First post

This is my before picture!! Look at all the chins! I can't believe I'm actually a blogger now. Who knew I could be high tech enough to do it. Well. . . on January 18, 2008, I had gastric bypass surgery at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City. I weighed 370 pounds and was miserable, in pain, and at 35 years old I figured I wouldn't live to see 40. It is five months later and I have lost 107 pounds!!! I feel so great and can exercise without pain for the first time in years. My body is just shrinking like crazy. The drawback: People treat me different. It seems that some people, like some coworkers, preferred me bigger, as now I am smaller and feeling better. I actually get told I am pretty. I'm single, no kids, in school and have a great life ahead of me. For some of them, their lives suck and I think jealousy has reared its ugly head. I can't really worry about it, I guess, though it does make my days long and emotionally draining to have to deal with the silent treatment from women who are twenty years older than I am. So. . . if you are reading this, welcome to my blog. I'll do a few of them to kind of catch you up to today. M