Sweet_56
Where do I begin..... I finally had my Oprah moment ( I was wedding dress shopping and I had finally squeezed into this dress that I liked... The lady helping me in looked at me and said "When you are getting photo's make sure you dont get any from the side!" Later that week my 10 year old neice said to me while we were swimming "Aunty I want you to come on the waterslide with me, but I am scared you will get stuck" ) which caused me to really look at the pressing issues surrounding my weight.
I have been "chunky" all my life and when I wasn't the chunkiest one I was the tallest one, so I've never really fit in. I spent many years hiding behind my weight. I was always the first one to crack a fat joke to ease the tension around new people, and ensure they knew that I wasn't interested in being ridiculed. My weight ballooned during my High school years after I experienced a streak of deaths within my family. The biggest challenges being the death of my dad in 2001 and my Uncle in 2004. My uncle was a big man who was very proud, but he always told me to get help before my weight spiraled out of control. Here I am 7 years later at my HEAVIEST weight ever wishing I would have taken his advice soo long ago.
In early 2004 I met with a surgeon based out of Medicine Hat, AB who was very rude and ensured I left his office feeling horrible about myself. I was told that I was too big to qualify for Lap surgery and unless I lost 150lbs pre surgery it would be an open surgery (Uh... I wouldn't be here if I thought I could lose that weight on my own). I've spent many years looking at the various surgeries and trying to decide what would be right for me.
I'm now 27 and I am engaged to an amazing man that loves me for me. We plan to get married in Punta Cana and both want to have children, so here I am finally ready to jump into my new life with both feet. I know now that I am ready to make the necessary changes, and I finally don't care what people think about my decision (if they don't support me..or think I'm lazy they are misinformed).
So Cheers to everyone who is on this amazing journey! I know I have a long road to home, but it's going to be sooo worth it when I come out the other end getting photographed from whatever angle I choose, and taking my neice to the Biggest waterslide park I can find and riding them all until she is tired.
