(Despite Yo-Yo Dieting and Battling Multiple Health Conditions for over 6 years!)[
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At 239 pounds.
At 209 pounds in 2 1/2 months.
Mrs. Kelly’s Weight Loss History and Health Journey
Mrs. Kelly grew up as an athelte and this lifestyle continued through her adult years. At 62, her health began to unravel unexpectedly.
The following diagoses hit Mrs. Kelly within a five year period of time:
ASTHMA, COPD 2015
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, SLEEP APNEA, HIGH CHOLESTEROL 2017
TRACHEOMALACIA 2019
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ( CHF ) 2020
Her lung specialist also wanted her to lost 150 lbs. Prior to the above diagnosis, Mrs. Kelly was living with Type II Diabetes since she was sixteen.
Drastically impacting her quality of life, Mrs. Kelly struggled with breathing and was not able to move around freely. This led to feelings of depression, emotional eating, weight gain and and up hill battle with diets that failed. Suffering from shortness of breath after walking five (5) feet, she sit all day, which led to binge eating and snacking consistently.
After years of failed attempts at dieting and taking diet pills, Mrs. Kelly did not believe she could lost ten (10) pounds.
Eventually, she was taking fourteen (14) different medications and three (3) vitamin supplements. This came with vast side effects. For seven year, she slept with CPAP and had to carry an oxygen tank to accomodate breathing treatments every four hours. Both were taking it’s toll on Mrs. Kelly both physically and emotionally.
Doctor’s Had Giving up Hope /Trigger to Seek Help
The medical team wanted Mrs. Kelly to undergo a gastric bypass procedure to lose weight quickly, so that she could improve breathing and oxygen (O2) levels. O2 levels were done to 20%. Mrs. Kelly believed in her heart that gastric bypass surgery was not the answer. After seven years of suffering, medications, dieting, and breathing machines, Mrs. Kelly was told that there was nothing else their medical team could do. She was on her death bed.
With prayer and faith her daughter, Natalie, would not and did not accept that prognosis. Natalie revervently spoke to her mother about getting help from a registered dietitian.
Working with Sandra
Mrs. Kelly learned what is a healthy meal is and how to maintain a healthier lifestyle for the long-term without giving up going back to old eating habits.
- Down to seven (7) medications and one (1) vitamin
- Fasting blood sugar in the 90’s
- Loss of twenty-four (24) pounds
- No longer taking breathing treatments (off oxygen tank)
- Able to sleep eight to nine hours
- Able to walk and exercise again
Mrs. Kelly’s Life Now
Receives compliments from family and frients. Friends thought Mrs. Kelly had the gastric bypass procedure. Loves getting on the scale and buying new clothes.
Mrs. Kelly’s Advice to others
When you have tried on your own to fix the problem, seek help. It will hurt more in the long run by putting it off. “It’s okay to not be okay”, but do something about it. When you begin to feel hopeless, know that God is with you. Fad diets do not work. Everyone’s needs are different. Sandra will provide a personalized plan that is enjoyable.
Carolyn Kelly – Tallahassee, Florida