Heather Smalley
I'm a 35 year old mother of 2 beautiful children. I was never conscious of my weight growing up I knew I was bigger then my friends, but it never effected me. I moved to New York when I was 20 and by the time I turned 25 I had reached an all time high of 275 lbs. My weight still didn't effect me. I have always been a happy and outgoing person. I started working out at Curves and doing a doing a low carb diet with a friend of mine. Within a 3 month span I was down 30 lbs and I have never felt better about myself. I ended up losing 85 lbs. Unfortunately soon after that life happened and due to some unfortunate situations I moved back to Colorado. At the time I was so stressed out I didn't eat so I ended up losing more weight. Then one day unexpectedly I fell in love with my now husband. Once again thanks to life and being in love with life and carbs (it had been 2 years people) I gained back some weight. Once I got pregnant with my son all bets were off. I ate like I had never eaten before. Long story short I have tried everything to lose my baby weight (when do you stop calling it baby weight). This is my last stop. After I have my surgery I WILL NOT gain my weight back. I want to be healthy again. I want to walk up stairs without dying, run without passing out and not be embarrassed about my appearance. I look forward to this journey.
