Free to be ME!

[electronicart 120]

Can you relate???

Hi everyone, I feel compelled to post this morning about where I am in my journey. For the first time in years, I feel so free to be me. As I have lost weight over the past year and a half, I have gone through so many stages. First there was the "can I do this stage" then the "you mean I have to work at this too stage" then the "whos that girl in the mirror stage".

Now, I feel so free to be me. I tucked my shirt into jeans and wore a belt. I wore a cute Easter dress to church. I spent so many years hiding from the world and hiding from myself. I tried every diet in the book, I really tried, then cried, got mad, gave up, and gained.

I am so thankful for lapband surgery. It has changed my life in more ways than just losing weight. The person that has always been on the inside is making her way out.

Have a wonderful journey,

Jackie O.

[Maddysgram 6,159]

Thank you for posting this. There are ppl here on the fence, if this is for them or not. Nice to have an uplifting story.

LOL, Your stages are so true, but you forgot the one , minutes after surgery "what the heck did I do to myself"lol Good thing it only last a short time.

Thanks again!

[susancwalker2008 70]

I am 6 weeks post op and had a 2nd fill yesterday. I am just so thrilled that my life doesn't revolve around what my next meal is and how it will taste and how bad I will feel afterward. I was in the green after the first fill and that makes me ecstatic. 26 pounds. I feel amazing. I love working out and have actually made it a priority each adn every day. My clothes are already giant on me. I went through all those stages too.

[hely88 883]

Love Love your story!!! Awesome!

[laurigee 545]

Great story! I started to giggle because there is nothing better than being able to start tucking shirts in and wearing belts! Your clothes options become endless! Congratulations!!!

[daisychains7 427]

Amen!!! Inspirational! Not having to hide anymore is a truly freeing feeling.

[electronicart 120]

Thanks yall

"Live outloud"

Jackie

[catfish87 3,471]

Awesome job! Congrats on your success!

[Jessica C 34]

I have not been banded yet (still working on it) but everything that you talked about, I have felt. When I first started to think about surgery to lose weight I always thought Can I do this? I long for the day to be freed from my fat suit and my disease of obesity. I just hope that I can get banded and be a success story like you. Keep up the great work and NEGU (Never Ever Give Up)