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My life as a young girl was actually
normal. I was average weight. Once I had children it was all over
with being average. At the age of 22 I was over 250 pounds with two
children. I could hardly walk a flight of stairs without being out
of breath. By the time I was 33 I was about 310 pounds and my
weight was climbing. When I got ready to have the gastric bypass
surgery, I weighed 322 pounds, and wore a size 32. My arms where so
big that I did not actually wear a size 32 blouse but in order to
get my arms in a blouse I had to go up 2 sizes. My waist was not a
size 32 but my buttock was.
In 1999 I tried diet after diet. I
watched what I ate and lost, but then regained. In 2002 I decided
enough was enough. I found Dr. English and he saved my life with GOD
guiding his hands. I was scheduled to have surgery in March 2003 but
in February it was delayed due to my anemia. I started taking iron
pills and protein shakes to make things happen. For three month I
was the protein queen.
In May the surgery date was
re-scheduled. The surgery was great, the hospital was awesome and my
family support was a BIG bag of chips. Well I should say my family
support was like a PROTEIN shake (think healthy).
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Before surgery 322 pounds |
After surgery 1 year
200 pounds |
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I couldn’t lotion my
own legs without my daughters’ help |
Now I lotion my legs
and help them lotion theirs |
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I could not put on
my own bra |
I put my bra on with
no problem |
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I couldn’t walk up a
flight of stair without passing out |
I can walk up
several flights and laugh when I reach the top |
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I didn’t like to go
to my daughters’ school because the children would say, “Your
mom is fat.” |
I walk through the
school like super mom |
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I wore big blouses
to cover my body |
I wear blouses to
show my figure |
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I used to only look
at my face in the mirror |
Now I look in a full
mirror and say
“You GO Girl” |
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I never shared
clothes with my daughters
(that mother
daughter thing) |
Now I am a size 14
she is all in my closet |
Now I am a size 14, weighing 200 pounds
and I feel like Cat Woman. I want to climb some walls and fly. I
have a friend that is about 130 pounds soaking wet. He says, “Toni,
you have lost a whole person.”
I went through a hair faze. Not because
of the hair I lost but because I had so much hair and my face was
too small for it. I have changed hair style 4 times in 3 months. I
went from a wig to a short cut in the front, long in the back, put
in a long hair weave then wore it natural. Finally I said, “Cut it
all off.” Now I am happy. This life change has made me a better
person physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I would
recommend this surgery to anyone
In just 1 year
122 pounds lighter
Size 32 to 14
GOD is good
Antoinette Johnson
Ft.
Lauderdale, FL.
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