Alison Ensey
New member
I am pretty complex, don't say I didn't warn ya! 
That being said my basics are stay at home mom of two toddlers, I have lost a total of 223 pounds with the help of gastric sleeve, and I am a former truck driver. I miss it like crazy, I have seemed to kick most of my food habit but that truckin bug still makes me twitch even after 4 years off the road.
As for the reason I am here I need support to get this last 22 pounds off so here is my story:
I believe at my heaviest I was over 400 pounds I know the last highest weight i remember was 395 and i was slowly gaining at that point. I stopped driving due to an assault I got scared and didn't want to do it for a while which in turn helped me loose about 80 pounds but I became pregnant with my son in 2009 and some how managed to weight 285 5 days after his birth. I gained back to 320 and had my daughter and again i was in the 280's. I began gaining again and my doc suggested weight loss surgery which happened 09/13/11 and from then to now I am down to 189. I haven't seen my surgeon in over a year because i put it off but I have an appt. on Dec 14 so I am determined to loose this last 22 pounds before then. I am in a magic place right now with my weight. A place where I have to do just a tiny bit more to get to my goal of being healthy so I am looking for the encouregment of others who are just so close but not quite there. I have never been here in my life I was an overweight child and as an adult this is the first time I have ever been under 200 pounds. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia which had me in a bad place because i was always told that if i "just loose the weight" I would be out of pain. I was seriously disapointed for a little while and I started bad habits up again (self mutilation type crap) so I realized i had to get away from the old habits and the old me as possible. I have been on the gastirc sleeve forum since before surgery but I am finding it harder and harder to relate to the people there because I am finally able to mentally associate with others who arent quite so overweight. I am finally getting my body image to match reality and I need those who are closer to their goals to figure out how to reach mine!
That being said my basics are stay at home mom of two toddlers, I have lost a total of 223 pounds with the help of gastric sleeve, and I am a former truck driver. I miss it like crazy, I have seemed to kick most of my food habit but that truckin bug still makes me twitch even after 4 years off the road.As for the reason I am here I need support to get this last 22 pounds off so here is my story:
I believe at my heaviest I was over 400 pounds I know the last highest weight i remember was 395 and i was slowly gaining at that point. I stopped driving due to an assault I got scared and didn't want to do it for a while which in turn helped me loose about 80 pounds but I became pregnant with my son in 2009 and some how managed to weight 285 5 days after his birth. I gained back to 320 and had my daughter and again i was in the 280's. I began gaining again and my doc suggested weight loss surgery which happened 09/13/11 and from then to now I am down to 189. I haven't seen my surgeon in over a year because i put it off but I have an appt. on Dec 14 so I am determined to loose this last 22 pounds before then. I am in a magic place right now with my weight. A place where I have to do just a tiny bit more to get to my goal of being healthy so I am looking for the encouregment of others who are just so close but not quite there. I have never been here in my life I was an overweight child and as an adult this is the first time I have ever been under 200 pounds. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia which had me in a bad place because i was always told that if i "just loose the weight" I would be out of pain. I was seriously disapointed for a little while and I started bad habits up again (self mutilation type crap) so I realized i had to get away from the old habits and the old me as possible. I have been on the gastirc sleeve forum since before surgery but I am finding it harder and harder to relate to the people there because I am finally able to mentally associate with others who arent quite so overweight. I am finally getting my body image to match reality and I need those who are closer to their goals to figure out how to reach mine!