00:00In four days, I am having an abdominoplasty surgery to remove my hanging apron stomach.
00:06You can see it hangs down to my knees. It's very painful. It's embarrassing and it's shameful.
00:13This is all going to be gone and my life is going to be forever changed for the better.
00:21They're about to take me back for surgery.
00:24After struggling for years with carrying over 370 pounds of body weight,
00:28it was time to make a change.
00:30They took off the knee and from me.
00:33Yeah, we did.
00:35I've never been without the stomach.
00:39You wanted to know how many pounds it was?
00:42Like 30 pounds.
00:4447.
00:46I was carrying it.
00:49It's gone now.
00:50It's so heavy.
00:53The surgery was only just the start of her journey and the next step is even more tough.
00:57I just woke up feeling so happy and grateful.
01:01I had some pain and things like that, you know, which is natural.
01:04I was able to get up and walk to the bathroom by myself a few times.
01:08We're going to head to the surgery center for my follow-up appointment.
01:11And as long as everything is all good, I get to go home.
01:14I feel small for the first time in my life.
01:18It's morning time and I'm getting up.
01:21Morning seemed to be the hardest for me, probably because we're all sleeping and I kind of fall
01:26off my pain med routine in the middle of the night and I end up having a lot of nausea.
01:30I had nighttime too.
01:31We've got to go check the drains and empty them and stuff.
01:34It hurts like hell, but I'm doing good.
01:36After grueling days of struggle, the promising results are in reach.
01:40My follow-up appointment went amazing.
01:43They removed the drains.
01:44I'm so happy.
01:46Oh my God.
01:47He said everything looks like it's healing beautifully.
01:50I'm kind of coming out of the haze, guys.
01:52It's been a lot going through this physically.
01:55It's all gone, guys.
01:57She still can't believe the woman she's transformed into after all these years.
02:01I look small, guys.
02:03I look small.
02:04I'm going to go outside for my first walk since having surgery.
02:09I'm exhausted now, but it feels so amazing.
02:13I can't tell you guys what it feels like to not have 47 pounds hanging against my legs right
02:20now as I'm walking.
02:21I'm just the happiest person on the planet right now.
02:24I've lost somewhere around 420, 430 pounds and I want to show you guys something that is
02:30so amazing for me that I've never been able to do.
02:34Check this out.
02:35Now I can literally pick up my leg and I can cross my legs.
02:41After all the hard work she has endured for the past couple months, it was time to reveal
02:45the new her.
02:46And now, this is what my body looks like after having lost 430 pounds.
02:52I'm happier and healthier than I've ever been in my entire life.
02:56And I just want everyone to know that if I can do it, you can do it.
03:01Do not let anyone, including yourself, make you feel like you can't do things to better
03:06your life because you have the power within you.
03:08You just need to believe in yourself.
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