTTO NUMBERS LOL) TWO DAYS AFTER I CANCELED MY SURGERY I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT. SUBSEQUENTLY I LOST THAT PREGNANCY BUT A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS PREGNANT WITH TWINS. BUT TO THIS DAY I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING TERRIBLE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME IF I WOULD HAVE HAD THE SURGERY. IT WASNT ONE OF THOSE..OHH SHOULD I OR OHHH SHOULDNT I KINDA DEALS. IT WAS TUGGING AT MY STOMACH SAYING DONT DO IT OR ELSE KINDA THINGS. SO I HAD MY TWIN BOYS AND 6 MONTHS LATER I BECAME PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER OLIVIA. WE HAD BEEN MOVING AROUND AND I PROMISED MYSELF THAT ONCE WE FELT STABLE ENOUGH I WOULD PUT IN THE PAPER WORK FOR LAPBAND SURGERY AND WELL....HERE I AM PAPERWORK SUBMITTED AND APPROVED WITHIN 5 DAYS. IT WAS EASIER THEN I THOUGHT AND IM SUPER EXCITED AND I DONT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. I CANT WAIT FOR MY NEW LEASE ON LIFE AND I WANT TO WORK AS HARD AS I CAN TO HAVE A SLAMMIN BODY. IM TIRED OF LOOKIGN LIKE A LINEBACKER I WANT TO LOOK LIKE A WOMAN AGAIN.
