afreeka123

My name is Afreeka (Africa). I live with my 3 children, my bonus son and my boyfirend in Trenton NJ. I have mingled around on this site for a while reading other posts and as of today I feel like this is the only place where I am understood.
My weight issues began about 11 years ago when I gave birth to my son. Over the past 11 years I have packed on atleast 15 pounds per year and nothing that I do allowed the weight to come off so I have turned to WLS.
I am scheduled to be sleeved on March 5 2013 and I am excited and nervous. I have become so comfortable and insecure in this body (major oxymoron) that I am almost afraid of what is before me.
I am looking forward to sharing with you all the good bad and the ugly throughout my journey.

The moment I looked at myself and said I am fat:

I was enrolled in culinary school and and my professor said if you ever come across a skinny pastry chef 'don't eat it'...although it was funny at the time...I thought to myself I dont want to be that baker that everyone comes to becasue I am fat....