The New Me and Counting!!!

Feb 22, 2009

Hello Everyone,
     My name is Kia and I am 23 Years old. I recently had Gastric Bypass surgery on November 24, 2008; which I can proudly say was the best day of my life. After being heavy set all of my (short) life, I realized that I needed an intervention. I have never been small, and the smallest I have been was in the 8th grade...180lbs. But then in fell in the right places. Recently, My stomach had gotten out of control. Most people could not believe that I weighed 241lbs prior to surgery; thus, they didn't feel that I even needed surgery. But as many of you can relate...They just don't know how I felt on the inside . I was absolutely miserable!!!!! I was borderline High Blood pressure, Serious Migraines (that lasted 4 days at a time), depressed, and at risk for developing Diabetes...Something I  was not having!!!   I previously tried Jenny Craig (in which I lost 27 lbs about 2 years ago), WeightWatchers (in which I gained 6lbs in a month ---I went from 235 to 241), Atkins (In which I lost 30 lbs in high school), and the Cabbage Diet (in which I lost nothing, but my MIND!!)LOL. I said to myself that "I was too young and too blessed in so many others areas in my life to be so UNHAPPY AND UNHEALTHY! It wasn't that I didn't like to workout...I just hated to work out and change my entire lifestyle and see NO RESULTS!!!.
    Today I weigh 190.5 lbs, which is 50.5 lbs from where I started. I'm one day from my 3 months out mark and I feel great. I wont deceive anyone into thinking that I have lost weight soley due to the surgery, because I haven't. However, the surgery has aided me in making conscious decisions about what and how much I eat.  I work out between 5 and 6 days a week and sometimes twicce a day. I hate getting up in the mornings to do it, but that's just a sacrifice I have to make!!!! I'm not sure of the goal I wish to reach because I don't remember being smaller than 185lbs and I thought I looked GREAT THEN, but at 190.5lbs I know I can see myself smaller than 180lbs now. So maybe between 155 and 165.
     I'm not good with coming on here to update things, but I will definitely try to keep you all in the loop!!! I wish everyone the best in their weightloss and maintainance goals.

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