newme816

Hey there! I have pcos too and carry my weight in the same place. I am 6 weeks and 2 days out of surgery. I've lost 37lbs so far. My starting weight was 248. No one believed me either but trust me I know exactly how u feel. I felt like I was living in the body of a 90 yr old. Best decision I've ever made was having surgery. I may not e anywhere near goal yet but the little things that have changed remind me ill get there good luck and ill keep you in my prayers

I'm new to sharing this with a large group of people. I privately made the decision to have the surgery back in April. Only a handful of friends knew and my family. I honestly felt like I don't wanna have to explain my decision to anyone. My younger brother (who is a personal trainer) handled it the worst. He made me feel awful about it and couldn't understand why I just couldn't eat healthy and work out. To give you a better understanding of y situation when I was 17 I was diagnosed with pcos and type 2 diabetes. I was told I'd only ever have a 2% chance of having kids. In a split second I made the decision to give up card and in just 6 months I lost 70lbs. When I was 19 I met my now husband. We are out a lot.... I gained all of the weight back my ha1c went back up the cysts grew back and I was back at square one. Giving up carbs completely no longer felt like a realistic option. So for 6 years I tried everything. If lose a little then gain it back. It was an awful cycle. Last year we went on our honeymoon. We went to the Mayan ruins in Belize. There was a beautiful temple that we could climb. I choose not to because I knew between my sugar dropping and my weight there was no way I was gonna make it. I let my weight consume my every thought. I lived in sweat pants and tshirts. I also am a teacher. I teacher special needs children and it is super important to keep up with them. At 248lbs I felt like I was just taking up space in people's lives. I have a whole list of things I want to do that I've always said I can't because of my weight. So that's how I came to the decision to get surgery. I'm 26, I was tired of living my life wishing I could do all these things I wanted to start living. On August 16 2013 I had surgery. Since then I have lost 37 lbs. I still eat very very small portions and it is mostly meat and cheese. My calorie intake never exceeds 700 so I am always always tired. Where my two largest incisions are still gets sore from time to time so I don't do much strenuous activity. The weight is clearly coming off but not so much in my stomach area which is where I carry most of it. So when I look in the mirror I dot see much of a change. I get really down on myself, but I keep reminding myself this was the right choice and soon enough I will get to start doing those things on my "when I'm not fat " list. Honestly hands down best decision I've made in my whole life