My Weight and White Snake – Camille Breckenridge

I grew up in the 80’s and White Snake lyrics are the backdrop to many of my formative years. In fact, they seem appropriate for the decades I’ve spent on the weightloss road of life. The idea that I don’t where I’m going has past and now I have a direct and simple path–I’m going towards health and lower BMI. I sure know where I’ve been — everywhere: shakes, low fat, Weight Watchers, counting calories, PRISM, counting fat grams, fruit, no fruit, gluten-free, NutriSystem, Curves, nutritionists, doctors, Weigh Down, pills, heart healthy, Mayo clinic, salad plate, 80/20, Daniel Fast, pre-arranged meal plans, … seriously there are more, but I figure you get the picture.

I made up my mind in 2017 that I was tired of wasting money and time and energy and emotions on trying and failing and in December of that year had a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG). The short story is that it’s a bariatric surgery in which the approximately 80% of my stomach is removed and I’m left with a 3-4 ounce pouch. It restricts eating large quantities of food leading to weightloss. Within the first year (DEC 2017-DEC 2018) I lost 80+ lbs. and more than 60 inches overall.

Then, as life would have it, my hubs went in for major, serious thoracic surgery and I lived in a hospital with him for two weeks. Hello, 15 pounds, it’s been a long time. Needless to say, my motivation was gone and I had fallen back into my old habits. The feelings of yesteryear were back and I just didn’t care. I kept saying, “Good enough.” But it wasn’t. Not even close.

Fast forward a few months and my bestie for more than 35 years says we are going to our high school reunion. The idea of this was right up there with having a root canal, mammogram, and Pap smear all in the same day–nope. For those that know her, know she may look innocent, but she’s a force to be reckoned with and I had no choice but to comply. (LOL) So I went keto back in June and I’m gonna hold on for the rest of my days….come with me, it’s gonna be fun!

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