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What I Gained from my Weight Loss - Augusta, GA
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WHAT HAVE I GAINED FROM MY WEIGHT LOSS...
mamasueMay 21, 2013
WORTH IT$72,000
WHAT HAVE I GAINED FROM MY WEIGHT LOSS EXPERIENCE
Before I can tell you what I gained when I lost I have to tell you what I lost when I gained..
I had a good childhood. I was on only child. My dad was in the Air Force and my mom was a housewife. Being a Southern family we had all the fried foods and always had to finish what was on our plates. You know that saying (Children around the world were starving). My dad was away a lot so pot pies and Rice was a cheap and easy meal. Friday nights once a month was Hamburger night. From an early age my mother would reward me for being good. M&M's were my favor reward so mom would tell me (if you are good I will give you M&M's). Later when I was in school if I got good grads on my report card I would get a shake.
I was 8 when we left the states and moved overseas. I had to leave my dog that I had since I was 4 with my great grandfather. I would cry myself to sleep because I missed her so much. I was teased a lot in school because I was taller and bigger than the kids in my class. In the 6th grade I weight 160lbs. By the time I reached the 12th my weight was 235lbs. I got married right after school and had my first child and my weight got up to 350lbs.
I went on my first medical diet in Shreveport LA. back in 1980. He put me on a drug called (Fastine). It was a drug to suppress the hunger. I lost down to 280lbs. Then I started to see things on them so I got off of them. Only to gain the weight I had lost and more. Now I was up to 423 1/2 lbs. Went to LSU in Shreveport, LA where I was in a primary care group. I started going to see Jackie Patrick and she helped me a lot with my weight loss. I only watched my fat grams and excised every day and the weight started to come off. I lost down to 226 and had a tummy tuck on April 18th, 1994. I would walk 2.2 miles a day and did excises with some tapes I had at the house.
Then in 1998 my husband and I got into trucking. That was my down fall again. Sitting long hours in a truck and then eating whatever we could grab to eat was not a good life style at all. I lost my CDL in 2005 because I could no longer pass the DOT physical anymore cause my blood presser was too high cause my weight was back up to 439 by then.
Before I can tell you what I gained when I lost I have to tell you what I lost when I gained..
I had a good childhood. I was on only child. My dad was in the Air Force and my mom was a housewife. Being a Southern family we had all the fried foods and always had to finish what was on our plates. You know that saying (Children around the world were starving). My dad was away a lot so pot pies and Rice was a cheap and easy meal. Friday nights once a month was Hamburger night. From an early age my mother would reward me for being good. M&M's were my favor reward so mom would tell me (if you are good I will give you M&M's). Later when I was in school if I got good grads on my report card I would get a shake.
I was 8 when we left the states and moved overseas. I had to leave my dog that I had since I was 4 with my great grandfather. I would cry myself to sleep because I missed her so much. I was teased a lot in school because I was taller and bigger than the kids in my class. In the 6th grade I weight 160lbs. By the time I reached the 12th my weight was 235lbs. I got married right after school and had my first child and my weight got up to 350lbs.
I went on my first medical diet in Shreveport LA. back in 1980. He put me on a drug called (Fastine). It was a drug to suppress the hunger. I lost down to 280lbs. Then I started to see things on them so I got off of them. Only to gain the weight I had lost and more. Now I was up to 423 1/2 lbs. Went to LSU in Shreveport, LA where I was in a primary care group. I started going to see Jackie Patrick and she helped me a lot with my weight loss. I only watched my fat grams and excised every day and the weight started to come off. I lost down to 226 and had a tummy tuck on April 18th, 1994. I would walk 2.2 miles a day and did excises with some tapes I had at the house.
Then in 1998 my husband and I got into trucking. That was my down fall again. Sitting long hours in a truck and then eating whatever we could grab to eat was not a good life style at all. I lost my CDL in 2005 because I could no longer pass the DOT physical anymore cause my blood presser was too high cause my weight was back up to 439 by then.
Hello there, welcome and thanks so much for sharing your journey with us!
Congratulations on your weight loss, you look amazing and have obviously worked very hard to get to where you are. Your story seems to have been cut off, somehow. Do you mind telling us how much weight you lost, post-op?