ntine4
I'm a mom of four children Michael 14, Quentin 12, Twins Emily and Nathaniel 8, I have never been a skinny person my entire life but I had never been extremly overweight either. My weight issues came into play back in 2003 when i ended up pregnant with my twins. I had a very bad long pregnancy and eventially ended up having toxima which makes your whole body swell up and you have the feeling like your skin was going to rip and tear everywhere. After my pregnancy I found myself in a hopeless marriage with someone that changed after the twins were born and after 5 years of marriage and being depressed and emotional abused daily I decided one day I was done. When I moved out and into a better enviorment I took a good look in the mirror and staring back at me was a 300lbs nobody. To my amazment after 6 mos on my own with my children the weight came off and I found myself 60 pounds down then another 20 pounds down. Started going to the gym daily eating good things. Then I found myself at a plato. Wasn't losing weight no matter what I did. I tried diet pills. shakes anything to keep that weight going down. Then found myself losing 3 pounds and gaining 5 pounds. The scale went up and down for years and it finally just wouldn't budge. I ended up taking a nasty fall new years day 2010 which ended me being 4 mos on strict bed rest. After my back was healed I went back to work being a cna and found the 24 hour shifts horrible during the period of oct through jan I worked long hours on my feet and gained even more weight which ended up me tearing my plantar on my foot which landed me in a cast for 2 mos while in my cast a slip at the store due to there roof leaking ended me up not only in my foot cast but also a arm cast as well and my back yet again messed up. This led to more weight gain and deep depression. After the cast on my foot was off I found that My body could no longer hold my weight and everyday walking was a challenge if i walked for 3 hours on my foot i would have to stay off of it for the rest of the day. I finally decided to look into this weight lose surgery due to a great friend that was having knees problems and I went to a seminar and it changed my mind and opinion about everything. Here I am today and my hopes are up and I'm looking forward to this new journey.
