here it goes..
Hey!
Names Kelly.. I am new at this whole blogging thing but I think that hopefully by reading what I have to say and reading others posts I will be able to help and be helped by others...
My Story... I have been over weight my whole life and active as well. At any given time in junior high and high school I would be in volleyball and softball at the same time. I was active and ate decently. Although not as well as I do now. The doctors could not figure out why when I hit puberty I gained huge amounts of weight...Come to find out I have PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) this means that no matter what I did I could not loose weight.
So at 19 my doctor told me I had two choices. Have the gastric bypass now or die at 40. I decided to live, although at my peak weight I didnt want to all the time... So on December 18th 2006 I have the gastric bypass surgery. It was hell for the first week but slowly got easier... I learned to eat tiny bites and tiny portions.. Some of the hardest things were the dumping, which is characterized by the sudden need to throw up or violent diheria.
One thing that I did not do was get myself a support group or seek support. This was to my detriment and I can say that now. Seeing this new body that was emerging gave me self confidence and that coupled with the new attention from men was not a good mix. I started on the online dating thing and that was a begining of a very dark area... I was uncomfortable with my body and so I felt that if someone else was comfortable with it then it must be ok! Wrong. I dated many people and did things I regret.
After aboout 6 months of this a few of my closest friends interveined with love and we all spent the whole night crying together. I didnt know what to do. I was scared to get these men out of my life because what if i never found anyone? Well I had to leave that up to God and thank God I did.
After swearing off men one amazing man stumbled into my life very unexpectedly. We have been together for a year and a half now and I couldnt be happier. He makes me feel amazing no matter what, and he doesnt even seem to try, which is the best part. He was the first person I talked to when I started considering a procedure known as a lower body lift. This will remove the excess skin on my tummy region that is a result of a 125 pound weightloss.
They take off a "Belt" of skin from directly above my belly button to my pubic bone. And this is done circumfrencially (all the way around my body, tummy and back). As part of the back section it pulls up my butt, love handles, outter and inner thighs. They will also tighten my ab muscles that slowly seperate with weight gain. Talk about an instant 6 pack!!
Today I made my appointment for my LBL for December 19th 2008. This will be one day after my two year anniversary of my gastric bypass. I am going through Dr. Kaufman in Folsom CA. I have heard nothing but amazing things about him and I felt soooo comfortable and secure in my initial consultation.
It is now that I am becomign nervous about it... I hate the anesthesia.. coming out of it is terrible! The good thing is that I get a pain pump that drips lidocane directly onto my muscles and people say that the worst pain is from having to be hunched over for 1 whole week because your stomache is so tight...
I am excited and nervous and plan on post new pics and posts as much as possible...
:) Kelly :)