2 Years and 110 Pounds Later

[Micah87 44]

So, I'm sittitng her watching TV with my husband and I start to think, 'Man, I am so lucky. My life is so much better and I am so much happier." I owe this all to my weight loss. Things have been hard, but I am happier with who I am now so it seems like life is somehow easier.

My Story:

I was 25 and 260 pounds, I had 3 small children (9 months, 2yrs, and 4yrs old) and I was crazy unhappy. I went to an information session and everything seemed to fall into place from there. I did my 6 months of supervised diet by a Doctor, saw a psychologist, met with the nutritionist and went through many emotions in the process. Then surgery happened. I was sure I made the worse mistake when I woke up in recovery. I ate no more than 2 bites of Jello the entire time I was in the hospital, but I still hadn't lost any weight. What really upset me was that I wasn't losing weight AND I couldn't eat my favorite foods anymore. Yes, I was one of those people that somehow thought I was going to just wake up skinny. Totally unrealistic, but I thought it would be that easy. Boy, was I WRONG! When people say having surgery is the easy way out, they are full of crap. This has by far been one of the hardest things I have ever done.

Skip ahead almost 2 years (Surgery date was Nov 13) and I am down 110 pounds (weighing in at 150). I am overly excited about how I look and how I feel. Yes there is saggy skin, but ya know what? It beats the hell out of being full of fat and not fitting into even the biggest of sweatpants. I will never forget the way that being bigger made me feel. And while I am still not where I want to be, I happy being me now.

So, it was my plan to have one of those posts that is funny and everyone can relate to, but well its probably not. It is however, how I feel and what I went through (In VERY few words).

I'm going to TRY to attach pictures.... we'll see if it works.

[Micah87 44]

Maybe this is a little better?

[auntjanny 289]

Yay for You!!

[angierue 214]

I love that your socks don't match. Mine never do! Lol

Thanks for sharing your story and the before and after pictures. I took some sports bra and shorts selfies in my full length mirror. Can't for them to be my befores!

[4everbeautiful 61]

You are looking great! Awesome job at losing over 100 lbs.!!

[MisforMimi 760]

Congratulations! You look awesome for the mother of small children!

[mz.newlife54 103]

Good job and congratulations.

[OhSoNique 84]

You look great! Congrats!

[Micah87 44]

Thank you guys!

It's been an interesting road!

[mermaiddreams 8]

Wow! Amazing results! Your eyes sparkle now!

[Brownsugazz29 2]

Wow amazing I too had my gastric sleeve surgery on November 13th, 2012. Still a working progress for me. Current weight 177. My goal weight is 150. Just reading your post is making me focus even harder to hit that goal weight. I need to for me.....

[ai1992 53]

That's so awesome! Congrats to you, you look wonderful!

[alconner86 5]

Reading your post is just what I needed right now, as I sit and reluctantly drink another Protein shake! My surgery is 10/30 and I fear I too will be discouraged if I don't lose weight as fast as I think I should. Patience is a virtue I evidently was not blessed with, lol! You're before and after pics are awesome and you look amazing! Congrats ????

[Mojo56 88]

Congrats, thanks for the inspiration!

[iamblessed1225 61]

You look great girl and I don't see a lot of saggy skin! I've lost about 75#'s and I'm not worried about the skin of course it would be great not to have it but it's even greater not having that extra 75#'s I've got about 55 more #'s to go but I'll get there and congrats for keeping it off that's the hardest part!