April 24, 2014

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Hi all!

I am new here so let me introduce myself a little. My name is Roxanne, I am currently 30 years old. I live in Utrecht, The Netherlands with my boyfriend Huib and our 3 cats. I have a bachelor in communications, but am still searching for a job. So at the moment I spent my time working out, doing some volunteer work and reading books. it would be nice to meet others who are going on the same journey.

My whole adult life I have been overweight. It was always hard to lose weight and when I was feeling bad and didn't really care I would gain again... Until I was nearly 340 lbs, then I was done. I called my health insurance and asked them which steps I had to take for getting weight loss surgery and they told me. From that day I have been working towards my RNY surgery. I had to go to a dietitian to lose a few lbs and had a few screenings. 1,5 years later it was time. On April 24, 2014 my new life has started!

I spent 6 days at the hospital in Beverwijk due to complications. That was quite awful and not at all how I had pictured it. But it was my story, my truth. It was not going to be easy. In the mean time I am doing much better. I have lost 58 lbs and even though my hemoglobin levels are still low, I feel great and I have much more energy. So yes, I am getting there! :-)

I am definitely going to make time to read your stories as well. This is the short version of mine, for now. If you do have any questions, just ask!

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58 pounds so far is great! Well done

[steph0825 0]

Great job!

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Thanks @@steph0825 and @!