Oh wow, I have not posted in this blog for a really long time! Truth is, I have been cheating.  GASP! I know. I am such a blog slut. It all began one day in February...

(I will quickly catch this blog up to speed first)

I decided to have Weight Loss Surgery, forever to be known as WLS, after my family did an impromptu intervention.  It was humiliating, heartbreaking, and completely necessary.  Essentially, my family has seen me go through weight loss programs, cleanses, healthy eating kicks, Biggest Loser competitions, active living kicks, all resulting in failure and gaining even more weight.  They were tired of watching me fail and terrified I would die soon. They encouraged me to get WLS.

I processed everything they said and had to admit to myself that I had become so uncomfortable in my own skin. I was never comfortable. Didn't matter if I was standing, sitting or walking. My joints were swollen and I could barely move, stairs no matter up or down hurt me. I laid in bed and decided I was going to get in contact with the Surgeon my friend used for her Lapband 5 years before.

I had contacted them wanting the LapBand, and they wanted my weight. I got on the scale and died. It said 321.8lbs. I knew I had hit the three hundreds, and thought I was like 305 maybe 308 at most. Nope, 321.8lbs.  Due to my BMI of like 58% they recommended the Gastric Sleeve where they remove 85% of my stomach but I keep my natural digestive flow with weight loss results of the Gastric Bypass but with less complications.  I booked it.

I had to go on a very strict pre - op diet and I lost 22lbs from the day I began that diet on January 25th to my surgery day February 19th.  Today I weight 237.6lbs. Amazing right? That is a total loss of 84.2lbs. I can now do stairs, without any pain! I can stand, sit, and sleep without feeling crushed!

I can't eat much, my WLS was a tool to prevent me from over eating.  I have to reach certain amounts of protein a day or I won't lose weight. So with such limited space, my meals can't weigh more than 3.5 oz, I am VERY choosy as to what I eat. With the drop in weight I feel renewed. I have a gym membership and I am exercising. In the beginning all I did was do Wii Fit Plus exercising.  That helped me lose a bulk of my weight.  It has only been this past month that I have a gym membership.

So that is the gyst of it. So here is the thing, I didn't want my family to know as I couldn't tell them in person, they live on the east coast and I couldn't imagine telling my mom over the phone or Facebook.  I hid it from my parents till I was going to be home in May.  So, me being the extrovert who can't keep secrets had to spill this somewhere where no one would see it.  So I created a totally seperate blog and began blogging in February pre-op and post-op. I blogged until June when I decided I wanted to video blog instead!!

Here is my secret blog that I am now ready to share with the world:

My Secret Blog

Here is my YouTube channel where I post video blogs:

YouTube Channel Vlogs

So if you want more details of what I went thru pre and post op, go to secret blog. If you would rather just have me tell you my feelings, challenges, and triumphs go to my vlog channel!

I am happy to have one place to be right now, here and with you.

I am sorry Blogger that I have been cheating on you with livejournal and YouTube. Forgive me.