I'm Doing This For Our Family

As most of you already know, I had weight loss surgery done 10 months ago. I chose to do the surgery when Brielle was 3 months old for a number of reasons; the biggest being that my weight loss would benefit not only me, but our entire family, in so many ways. And it has. As of this morning I am 85 lbs healthier. Yay!

Posted this pic a couple of days ago on facebook when I hit 84 lost. Yay for 85 a couple days later!!

So much has changed and I can't imagine not having the surgery done and still being 250 pounds. My depression was bad at that time, let alone adding the stress of carrying that body around along with a toddler. Nope, don't even want to think about it! I'm much healthier and much, much happier! Weight loss can help with depression a whole lot, which in turn helps to deal with ordinary, daily life stuff. My days are a million times easier than they ever were before.

Brielle grew while I shrunk.

Over the last few days my old depression demons have found me again and I've been struggling. So this morning my wonderful, amazing, fabulous wife sent me an email after I told her that I had reached 85 lbs lost. And this is what she sent:

You have lost 34% of your original body weight.

 

Things that weigh 85 lbs:

 

This huge catfish

 

Keira Knightly

 

 

About 3.5 big bags of dog food. (Crazy)

 





A little more than 4 of Brielle's now.

 



Or 16 of Brielle when she was born.

 

 



Honey I am so happy for you!  Just imagine where you will be in another 6 months to a year! 

So thanks for this Rhonda! It really brightened my day and the Keira Knightly one cracks me up!!

Just looking at the pictures and thinking about how much I've lost, is really kind of surreal. Most days I don't feel like I've lost that much weight. It's hard to explain, but I somewhat still feel like a fat girl. I wonder if that will ever go away?

And to think about the future, both near and far, is also kind of mind blowing. I'm only 5 pounds from my first goal of 90 lbs lost. 90 POUND LOST IS UNREAL! Once I reach that, I'm hoping to still lose another 15-20 pounds which will put me at 105-110 pounds lost. It's hard to believe that's even possible, but it is and I know it'll happen for me. Realistically I want my body to settle in where it's comfortable and I'm hoping it's around 140-145 lbs.

As of now, I am finally out of the obesity category, according to the BMI chart, and am now in the overweight category. It's about time! If I settle in around 145 lbs I will be at the low end of the overweight category. If I settle in around 140 lbs I will be at the high end of the normal category. Honestly, either works for me as long as my body is happy and healthy with it.

There are so many amazing benefits to weight loss, not only for me, but for my family. Our daily life is so much better because of my abilities. Carrying around so much excess weight is not healthy and I know for a fact that I'm a much happier person. Anyone who says they are happy being obese is only lying to themselves. I wish I could help everyone with a journey as great as mine has been....especially my close family & friends who I know could benefit from weight loss. I know the struggles and I know it's not easy. But it is possible to change. I won't preach, because I know that you know. I don't need to tell you. But I will say that if anyone needs to talk, you are always free to private message me. I am always here to listen and to help in any way I can. crystaldyck@gmail.com

For anyone who used to follow my weight loss blog, I deleted it recently due to an overload of spam on a daily basis. Plus I've kind of freed myself from thinking, eating, breathing and obsessing over weight loss surgery and have begun to live a "new" normal life with this small stomach (Farrah Fawcett) of mine. So any future weight loss goals and achievements I have will be posted here since it is a part of my family life.