4 years and 1 month post surgery

Jan 28, 2015

So, if you are wondering if this operation is worth it and if you can keep the weight off. The answer is yes, but it is up to you. I lost a total of 152 lbs. Because of a back injury about one year ago I started gaining weight back. I had bottomed-out at 197 and knew that is common to gain back 10 to 20% of the weight lost as your body adjusts. My problem is that I used that as an excuse. Instead of getting in to see a doctor right away about my back pain, I lived with it. I know realized that this is another part of my problem that I had not addressed. When you are over-weight you learn "to live" with a lot of things. The sad part is that you aren't living you are allowing. So in the end I was all the way back up to 230 and I had told myself several times that I would not go past that weight. I was not fitting into clothes and learning to accept that my back would always hurt. Then I got a new doctor due to an Insurance change and I had the best thing ever happen to me. She listened and then looked at me and said, "well that's crazy." She got me on pain meds, into physical therapy and I was off to a national conference for my work that demanded a lot of walking for 5 days straight. It was the jump start my body needed. I lost 8 lbs quickly and I thought about the ways and said for the second time in my life, "enough." I am now back down to 207 lbs and working on getting under 200 again. It has taken about 4 months to lose the 23 pounds, but that is how normal people do it. :) It is time to stop making excuses. I need to decide each day if I am going to live or allow and then move forward. I am walking, eating better and asking my husband for even more support. He has always been there for me and really was just waiting for me to let him in to my journey in a more active role. Gastic By-pas is the BEST thing I ever did for me, my family and my life. Choosing to live my life is the consequence of moving forward and deciding that I will never go back. I am not a Fitness fanatic or food guru, but I am happy. there I finally said it and meant it, "Happy." 

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Seaside, CA
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29.2
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RNY
Surgery
12/20/2010
Surgery Date
Nov 02, 2010
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