My weight loss experience. So here we go….
Up until last May I was losing a down hill battle with my weight. As a baby I had shapely legs, which were then defined when I started dancing at the age of 3. Like a true Pisces, I LOVE the water, and started swimming when I was 9 months. So by the time I got to junior high I was pretty shapely and didn’t look like most of the skinny 12 year old girls. Adding to all this, I started to develop a bust very very early and was twice, most of the time three times larger than most girls my age. After attending private school for elementary school I decided to make the leap to public in the 7th grade. This is the beginning of the fall of myself image.
I remember going to junior high and not being prepaid in a number of ways. 1. In clothes, I wore skirts all the time because of private school, and being the “girlie” girl that I am, I love wearing them. The kids all wore jean and huge ones at that. So to fit in i changed to jeans, but they only made me look 3 times bigger than what I was. 2. In attitude, I’m a mild tempered person, who cares about the other person feels (sometimes a little too much). 3. Being teased, up until this point I had never ever been called fat. I new that I was more developed the others and that I was more muscular than most girls but I didn’t think I was fat nor had I heard that before. Some where in my 12 year old mind it made since to go home and eat because I was already “fat”. What as truly saving me was that I was still every active in the 7th grade. Dancing, swimming and cheerleading were keep me toned. In the 8th grade though, I dropped swimming and dance and was only doing cheerleading. With the decrease of exercise, I started to truly become fat. If I only knew then what I knew now.
Fast forward 10 years. After being 260lbs for a year, even though I exercised, was still into cheerleading as a coach (still am…lol), and dieting I wasn’t loosing any weight. The worst news came from my Dr. I was borderline diabetic and the same size as my mother when she and every women in my family was diagnous with diabetes. Something had to be done. I tried everything: diet pills, shakes, low carbs diets, even a medical diet with no results. We both decided that we had hit rock bottom and should consider Gastric Bypass. This is the surgery were your stomach is cut down to a smaller size, so you eat less food and begin to lose weight up too 100lbs. After going thru screening process, mental evaluations, and meet with the surgeon of over a year to make sure that I was physically and mentally ready for this decision. I was given a surgery date May 3,2006- My reBirthday.
A new beginning!
On May 3rd 2006, I was reborn. My way of think about food, exercise, my health and ultimately myself had to change. I needed to start to care more about me the way I think about others. My eating habits were going to change. All the ”junk food” I had grown to live on were now my enemies. Because I wouldn’t be able to eat all the cookies, cakes, and the soda just to name a few from my large list…lol. My surgery was successful and I had no complications. I’ll admit the first month was ruff. But as the weeks and months went by, I began to see results. I was finally losing weigh, not to mention my energy level was increasing. It’s been 9 months and I only have 35 more pounds to loose. I feel great, like a totally different person. I retrained myself how to eat properly, and now crave salads, fruits, and peanut butter just to name a few instead of cakes and candy’s.
Do I think this surgery is for everyone? NO. You first have to understand what the the surgery is. It’s just a tool. To reteach you how to eat and exercise. So if your not up for that kind of life change don’t bother.
