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Jessiegirl30 got a reaction from KimmieK in About me and things like that October 9, 2016

I live in New Zealand , in case you didn't know :-) here we have a national health system , similar to the UK, which means I guess that you don't have to insurance .. But on the down side it means there are long waiting lists for things, and strict criteria for certain surgeries such as bariatric surgery require lots of hoops to jump thru.
Most insurance companies here don't cover bariatric surgery because it's not "needed" so if you don't get accepted into the public system, you have to pay approx $30,000 for it privately,
I get a bit upset when I read posts about people complaing about things like flabby arms or stretch marks and the like, I also got told well you must have not liked something about you that's why you had surgery... That is simply not true , I didn't have the surgery to get skinny that is a side outcome, i had surgery because I got to 297lbs and I had tried everything to loose weight I had surgery because I didn't want to die at 40 I had surgery because 1 day I might want kids ... Not because I want to look good in a bikini !! I had surgery because I needed to loose something like 170lbs to be in the healthy weight range ( I am really short lol) not just because I need to loose 50lbs .
So I apologise if my comments sometimes seem harsh or I upset someone with what I say I am not trying to do it on purpose I am just passionate I guess , I have fought my weight my whole life and I hate to see people hung up on stupid things like stretch marks ..
I have an appointment with my dietion today ...she is nice but un realistic lol this I can live of lettuce leaves with an occasional piece of fruit or some such lol she on me that you if you can't picture your food in its natural form then you shouldn't eat it ... I can fully picture a field of hamburgers and red bull... I don't see a problem ...lol just kidding
One thing that they don't prepare you for is the mental game .., just because you loose weight doesn't mean you automatically change habits and thinking patterns, I am really struggling with the head space at the moment, I don't know what to do about the part , but im okay I guess :-)

Jessiegirl30 got a reaction from hippieflower29 in pre surgery Opti fast & Cheating July 1, 2016

i have 7 days till my surgery ( april 4th) and I have now finished week 5 of my 6 week Optifast pre surgery diet.. & i hate it hahaha 6 weeks of Optifast is ridiculous, i have lost 10kgs in 5 weeks though so that is great!
I will confess i have cheated twice both times with a bag of potato chips.. I was reading thru other people who have done the same.. as far as i can tell it wont do any harm for surgery but still i feel bad about it ohh well .. I have done so well so far I am not going to let this set me back , my starting weight was 135kgs in June 2013 I am now 106kgs I am very excited about the next step moving foward.
I also had to have my gall blader removed 2 weeks ago ( by the same surgen) and i would not reccomend this while being on optifast beacuse all you want is something comferting to eat .. even toast..
I guess why i cheated was i had my last weigh in on Monday and then i think i was rewarding myself for a job well done.. and I also knew that after surgery i cant eat anything ..
Anyways people if you cheat like I did then just pick yourself up and move on and try not to do it again !
Also just a side note i personally lasted 4 weeks before i cheated and i find it amusing that some people cant even last 14 days I would have loved to only be on optifast for 14 days not 42 !

Jessiegirl30 got a reaction from Luvin_Life125 in 1 Year done March 29, 2015

On the 4th April it will be 1 year since i had surgery so i have deceied to update if any one wants to read
I am now a size 14 ( US 12) my biggest i was a size 26 ( US 24) so i am super stoked with that, i can pretty much go into most stores now and buy something with out having to go to plus size only... though i still have all my extra weight around my stomach/hips so sometimes i find tops a bit tight and i have massive boobs lol they have decreased in size of course but they are still big lol ..
If I could go back in time to my early 20's i would make major changes and just do it with eating right and exersize i would not recommend this path for anyone who is young or who hasnt tried everything else first .. I wish i had known how hard it would be and even 1 year out you can not eat any where near a full size meal when you go out, and that you can't drink with meals and that anything too sweet makes you feel so sick i wish i had known that you have to exersize your butt off and it takes real will power .. yes the surgery means you cant over eat but you still need to exersize... this was all explained to me and told to me by everyone before i had the surgery but i was like yeah yeah it will be easy ... the one thing i will say is THIS IS A CHOICE FOR LIFE ...
After saying all that though i am glad i had the surgery i guess i am just saying think it thru carefully and make the right choice for you
i am finally no longer the "fat" one and that takes some getting used to i am now average i have never in my life been average and only in the last 2 weeks or so have i actually seen myself as a smaller version of myself.
I still have 50 odd pounds to go and it is getting very hard to shift this weight but i will get there
and in other news hubby and i are planing our next holiday on October we are going back to the states ( we go married in Las Vegas in 2010) and are super excited we are going to LA, New york, chicago & las Vegas so its great to have a goal to work towards I hope to have lost most of the 50lbs left by then so thats my focus ..
oh and btw if you didnt know i am from New Zealand