The Road Goes Ever On

This is my journey from insecure and unhealthy to beautiful and fit. My goal is to become the healthiest version of myself possible. My journey originally started on December 20th, 2011. After taking all possible measures to lose weight on my own, I sought help from my physician who suggested weight loss surgery. After over a year of struggling to get all the testing, paperwork, and letters in order, I had a vertical sleeve gastrectomy on August 19th, 2013. My life has changed so much since then and I am so blessed to have a second chance at life. Highest Weight: 329 pounds Starting Weight: 314 pounds Current Weight: 177 pounds Goals: 300 280 260 240 220 200 190 180 170 160!

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EXERCISE

… cause zombies will eat the slow ones first.

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Back on Board

There’s always a new day, right? Let’s try this again....

I’m currently in my 7th and final pre-clinical semester of veterinary school with 37 days left before heading off this island for the final time as a student. But even more relevant to this blog....

It is 46 days until my wedding.

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This means I have a lot of work to catch up on as far as my weight and toning goes. Obviously he already knows what he is getting, so there’s no trying to impress or blah blah blah. I just want to feel as best as I can in my dress and not look back on the day as one I felt uncomfortable or upset with my wedding photos.

So, for those who still have me in their newsfeed, be prepared for me to (hopefully be able to) post every evening with my food journal and exercise for the day. Fingers crossed I can make the time and commitment to keep it logged here.

If anyone has any advice, or amazing bariatric or keto recipes, please send them my way!

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Love this site! So helpful!

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Must see!

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Let's talk about how blessed I truly am. Praise God for a new life!

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It was a beautiful day to check for babies! AABP exec palp trip on Nevis for the day. 🐮

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Every new day is a blank page in the book of your life; you have the power today to write something worth reading.

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Yeehaw new progress pic!! 30 pounds down, 20 or so more to go. I’ve leaned out significantly in the past 4 months and let’s just say the track pants I’m wearing in the second pic would’ve been two sizes too small for me in the first pic. I feel good, I feel curvy, I feel beautiful.

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When the island reminds you that sometimes you just need to SOTP and smell the roses

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This is literally two minutes from my house. Only in St Kitts.

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https://www.youcaring.com/amanda-roberts-490657

So, I went to my complimentary consultation today with the plastic surgeon nearby. It was a great experience because everyone was super nice, very welcoming and made me feel very comfortable. Even the surgeon was great and was very informative about how the procedures would go, made sure I understood that scarring is a definite thing, etc. 

She obviously agreed that I pretty much need a full-body adjustment, but due to my financial situation, doing it all at once will be near impossible (as each procedure costs about 6000-7000$). So, she suggested that I at least make an attempt to get the tummy tuck, as it is the part of my body that is almost medically necessary due to it getting in the way of my journey towards health. It’s getting constantly in the way, making it difficult to jog/workout, it is a sanitary issues because trying to keep it clean and dry all of the time, especially when working out, is near impossible and rashes and such happen often.

So now I’ve adjusted my YouCaring donation account to reflect my new estimate for surgery for just the tummy skin removal. If anyone could donate, even just a few dollars, it would help me out immensely (I’m also going to be saving any money I can to put towards it as well, but as a SAHM, my income is near to none) and even if you can’t donate, reblogging to spread the word would help a ton. Thank you so much! 

https://www.youcaring.com/amanda-roberts-490657

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With an iPhone 6

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That was gifted to me. 😒

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how dare you receive a gift that is no where near worth the same amount as the skin removal surgery smh 

judgemental people sicken me! Good luck! sorry all I can do is boost :(!

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even if she did purchase the phone in what world does being able to pay for a cell phone equate to being able to pay for a procedure that is over $7,000. I can’t stand dumb people. Anyway, @mandasmuffintop I’m proud of you and I will do my best to donate as soon as I can.

[mandasmuffintop]

Thank you so much @thickandfabulousbythirty and @damnshelostweight for sticking up for me. You are both so amazing and i love you <3

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People just want to be negative when others have positivity in their lives! Keep on doing your thing, girl! I'm so proud of you!

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Mainly the second part...

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Bathroom picture, because I'm not brave enough to do it in the gym where people can see.