Katie, 33, mother of two young boys decided to embark on a healthier lifestyle after reaching her heaviest weight in early March of 2021 of 230 lbs. Having tried countless diets in the past, Katie decided to have Gastric Sleeve Surgery to help her lose the weight and change her life.
“I am an emotional eater so if I was bored, I would eat. If I was happy, I would eat. If I was sad, I would eat. I just got lazy and was eating when I was stressed and bored and with every emotion. I was also addicted to Coca-Cola and would drink up to 2 liters a day. For dinner, I used to eat a lot of pasta. We were having pasta four nights a week. And my meals were as big as my husbands and I would go back for seconds.”
Following surgery Katie was able to change her diet by cutting back on carbs, eliminated drinking soda, and controlling her emotional eating. Just one year after surgery Katie has managed to drop from a size 24 to a size 8, and weights 120 lbs.
Before surgery Katie would often feel embarrassed and shy away from social events. “I didn’t want people to look at me. I didn’t feel comfortable. I didn’t like myself, so I thought that no on else would like me if I didn’t like myself. I just didn’t want to be out. I was not living my best life at all and was just existing.”
After losing the weight Katie now feels very confident about herself and no longer has the same hangups about socializing she once had in the past. “I now want to go out. My husband even calls me a social butterfly.” “Now that I have lost the weight, I feel so much healthier. I have a heap more energy. I wish I had done it years ago.”
