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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
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Happy Saturday!

Good Evening. :) It's been a long day. I woke up at 6:30am. The girls were already up so we all got ready to go to the gym. Daddy slept in. I took Turbo kickboxing again. I love that class! :) It uses SO MANY muscles and your constantly working out your core too! Makes ya sweat good. lol. After we headed back home and did the norm. Daddy was up by then too. Trinity spent alot of time playing video games. Mommy finally had to step in and tell Daddy to make her stop unless she was playing her vsmile games. Then I took a nap while my Novalee napped. That was about a hour ago. Since then I helped the girls set up a little people village. Very cute. They are in their room right now playing with it. Mommy had to leave because she kept getting in their way. lol Silly girls.

Oh yes, Pictures of our gingerbread house! I have been forgetting! The girls had a blast making it. We had a disaster happen while making it though. The roof fell off!!! Oppps! It's ok Mommy fixed and as you can see it turned out great.


Here is the Freebie from me today.
It's a Halloween Kit. But I'm sure you can see that. lol
I really love how this kit came out.

Kit Contents -
13 Papers
3 Bows
3 Fibers
3 Brads
3 Buttons
3 Eyelets
1 Folded Ribbon
3 Frames
1 Knotted Ribbon
3 PaperClips
1 Photo Mat
5 Ribbons
3 Rick Rack
5 Tags
1 Slide
3 Staples
1 Torn Paper
1 Witches Hat
1 Spider
1 Pumpkin
1 Gravestone
1 Jack O'Latern
1 Ghost
1 Bat
1 Cat

Remember to leave a comment if you snag it! Thank you! :)

Download Happy Haunting Part 1
Download Happy Haunting Part 2
Download Happy Haunting Part 3

posted by Jamie at 7:09 AM

4 Comments:

Blogger jburkhart said...

I get Christmas early! Thank you so much for this wonderful Halloween Kit! It's awesome! I have a ton of photos that I can scrap with this kit! Just need the time, now! LOL! Will send you the links when I am able to scrap with it! TFS!

The gingerbread house turned out great! The girls look very proud of their creation! I bet they had a lot of fun making it! Glad you were able to fix the roof, too!

Thanks again and have a great night!

Michaele

2:17 PM  
Blogger Sharon aka Scrapcat4914 said...

Sure looks like you and the girls had a ball making the gingerbread house!
Thank You for sharing your awesome Halloween kit!

4:53 PM  
Blogger fran b said...

its neat to get a Halloween kit this time of year! A really neat Halloween kit too! thanks soooo much.

7:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank you for this wonderful helloween kit! i have been searching for a kit like this almost the whole day, because i want to make a calendar as a christmas gift and wanted to make a helloween theme for october. you saved the christmas gift for my father and my grandma!

8:48 AM  

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