germen

Shortness of breath from just turning yourself over in bed
Arms that are too short to clean yourself properly
Clothing sizes that begin with X
Shame when you hear the whispers and giggles behind your back
The appetite of three people

Hopefully this will keep going. These are my before and after pics. Today is my 4 month anniversary of my surgery. I have losy 90 lbs from 315 lbs to my current weight in this pic at 225. Forgive my old age and shirtless ness but I couldn't resist. My surgery was on May 1st 2012. Hopefully others will share theirs.

way to go!!! you look amazing!! and it may be time to change your name?

Have you ever pondered on that little things that can change so much in your life over time?
Well I was having my Soup tonight, I have always used a Tablespoon for Soups, cereals etc, Why? Well my grandfather did it. Well Why did he? cause he was older and shaky and it helped him get some to his mouth unlike a teaspoon he would loose most of it before it reached his mouth.
So I was thinking how so many things are like that that changes how we eat and don't even realize it.
The Bigger plates that we fill heaping at times. Bigger cups. Larger Serving sizes.
The fast food restaurant on most corners, so when your driving home from work and tired and still got to go home and make dinner, makes it easy to drive through and grab those fatty unhealthy choices for dinner.
The kitchen appliances that that grind and chop that we some times use for more convenience,yet burn less calories then chopping or preparing by hand.
The apple or potatoes peeler you pop in pop out, or make fries with and drop in a deep fat fryer that's faster then baking.
The bread machine that makes all that bread we love homemade. Yet don't have to need and work at, not much calories burned there.
The frying pan, with grease to fry supper fast instead of baking and heating up the house.
We live in a disposable world where we can throw away our dishes and to-go bags.
We have the dishwasher that helps cut our cleaning time (therefore less burning of calories).
We live a world of preservatives and more fat in foods.
My Grandfather had bacon, eggs,pancakes and toast with jelly every morning for Breakfast all his life, and lived on pork, beef and potatoes, and I don't know if I ever seen him eat a green salad. He had huge deserts or pie or cake or ice cream most nights for desert. He drank 2 six packs of real coke everyday. He was the skinniest man I knew at maybe 120 lbs for his 5 10 height.
The difference was he was a farmer, and he may have at all that for breakfast, but he was up and had feed the chickens and pigs, feed 100 head of cows, milked 2-6 cows, changed the Water in two or three fields, all before he had that breakfast.
Don't get me wrong, I am not wiling to give up many of life's pleasures in my life either, but we must put more responsible choices of talking a walk cause we have more time since that dishwasher is doing what would burn calories
We let the little things like a spoon in our lives become something that can change so much. I need to move back to the regular size spoon.
Pretty soon I will be told to use the baby spoon with my meals.
For me, its time to think about the little things like the spoon that I have allowed to get me off my path, change it, and get back on that path for a good healthy life

A little bit of tough love here, but let's add things up: he's a drug user (yes, marijuana is a drug), he's cheated on you, he's emotionally abusive, he's controlling and doesn't want you to spend time with your family, he's a financial disaster, he'd rather you be big than thin, he's emotionally erratic, you're waiting for him to physically hurt you before you can divorce him, and you think giving him children will help things. Seriously, how many red flags do you need here?

I was sleeved April 30, and I have lost 56

Chica what a transformation!!!!
you look like another person,so beautiful. Estas guapisima.

Chica what a transformation!!!!
you look like another person,so beautiful. Estas guapisima.

It's funny that you say that. As I am lying in the hospital bed all drugged up, my husband decides to go to the caf to get some lunch. Does he eat his lunch down in the caf? NO! He brings it back up to the room. Do you know what he brought in my room after I have just had all but a teeny tiny bit of my stomack removed.... FRIED CHICKEN! I am southern Carrie, and this is a staple for southern people. ALSO... IT IS ONE OF MY GREATEST WEAKNESSES! If I could have shot him, I would have.
That being said, I do have the most wonderful husband whom is so very supportive. I guess he just lost his brain while I was losing my stomack. LOL

When I'm in the shower and I look down and I can see my...... Well, you get what I mean :-)
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