raisa.jorge

Slaying! Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App

Hi all, It's been almost 8 months since my gastric sleeve surgery. I am sharing this because just like I find inspiration and motivation in people’s stories, I think I could be a source of those too. I had A LOT of trouble after my surgery. I stayed in the hospital for almost a month due some complications and my life was at risk. I questioned myself so many times if going through all this was worth it and today I can totally say YES. Yes, it’s me in both pictures. The first one was taken exactly 10 years ago. That was my ‘heaviest’ year (134.8 kg). No, I wasn’t happy, but I had in my head ‘I was born this way’, ‘that’s my karma, there is nothing I can do about it’. Oh, I was so wrong! I lost some weight on the following years. I reached 116 Kg and I kept it for like 4 years. But my mind remained the same: unhappy, but conformed. It took MANY years – basically, my entire life – to me finally accept and love myself just the way I am. But the funny part is that when it finally happened, I decided I should do something. "Obesity is not a matter of appearance. It is a disease and should be treated like one. I simply refuse to let my body suffer anymore", I told myself. So I took some action. Does every fat person have to follow the same path? NO! That was MY choice. I chose this way because I thought it was better for me, but you go to any direction you want, dude. You OWN YOUR BODY. As cliché as it sounds, it comes from someone who truly knows how is to wear those shoes: They will try to bring you down. Sometimes they will make it. But put your sh*t together and demands the respect you deserve. They cannot reach you once you get to the top. It takes time, and a lot of patience. But I like to believe everybody can get there. Yet, don’t think you will find heaven on this path. It’s more like the highway to hell, but it feels so good to kill some demons. I did my sleeve weighting 126.6 Kg, in June 2016. Today I'm 82 kg. I officially ditched obesity and now I am 'just' overweight. It's pretty much the first time in my life I reach this point. I cannot explain the feeling. Ah, there is another thing I cannot explain: My eyebrows on the fist pic LOL.

Awesome!! Congratulations!! [emoji322][emoji322] Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App

Hi there, I had Sepsis, a severe blood infection. It affected my left lung and although I don't really have any problems now, I feel my lung is not the same. But exercising helps. Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App

Thank you! Last June. Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App

Haha just posing, I guess. But the happiness is expressed with words ((: Thank you! Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App

Oh, no Lariska. I will try again: Can u see as attachment? Thanks anyway Sent from my SM-A500F using the BariatricPal App