7 Weeks Post-Op

Sep 23, 2011

Boy, have I dropped the ball on this blog!  I guess I got tired of writing complaints and being a bit down.  So, today I have good news.

For the past 2-3 weeks, I've been hovering around 237-238 pounds.  I knew about the stalls, although mine seemed to come in week 5 rather than 3, but hey, we're all different, right?  Anyway, today I got on the scale (I try to only weigh myself on Fridays) and--woo hoo--I'm down 5 pounds to 232.  I just updated my ticker and I couldn't believe how close I'm getting to the halfway point!

The past two days I've been ransacking my closet going through old clothes (which range from a size 14 to 24), trying to find clothes that will fit me better.  Lately, the waistband of my skirts and pants have been sitting on my hips!  And that makes my upper thigh/crotch area look really baggy/funky.  So, I need "new" clothes.  Yes, I could go buy clothes, but really, why spend more money on clothes I won't be wearing for long?  Although, I suppose hitting the super-reduced clearance rack at LB might not be quite so bad.  But I digress.  I realized that I had an awful lot of clothes in a size 18.  They will come in handy soon.  Right now, I realize, I'm like a perfect size 20.  I'm a bit surprised that after losing over 40 pounds, I've only dropped ONE size, but oh well... it's all good.  I did find 4 skirts in a size 20 and a couple of blouses.  I might need to slurge on a pair of slacks and a pair of jeans...

Three or four weeks ago, I posted on the boards about my dismay at having returned to work after a summer off and having lost 30 pounds and no one noticed.  Well, up until yesterday, still, no one had noticed.  The difference?  Besides another 12 pounds lost?  The fact that I wore size 20 clothes instead of 22.  Yesterday, a close co-worker said, "You're losing weight, aren't you?"  I said I was.  Another co-worker asked today if I'd lost weight, and I said I had.  Yay! People are noticing.

My husband has lost well over 60 pounds and people are noticing on him too.  One friend said he looked younger, but wasn't sure exactly why.  A co-worker kept starring at him one day and AJ felt uneasy, but then they guy asked, "Have you lost weight?"  LOL.  It's so fun to share our victory stories. :)

I went out to dinner with friends for the first time since surgery yesterday and I had a chicken salad.  No one seemed to noticed I hardly ate of it.  LOL, I felt like an anorexic, trying to move my food around the plate to look like I ate more.  I think it worked.  The only person not buying it, was the waiter.  LOL.  He had taken my friends' plates ages ago and I finally told him he could take mine as I was done.  He gave me a funny look, but did as I asked.  Maybe he was expecting me to ask him to wrap it up?  I don't know... But leftover salad is not yum.

So, things are going well. I'm excited.

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