my gold at the end of the rainbow!!!! Dominican Republic, DO

So I guess I will start with a short introduction. I am 26 years old and am a single mother to one child. I have been overweight/obese all of my life. For years I have tried to get on the "weight loss train" but life always got in the way. After finally securing my dream job after finishing college, I am finally ready to change my life. Unfortunately my body, big or small, has many issues. My main issue is that my incision for my c-section was a classic (vertical) incision instead of the horizontal. For the life of me, I will never understand why the doctor did such an outdated cut on a 17 year old (my age at the time). I was always a bit self-conscience but this was exemplified when I was given an ass in the front. The beginning of this year, I decided now was the time to take control of my life. I work in the medical field and see the consequences of being obese in the long run. Since January I have went from 256lbs to 219lbs. Everyone is so excited about this huge difference!!! My plan is to be between 160-170lbs by my surgery date. I stand 5 foot 4 inches in height so this will still have me overweight, but I doubt I'll ever reach 112-145lbs which is suggested by BMI standards.

Anywho after the long introduction let me get onto my surgery journey. I was actually put into a FB surgery group around the same time I started my weightloss journey. I was blown away by the information in the group which was solely about the DR doctors. I fell in love with the results and started researching HARD. I settled on the "King of Barbies", Dr Cabral, because of his consistency. I know there is a lot of negative things stated but I am willing to take the risk. He has confirmed my surgery date 11/07/16. I've paid a deposit to Kindness RH because I have not read anything bad about them yet. My plan is stay in the DR from 11/06/16 to 11/22/16. I'm hoping by this time, I am able to get home and take care of myself. I have been blessed to have friends who have offered their place up if I need extra time after the plane lands. I just applied for my passport today and have a doctor's appointment next week to get a full work-up so I'll know where to start as far as iron boosting regimens. Definitely will try to update my weight progress and surgery journey as often as possible.

Well after celebrating my little boy's birthday and going to an adult birthday party, I expected to see some weight gain. After a few days of working out, it disappeared. I am now back on the low carb diet as I want to lose as much weight as I possibly can before my birthday (July 29th). I actually would love to get into a size 14 by then as well. I started off as a size 22/24/3x and now can wear 16/18/XL. Definitely loving my progress although at times it feels so slow. I really need to stop looking at instagram transformations LOL. Anyway I start my new job tomorrow which is strictly for designated surgery money. I want at least 8k saved up for DR and extra money for care when I return back to the states. Apparently lymphatic massages are double and even triple what DR charges for in the states. I'll keep you wonderful ladies posted.

I hope these upload. This is about 2 months apart. I don't know my weight in the first picture but I'm 220lbs now. Still have a ways to go but I think the workouts I've been doing have helped me shed a lot of inches. I definitely want the best foundation before this surgery. I'm really hoping for one round and that's it.