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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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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Pumpkin Patch & Freebie

The Girls had field trips at school today and yesterday. They went to the Pumpkin Patch. Barney went yesterday with Trinity and I went to today with Novalee. Barney had a blast and said that the field trip didn't last long enough! lol Too cute. I got comments from other parents on how good he is with the kids, not just ours. Apparently he played with all the kids in Trinity's classs and the other parents there thought it was really cute. :) Trinity told Barney that her pumpkin was a Cinderella Pumpkin. It had to stay at school for a school lesson but she should be able to bring it home soon. She showed to me this morning and was very proud of it.

Novalee told Barney this Morning that she was nervous about the field trip but she had alot of fun. I met her there and drove there on a school bus for the first time. She said it was fun and it bounced her around alot. lol Her favorite part of of the whole thing was the petting the goats. I think I need to take her again to the Zoo again to see their petting Zoo. :)





Last week at Bumper Buddies I took some pictures. They have a blast and we have fun watching them. Novalee is getting better and better. She is getting less and less balls stuck in the middle. lol We went again today. :)

Barney's Birthday is coming up on the 22nd I'm trying to figure out what to do for him. I asked him and all he said he wanted to do was to go bowling. Hmmmm. I guess that is where we should go then huh? lol Barney is weird, once he likes something he does it over and over and over and over until he is sick of it. Then he waits a year or so and starts doing it again until he is sick of it. lol Whatever floats his boat and turns him purple I guess.

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To Snag this Quick Page go to http://www.jamies-designs.com/ and
click on Quick Pages! Please leave me a comment if you download it so
I know people actually want more quick pages like this. Thank you!

posted by Jamie at 8:19 AM 4 comments

Monday, October 08, 2007

A Long Update, Freebie, & New Group

So It's been a REALLY long time since I posted here. I'm sure no one even come here to check my blog anymore. I got out of the habit of posting here and scrapping over the summer. My girls were out of school and that left me with very little amount of time to do anything for myself or that enjoyed. That's life though, one moment your super busy and the next you have nothing to do.

My girls are now back in school. I can hardly believe that my Trinity started Kindergarten this year! She is learning to read and starting to write alot more. Her teacher is wonderful and a big part of why we decided on private school this year. She loves school and get to go on a field trip once a month. Last month they went to the Library and got to get their very own library card. They got to borrow a book and do a craft too. Aftwards they went to Jack In The Box for lunch and then they walked back to school. Trinity loved it but I think her favorite part was getting to eat at Jack In Box with all her friends.

The other day Novalee got really mad at me. She was upset because it was Tuesday and she didn't have school that day. She started whining and talking about wanting to go every day. It was really cute but not going to happen this year. Next year she will be in the pre-kindergarten class and she will go everyday, until them Mommy is going to hang onto her baby as long as she can.

Two weeks ago I also sign the girls up for bumper buddies aka bowling league for kids.. It costs $5 a week along with a one time reg fee of $10. The girls have only done it once but they really seem to enjoy bowling and hvae alot of fun. I think Trinity likes it more but only because she is older. If they want to keep going after this session then I plan on signing up again.

Barney and I have started to go on weekly dates again. So far we have gone on 3. Guess what Barney choose to do? Bowling. Twice. Yup. He seems to be pretty good it and he also really enjoys it. I had fun too but after 45mins or an hour and my arthritis starts acting up making it hard for me to bowl very good at all. I end up throwing the ball down the lane or doing granny style and pushing it. I still enjoy myself though so I'm sure we will go again, I just need to buy a wrist guard so my hand doesnt hurt so much by the end of it. This last Saturday we went to Dave & Busters. Had alot of fun but it was tooo crowded.

Poor Trinity missed PERK on Friday. Perk is kind of like an exercise Class. She absolutely loves it. She started acting weird the night before while we were at Chuck-E-Cheese with a kid and mom from their school. The next morning she threw up all over herself and me. :( Ewwwww. Poor Kid. She is fine now and going to school today so she should get to go to her Field Trip tomo also. Barney will be going with her. She is super excited. They are going to the Pumpkin Patch. Novalee will be going on Wednesday with her school and I'll be tagging along with her.

On Friday I got an email from my mom at 2am. That is REALLY late for her. She was emailing me about one of my older brothers. He was/is in the hospital due to a heart problem his doctor found. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Also keep his Wife in there too, she is about to have her baby and this has to be very scarey for them.

A Freebie For You!
I made these balloons for a LO I was making for pictures of my oldest daughter's 2nd birthday. (She is 5 now, I'm just WAY behind on scrapping. lol)

I hope you enjoy them! Please leave me a comment if you download them. TY!



Click HERE to download. Then Click on Embellishments.
Please leave me a comment here or in my guestbook if you download them. TY!

I started a new group to share just Quick Pages and thats it. Check It Out & Come Join Us! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Just_Quick_Pages/

posted by Jamie at 10:06 AM 1 comments