I was asked to write something about my WLS for a friend. What do you think?
Years ago I canned my own food, made everything from scratch including pasta and bread. I also had a super clean home. I would take the white glove challenge from anyone. I was a home schooler and I enjoyed the life I led.
That person seems like a totally different person from who I am today. Of course in high school I was a totally different person than the person I was in my Little House On The Prairie Years.
In 2000 we decided to have more babies, I quit smoking and got pg with baby #3. I gained weight so fast and that was weird because just a few years before I was anorexic.
Anyway, Cole was born, then Sarah. With Sarah I lost my gall bladder and a whole slew of family issues cropped up from cancer to false accusations. These problems would follow us around for years and I coped by eating everything in sight and changed my smoking addiction to Pepsi addiction. Great swap!
After that, Anna came and she was a c-section, as was Lily who came almost 2 yrs after Anna. In the 5 yrs from Cole (and quitting smoking) to Lily I gained over 100lbs and continued to gain another 40 lbs as time passed.
I quit cooking from scratch and cooked as little as possible really. I didn’t clean because it hurt to move. I went months without doing anything past the basics and mopping was not on my list of basics. I am ashamed to admit I went for 3 months without cleaning the master bathroom and I went as long without mopping the kitchen. Disgusting I know!
I spent a lot of time eating and feeling sorry for me. I tried lots of diets and I even exercised for awhile. I knew that whatever I did would take a commitment from me to make this a life change but I guess I wasn’t ready to accept that fully.
About a year ago I decided I was ready for a major change in my life but didn’t know what to do about it or how to go about making the change so I just prayed. It wasn't long after that a women I knew from church and I ran into each other. I hadn’t seen her in a long time because she wasn’t attending my church anymore but I noticed she looked great, not only that but her whole personality had changed. She was glowing, she used to be very standoffish and shy. I started talking to her and found out she had had gastric bypass surgery and had lost over 100lbs so far. I looked it up on the internet that night because I wasn’t sure what it was and was surprised to see that anyone would go thru that to lose weight and moved on with my life. Over the course of the next several months I kept running into her at Walmart, the grocery store, craft shows, etc. Each time I saw her I asked questions and she was always happy to answer them and I got more interested in this surgery. After months of research and talking I decided to check into it myself and proceeded with meeting the requirements of the ins. Co. and my dr. On July 31 of this year I had my surgery. Since then I’ve lost 42 lbs!!!!! Let me tell you about some of the changes I’ve seen already- I can mop my floor! I fit in restaurant booths! My too tight clothes are now too big! My 2 yo can sit next to me on a chair instead of on me because my butt takes the whole seat! I can fit behind my steering wheel without rubbing my tummy on it! I can jump on the trampoline! I not only can cook but I want to because I enjoy it! I can walk with confidence into my kids school without fear of embarrassing them (they never said I did, but I had no confidence)!
I’m shrinking! I’m actually feeling normal and healthier and most definitely happier! I feel like a new person. This was most certainly a God thing and for that I give him thanks.
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RNY July 31, 2007
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