Can't wait to be healthier!

Jan 05, 2009

Hi.  I am Mel and I have been overweight my entire life.  I can think back to all the terrible nick names that the cruel kids gave me!  I was terrorized throughout my childhood.  I probably needed therapy as a teenager .  I've tried all kinds of things but I LOVE to eat!  Always have and always will!  Diet pills worked the best at getting the weight off.  They got me to my lowest weight of 163lbs.  But within a year of stopping the pills, I was back up.  I slowly gained the rest of the weight back after becoming pregnant my beautiful son.  

A great friend of mine had the Realize Band put in almost a year ago.  It has been so great to see her shed the pounds and really start to be happy with herself.  She has always been a confident person, but she truely glows now that she feels more comfortable in her own skin.  First let me say, this friend has always been like family to me.  She has been an Angel in my life.  If it weren't for her, I would be lost right now.  Anyway, she came to me in mid December and gave me an early Christmas present....Surgery!  I do not have insurance, as it is not offed thru my work.  I applied for individual coverage, but they said I was too risky of a case, because of my weight.  So my wonderful, loving, generous, thoughtful friend, my angel, offered to pay for me to have the Realize band put in.  I told you...SHE IS AN ANGEL!  My surgery is scheduled for the 22nd!  I can't wait to be on the way to a healthier me!  

If you had asked me 3 years ago, I could have cared less about living or dying.  I didn't need to be around.  I was fat, few friends, and just out of a relationship that went terribly bad.  I didn't care if I lived past 35 yrs old.  Now that I have my son, things are drastically different.  I NEED to be around.  I want to see him grow up and get married.  I want to know my grandchildren.  More than that, I don't want to be the FAT mom that emarasses my child by taking up the whole bench at soccor games.  I want to be able to run around play catch without running out of energy or having to stop to catch my breath.  I want to be the mom that looks normal and can participate in normal activites without having to worry about who's looking at my gigatntic butt.  I want to find a man that can see me and doesn't have to look past the 100 pounds of excess weight I carry with me everyday!  I want to be NORMAL! 

I am going to be HEALTHY!

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