Day 1
Hello, my name is Alicia. (*Hello Alicia*)
Ha now that we got that out of the way, I sat here on my computer last night uploading a new photo of my boyfriend and I that was taken yesterday, and I was mortified.
See this past fall I started seeing a dietician and it was very successful. I saw her from November to January and was able to lose 55 pounds! I was elated… I was over half way to my weight goal. My highest weight before I started was 270 and I was able to get down to about 216. Well going to see her got really expensive and I couldn’t afford it any longer. And for a while I continued to do great. Continued to eat right. Continued to exercise….
Then I went to see my Cardiologist for my annual check-up on April 21st and I was stoked to be able to show him that I had lost all that weight. Well the appointment went fine until he told me he wanted to send me to another specialist (electrophysiologist) because of some episodes of near fainting at work and irregular heart beat spells I had been having. All within 2 to 3 weeks my life changed drastically… I ended up having surgery on May 8th to have a defibrillator put in, because I am apt to having my heart send me into a dangerous heart rhythm that can cause sudden death and so this defibrillator is supposed to shock my heart back if need be… talk about scary and a big life change! I was only 23… a defibrillator to save my life! What!?!?
Well that was a very stressful time… very scary time and I just gave up caring.. I’ve been eating whatever I wanted. and for 6 weeks after surgery I wasn’t able to be totally active so I haven’t really exercised since before surgery. There have been the occasional walks with my sister and best friend, but thats all.
Almost 3 months later after surgery I have gained about 20 pounds… The picture I have shown was taken before I had gained weight back…. my hope is to get to that point again and even more so push past that point and get to my goal weight of 180….
So here I am… to get serious about my weight loss again…
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Welcome! The good news is, you have done it before…The bad news is, you now have to do it again…
BUT…Girl, you just got the gift of life. TRULY…WOW…23 years old and to go through that. WOW…If thats not a wake up call and a second chance, I dont know what is!!!!
So lets dig and and lose this weight…
You are a beautiful girl with a second chance at life…Dont let go of that!!!
Welcome to Buddslim! Even though you gained some weight through all this I’d think you’d have to really strong to get through everything that happened to you. So you can lose the weight girl. I wish you all the best!