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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 16, 2006

Man, I've been so bad about posting here.

Man, I've been so bad about posting here. I've been really busy. The girls had their holiday programs. I've been getting and making christmas presents. Wrapping them, etc. Cleaning. And soon I have to start packing too. Ugh. By the time we get back from AZ I'm going to be SUPER tired. lol. We leave on Friday after the girls get out of school. Then the saturday after we are planing to go to Santa's Theme Park. It will prolly be busy since it's the day before Christmas Eve but my kiddos really wanna go. We are going with my sister and her kids and maybe a few other family members so it should be pretty fun. Today was a good day. I woke up grumpy and with my back hurting but my kids turned the day around for me. After I exercised and went shopping and came home, Novalee napped while Trinity helped wrapped presents and helped put to together little presents for her friends at school. It was so cute and she was so happy do it. Of course she did make herself a little goodie too. LOL :)

Wanna see pics from there holidays programs? Go HERE for Trinity's and HERE for Novalee's. I made little Slide Shows since I took so many pictures. Some of the picture look weird but that was the first time I really used my camera. Plus a bunch of other people were taking pictures too and making everything brighter so I had to fix alot of them too.

So I'm slowly but surely playing catch up. lol I think while I'm in AZ I'll use some time to do more layouts with Quick Pages. :) This is Trinity when she was one. I was watching videos of her today when she was little and I started to cry. I miss those stages so much. I mean don't get me wrong I love the one she is in now but I also miss my little baby. Where did she go? They grow up too fast.







Ok I'm off to leave comments. I've been really bad at that the last month. I'm sorry! But Thanks for leaving me messages. It means alot. :)

posted by Jamie at 8:34 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger jburkhart said...

Awwww...the layouts are great and the lighting in the photos is perfect! Hope you have fun at Santa's Theme Park.....what is that like? I bet it would be fun! Can't see the pictures from the holiday program, there is no link! I bet it was cute! My oldest is 12 and my youngest is 3....you are so right how fast they grow....miss my baby stages, too!

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