Shelly-NO-Belly

Hello! My name is Shelly!

Well, like a lot of people in the world, I've been overweight since I can remember...if not overweight, I was still always part of the "bigger" part of my class. I have struggled on numerous diet programs, including independent diet and exercise.

I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life, and while they still exist, over the past 4 years they have greatly improved and have been mostly ups.  I finally found a perfect time in my life to finally do something for myself.  I am choosing life over food.

Becoming engaged last year was another eye opener for me. Engagement meant married and I've always known that after getting married, I would not want to wait very long to have babies.  But I knew that the weight that I am currently at, getting pregnant or even having a healthy pregnancy/birth/baby wasn't going to be easy. In fact, the threats posed on both an overweight mother and unborn child were just too much for me to overlook.

This surgery is of course for me, but it is also for my unborn children and our family.  I can't wait to meet the new me, and I can only hope that I am truly strong enough to survive this journey. I know it's going to be hard, but it's going to be worth it.  And hopefully in 1 year and 9 months I'll be able to post news of a newborn baby! LOL