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SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF BEING FAT! -Dominican Republic, DO

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Hello, I'm a 36yro mother of one. I have battled...

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AFatBitchJourney
Hello, I'm a 36yro mother of one. I have battled obesity all of my life. I have been wanting a tummy tuck since the birth of my daughter 18 years ago. Yet as much as I have researched and obsessed over it I have never gotten it done, well now is my time....I'm on a mission.

Although I have battled the ups and downs of weight gain all of my life, things got out of control a few years ago when I gained over 100lbs in a short span of time, pushing me to 295lbs. I have since struggled with getting this weight off (I am currently 256lbs, a 13lb weight gain since Oct.).

I have been working on adapting a life style change which includes clean eating and exercise (although I've been off of my wagon for a few months now). But I swear its the hardest thing I have ever tried to accomplish in my life. I know its not an over night process, but looking in the mirror makes it worse and keeps me from reaching my goals. Sounds crazy right, think about it like this, when I look at my reflection all I can see is all the work I have to do and how far I am away from my goal, and it discourages me. I think getting this work done, will give me to motivation I need to get on track and stay on track, I mean really who wants to go through all of that and not look their best. And to be honest its so much easier to keep weight off than it is to actually loose it.

I'm sure I will have a ton of questions down the line, and I'm hoping my fellow Yily Dolls will be able to answer some of them for me. In the mean time I'm in the very begging stages of my journey. I just sent back the pics of my body and the answers to the questions asked via email

Wish me luck

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December 24, 2013
How tall are you
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December 24, 2013
I'm only 5'4"
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December 24, 2013
When you believe in god ever thing is possible ..you can do it with prayer..I believe in you and god will wipe away your tear...good luck
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December 24, 2013
Congrats on your journey I'm 5'7" I weigh 215 Yily told me that I would need to loose weight before my surgery. I'm trying to loose at least 35 pounds before my surgery. I wish you the best of luck the ladies here are great!!!!!!!
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December 24, 2013
Wow, I'm only 5'4" I kinda know she's going to tell me to loose weight
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December 24, 2013
It's ok it's for our own health and you can do it. It's hard as hell I will be the first to say it I've tried some of everything. My highest weight was 326 I've lost over 100 pounds and I'm going to loose this 35 more pounds to finally have the body that I want. We can do it just take it one day at a time. Good Luck.
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December 24, 2013
Thanks
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December 24, 2013
Thank you, I'm about to go on a meat and veges diet and try to work my way up to just juicing for awhile....we shall see
December 26, 2013
i'm 5'7 and yily told me i needed to be at 215 for surgery lol
December 24, 2013
Good luck I'm going to Dr Lily Jan 2014 excited & I'm not gonna lie scared @ the same time his is something I been researching for 5 yrs the new me I'm gonna call it I'll keep u posted on my journey as well my 1st pray is to wake up from surgery... The next will be to deal with the pain but whether lily dolls look like gives me hope!!!!
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December 24, 2013
Girl...I am with you, although my surgery is no where near I couldn't help but think of my fears and the unknown....but it will be okay we're strong we can do this and it will be well worth it....GOOD LUCK!....I'll be following your progress
December 24, 2013
Hey girl i feel your pain on this weight issue!But i know we can do this!When are you planning to go to yily?
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December 24, 2013
I'm not sure yet, it will depend on if she will take me at my size, how much she's going to charge and when she has a date available
December 26, 2013
your bmi must be 35 or below for her to work on you. google bmi calculator and plug in your numbers
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December 26, 2013
My BMI is below 35 and she still told me I had to loose 35 pounds which is fine if it's going to help with my surgery and my recovery
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December 26, 2013
I think June is realistic for me
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December 26, 2013
uuuggghhhh my bmi is wwwwaaayyyy past 35 I have A LOT of work todo!
December 24, 2013
Hey girl i feel your pain on this weight issue!But i know we can do this!I wish you the best of luck!
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December 24, 2013
Thank you! :)
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December 26, 2013
thank you
UPDATED FROM AFatBitchJourney

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AFatBitchJourney
So far I have recruited two of my homegirls to travel with me to Dr. Yily. Having my girls with me makes me feel better, and even more so knowing that we'll all be returning a better us makes me feel even better HOWEVER I'm the only one who will probably be required to loose weight before the surgery. Thats going to be A LOT of pressure, not only does my surgery ride on my weight loss but so does theirs, or risk them proceeding without me *sigh*.

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December 24, 2013
don't give up! take it one day at a time...weight loss is a journey, all the weight didn't come on over night so it won't come off over night! Tackle one thing at a time.. ie I'm going to walk 3 times this week. Next week I'm going to cut out that late night snack. etc. Don't try to do everything at once because then you feel like you have failed when you couldn't do it all. Good Luck You can do it! :)
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December 26, 2013
Thank you, I'm just discouraged because I've failed so many times before
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AFatBitchJourney
Does anyone know how I contact Dr. Yily using Whatsapp? Do I enter the contact number she has listed?

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December 25, 2013
8294696102 just got a quote from her yesterday via whatsapp
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December 25, 2013
Thank you, you were a big help
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December 25, 2013
You are so very welcome....Merry Christmas