jsanders

[color=#800080][font=georgia, serif]My story may start out like most of yours does....I have been heavy most of my life, after 2 children and a divorce my weight just continued to climb. I was struggling to keep up with my boys, I couldnt get in the floor and play for the fear of not being able to get my legs under myself to get back up...or worse who would be watching me try to climb up out of the floor. One morning on the way to class my mom (she goes to nursing school with me) said to me I am concerned about your weight you are going to kill yourself. I became angry and tearful..Who are you to tell me I need to lose weight you took the easy way and had gastric bypass. You lost 100 pounds in less than a year, your a size 10. Who was she to basicall tell me Im fat. I was so angry so for another year I kept living to eat and eat and eat. I was so inactive that my legs would kill me when I would walk even the shortest distance, I was easly short of breath. But the thing that got me looking into options was my children, I didnt want to be THAT mom that the other kids made in fun of, I didnt want to be THAT mom that sat on the side lines, I didnt want to be THAT mom that could not get in the floor and play with her children. I was running out of clothes to wear. OH MY GOD I STEPPED ON THE SCALE I AM ALMOST 350 pounds...What the hell am I doing to myself. I began to see the nutrionist and was very strict with what I put in my mouth. I wanted this more than ever, not only for ME but for my KIDS. I intentionally got a job at lovelace (to get the medical insurance) because I wanted this so bad, more than I had wanted anything. I was dont being fat. After 6 months seeing the nutrionist I had lost 50 pounds, I was feeling good, motivated, I was able to walk, do zumba and play with my kids. 50 punds is a whole extra child I was hauling around on my already bad knees. I had the band placed on a monday was back at school on tuesday ( it was rough but it was my first day of a new quarter), I was feeling great. I went back to work 2 weeks later. I never once had a single complication. This has been the best thing I have ever done for myself. I notice I smile more and am not worried about my triple chin...It's just a double chin now. I began this journey at 342 pounds, I had the surgery on September 17th 2012, I am still loosing and look forward to hitting my goal this new year. [/font][/color]