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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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Thursday, December 07, 2006

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I got woken up at 3am this morning to Trinity (my 4 yr old) crying. I went into her room and she told me her ear hurt. :( I gave her some tylenol which helped for a little while and sent her back to bed. I got up at 6:30am and found her on the cough laying down holding her ear. So I got her dressed and made her eat breakfast, then I showered and got dressed, and then I got Novalee up and ready. We got into the car and headed to the doctor. The doc said Trinity definitely has a ear infection and gave me a prescription for antibiotics and ear drops for pain. So we had to go get those of course. But now we are home and all pretty tired. So I'm off to eat lunch and rest with my girls before their naps. I hope you guys all got better sleep then I did. lol

I made a Layout using my new template I made yesterday. I love how both turned out. :) I used a picture of me and Trinity. I hope you guys enjoy using my template as much as I did!

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5 Comments:

Sonia said...: Thank you so much for sharing your template it's so cute, also for sharing your life story with us. Sounds like things have been quiet hard for you in the past, but you must be so proud of yourself! I live in Australia and at the moment all you hear about on TV and the news is overweight kids in schools. Have to say I'm sick of it, I have a fourteen year old daughter who will not eat any junk food (nothing) no soft drink, just water, not even a piece of chocolate. She is 5'7" tall and has no weigh problems. It's so sad that the media has kids thinking like this, the media should be more concern with peoples manners than there weight.After all it's what's inside a person that truey counts. Ok had my bitch for the day, thanks again for sharing your work.; 12:54 PM
dianagrind said...: Thanks for sharing your template and story. Both are great.; 7:27 PM
jburkhart said...: Hope Trinity and you are feeling better today....poor little girl! I love the template...thank you very much!

Hope you are all able to get well soon and enjoy the weekend!

Hugs,
Michaele; 9:38 AM
katg1006 said...: Thank you - your template is adorable!; 2:35 PM
shawnyrvr said...: Thanks for the templates. They are wonderful!!! They come in so very handy for me when I'm needing to catch up on pages. Have a Wonderful Holiday!; 7:26 AM

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