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This is me on 1/5/00 at 370 pounds & gaining.

And this is me now. :) (180)

I have never been like everyone else. For a lot of kids being fat is something they never have to think about. Something they never have to worry about, and lucky them. But for me, that was VERY different. I thought about it every day of my life, what I ate and didn't eat since I was 10 years old. I started gaining weight rapidly. I ate less then everyone around me but I was the one gaining weight on a daily basis and getting bigger. I had people telling me to eat less and exercise more. Eat less when I was eating less then all the other kids already?

I'm surprised I didn't end up with a eating disorder too. As the years went by the weight went up and up. When I graduated from school I was already 270 and a year later when I married my hubby I was up to 310. Can you imagine being that big? Try picking up a 50 pound bag of dog food and walk around for a hour. See how tired you get from just 50 more pounds. Of course with my weight going up so quick, my health went downhill. I was going to the Dr every week for things. I couldn't paint my toes nails much less even see my toes. I would get out of breath walking from the car which was parked in the closing parking spot to the Store entrance. My ankles were so swollen they looked like balloons. My Dr finally discovered that I had low thyroid. Started me on meds which helped me not gain weight so fast but about nothing else....

After my hubby graduated we moved to San Diego for his job. Imagine being 350 pounds now and living in a city where everyone is obsessed with looks. I'd go out in public and hear comments n snickers n laughing. After a while I couldn't take it and would only leave my home when absolutely needed. I was a prisoner in my own home. Now I just moved to CA so of course I was extremely homesick as ALL of my family lived in AZ and they were my support. My hubby was busy with his new job n well not very interested in me anymore, n who can blame him? I had such bad sleep apnea that I would stop breathing 113 times in 1 hour. I was dying and I was invisible to everyone. This is were the thought of killing myself came in. I could no longer handle being so big that I was not really living at all. Well, one day I was online and just happened upon a website that saved my life in every way possible. WLS. Weight Loss Surgery. And NO, It's not a "EASY WAY OUT". It was either WLS or die a slow death. What would you choose? I choose WLS. I choose life. I'd either die on the table or come out in a better situation. Not much really to lose. I went into surgery weighing 371 or more.

Well It worked. One and half years later and ALOT of exercise, I was 205 pounds lighter. I weighed 165 and I was happy and healthy and most important I was living life again. All my medical problems were gone. WLS saved me. Saved my life and made my kids possible! Yup, 2 years later I had my first child and 4 years later my second. I gained some baby weight and I was at 218 before starting my exercise and diet routine. WLS was just a tool for me and that's all. It gave me the chance to have a normal life. It doesn't mean that I won't gain weight back, I know, because well I did. I gained a total of 50 pounds between my two kids. But my kids are worth it and so I am. So here I am again WORKING to get weight off. Weight loss is not easy for me. It never will be. I was always have to work harder then everyone else around me with normal thyroids. But I'm ok with that. If I didn't go through everything that I have gone though then I wouldn't be me and I wouldn't have my kids who are my life. They are a big part of why I am trying to lose weight again, So I can around longer for them.

My Current stats & Goals -
SW - 218.9
CW - 193.4
~~GW1 - 199~~
~~GW2 - 189~~
~~GW3 - 179~~
GW4 - 165
GW5 - 150

I feel 160/150 is a good weight for me, even with me being 5'3 since I have large heavy bones from being so overweight at a young age. I was 165 before getting preggo n a size 12. I felt VERY comfortable at that weight. I'm doing pretty well with my eating and exercise, now it's just time for the hard part - sticking to it!

If you have any comments or questions about my story, feel free to contact me. :)

jamie@jamies-designs.com

Name: Jamie Anda
Age: 27
Location: San Diego CA

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Monday, April 24, 2006

Good Morning

Good Morning I think. I woke this morn from my neck and back hurting I got up anyways and I was going to go to the gym. I got ready, started gettin the girls breakfast etc etc. When the girls woke up I took one look at Trinity and knew my plans must change. I took both her and sister to the doctor. They both have a eye infection. Trinity has pink eye and Novalee has conjunctivitis. :( And if that isn't bad enough they both have strep throat on top of that. So after that we go to the store and get their prescriptions and go home. I go to put food in our freezer and apparently somehow it was off all night. So I had to throw almost everything in the freezer away and clean the freezer top to bottom because we had popiscles in there. Yuck. Very sticky! Then once I'm finished with that I take the garbage out and come back in to found out I started my period. What fun. NOT! Ugh Today has been a very yucky day so far, and I hope you guys are having a better day then I am.Oh I also found out that my car has $4800 total damage on it. They ordered the parts and should get them tomo and at the latest on Friday and then once they have the part it will take 2 weeks to get my car back. bah!!! Ok enough of me complaing!

Here is a scrap page I did yesterday. This is my daughter Trinity dressed up in her Cinderella outfit. :)

It reads "My little girl is so big nowAll I can say is WOWWhere have the baby days gone Bottles and crying have turned to songI wont be in gloomFor Young beautys in bloomI can see in your eyes the women to beBut you’ll always stay little princess to me!"

Simply Sweet Kit By Sophia Davies @ digitalscrapbookpages.com
Program Used - Paint Shop Pro X
Fonts - AC3 Wildflower

1 Comments:

Sophia said...: Awww, Jamie...I hope your day eventually got better. Days like that you need to just cuddle up on the couch with a good book or a good movie. Unfortunately, that isn't always possible is it? :); 9:05 AM

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