I’m not going to lie it has been a long time since I’ve seen the
220s. To be exact it was April 2009. That is almost 5 years ago! So here is the long story. My birthday 2006, my dad has a stroke and
passed away the next day. I was probably
pushing 300 lbs. I’m not exactly sure because
I didn’t really care. I still played
volleyball a couple times a week and played basketball, etc…but I ate like crap
and drank a ton of Coke and Pepsi. As
tragic as it was to lose my father, that really wasn’t the “ah” moment that I
need to do something. That came 6 months
later. It was this picture that made me
go OMG what is wrong with me. (I just rhymed!)
So this was taken June 10, 2007 at my friend Mary Linda’s house in
Phoenix. I’m mortified by this picture…really
I am. So I was looking through the
pictures from this trip a couple weeks later and decided something needed to be
done. That was June 25, 2007 and I
weighed 285lbs. (I remember the date because it happened to be Eric’s mom’s birthday.) But anyways!
I made a very serious effort to lose weight. I lost 10 lbs. in two weeks
by just cutting out pop and walking steps at work. I started slowly…I think only 3 flights. It
sucked. I
lost 30 lbs. in three months. I was feeling good. Here is a picture from our trip to see Phil’s
family in Oregon.
By my birthday (12/27/2008), I had lost over 50 lbs and was about to
crack the 220s for the first time in who knows how long. Here is a picture of what 50 lbs. lost looks
like.
By this time, I was only drinking water and couldn’t stand the taste of
pop. So it was a win for me. I continued to do well and lost about 65 lbs
before my first gallbladder attack.
Now it could be my rapid weight loss
that caused this, they are not really sure.
So for the next 3 months I was on basically a no-fat diet. It
sucked. And surprisingly over the course
of the 3 months on the no fat diet I really didn’t lose that much. I was
stuck eating fat-free pudding, Jell-O, toast and Subway…the only fast food restaurant
I could really eat at. Here is a picture
of me at 80lbs. loss.
When I had my gallbladder surgery in June 2008, I was down to my lowest…that
dreaded 202 lbs. I never got below that
magic number…dammit! The problem with
the surgery was I went from eating no fat to gorging on all the fast food I had
been missing the last 3 months. I’m not perfect. I occasionally would eat at fast food when I
was on this weight loss journey but I always compensated with working out more
or eating less the rest of the day. But
after my surgery I went all out. The
first meal I had was with Greg Stayer at Culver’s…cheeseburger, cheese curds
and fries. I had to try out my new gallbladderless body. Over the course of a year or so I gained
about 40 pounds. I continued to fluctuate between 235 and 250. I’m embarrassed to admit it but it is
true. So here I am 1,691 days later I’m finally
again under 230. Yay!
Now I hope I don’t blow it and gain again! :)
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