IT's been a year since my surgery!!!! on August 20, 2009 9:55 am
It doesn't seem possible that it has been a year since my surgery... last year at this time I was a ball of nerves... very sleep deprived... since I was worried I/we would miss the ferry thus miss my surgery check in time.
I was in pain most of the time... legs, back and feet... any walking was both painful AND I would get sweaty!!
I can believe how much my life has changed over this year....I am 130# down from my highest in 2008 and 100# from my OR date, I started out in a size 26-28 and now I wear mostly 14's and some 12's. I am very happy with my results so far. While I have extra skin... spanx usually keeps it not so wiggly. I hope I can get my insurance to pay for plastic surgery in the next year or so.
I am a bike rider now... and while on vacation last week... my DH and I biked a total of 55 miles... and 21 on one of the days! I walk uphill about 11 blocks to work most days... I am a little out of breath... BUT NOT SWEATY!!!
I still want to lose about 18 to 20 pounds... I know this is possible!
Having WLS is a major decision NOT to be taken lightly.... WLS is a tool to help me get to my health and fitness goals... NOT a cure for obesity ... which a part of me early on was hoping for!
I have learned that for myself planned meals; eating protein first; drinking at least 64oz of water; eating high fiber foods and NO grazing is the best way for ME to use my WLS tool. Have I done this every day...NO... but since I went to the OH event this past weekend in Bellevue... I have recommitted to using WLS tool better!
Some recent observations.....
I can wear "skinny jeans" and look great in them...
I can wear high heels again... and NOT be so wobbly and /or have my feet hurt so bad that I could barely walk in them.
Wearing clothes that fit help me see have far I have come this year.
I can finally buy bra's from Victoria Secret!!
I love bike riding.... I love that I found an exercise that I actually look forward to doing ... AND this is an activity that my DH and I can do together.
I tried kayaking this summer and definitely want to do more kayaking this fall or next spring and summer.
I need to write some goals and an actionable plan to get there. Almost every speaker at the OH event (AND other 2 emails that I received this week) stressed the importance of goal setting. If you don't know where you are going or how you are going to do it ... how are you going to get there???
Most of all... I would have never have had such a great first year without all of you on OH. You have been my lifeline, my support, my inspiration... and some of the best people I have ever met!!!!
Thank you....
Helen
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6 months Out on March 8, 2009 7:09 am
Its hard to believe that I am 6 months out and over 100 pounds and down from last January! What a wonderful ride this has been.
The big thing that is happening now is figureing out what I can do now that I could not do before... last week I discovered that I can walk up to work from the ferry and NOT get sweaty!!! So now I am walking up the hill 2 or so days a week.... as the weather gets better I will probably walk up more.
I don't mind getting my picture taken... I went and got an enhanced driver licence yesterday...so I can cross the border without a passport (by land and sea)... and I liked the picure they took... AND I got to lower the weight on my license!!!
The "girls" started shrink.... I don't think I am DD anymore.. this is probably a good thing.. since I have only gone down from a size 46 DD to a 42 DD. As soon as my bras are too loose around... I will think about getting something new ones. I did buy undies for the first time in Decades from a non plus size store.... that was fun! I even got some fun for me to wear on Valentines day!
I am wearing my Husbands fleece and sweatshirts now...
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This week makes 4 months.... on December 15, 2008 6:39 pm
Its been so long since I post anything here.... bad Helen bad bad bad!!!
I still have not gotten my lab results back from my 3 month check up... I hope they come in this week... it would be nice to know the results! The PA at my Surgeon's office was very happy with my weight loss.
I am down to size 14/16... closer to 16 than 14... but I am loving my new clothes from my sister in law. Without them I would have nothing to wear! My favorite is the "little black dress"... I wore it to the only Christmas party I am going to this year. Most of the people at the party had not seen me since surgery...I made quite the enterance!! I felt so beautiful!!!
As of this morning I am down to 245.6... I just endured my first stall... OMG... I thought I was going to have to cut off a limb so that I would have lost some weight this month! But over the weekend, my stall broke and I lost almost 4 pounds this week! While I know stalls are part of the WL journey.... but when I was in the middle of this one.... I was going crazy!!! I really struggled not to graze.. even tho I REALLY wanted to!!!
I have discovered that I can handle a little bit of sugar... this has kind of scared me... the good news is that after a bite or 2... I am done! So different than before surgery... I am gratefull for the fear of dumping... just because I can a little sugar... does not mean I can have lots of sugar!
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I am a Size 18 on October 4, 2008 9:30 am
I knew I could wear my LB sz 18's... but of course I thought I could wear any of the sz 18's... So I went shopping downtown on friday... and I tried on a woman's sz 18 at Coldwater Creek and one at Macy's!!! I am so excited!
My next size to buy will be misses 18 or woman's 16!
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Almost 6 weeks out on September 28, 2008 7:16 pm
I progressed to soft foods and found out that thinly sliced deli meats are not my pouches friend. After having a couple of stuck episodes... that included the dreaded foamies...I stopped eating deli turkey. Clearly I am a slow learner. I asked a WLS surgery friend about it... and she said try some thicker cuts... and I and it went down just great.
This week I can start on full foods...
Today I ate lettuce for the first time... not much... but it was great. Tonight for dinner I had 2 small pan squashs. It is great to start eating veggies again.
I have decided to keep a small pouch of tuna and some canned green beans with me... so at least I know that I will some thing I can eat... sometimes there are not great pouch friendly foods to choose from.
I am down almost 24 pounds since surgery... 54 pounds overall... I feel great... I am sleeping much better... and my knees feel so much better... going up stairs is not so much of a problem. I was part of a group photo this week.. and I can say that I looked pretty good. I did not feel like I was so huge in the picture... I guess 54 pounds makes a difference! I am wearing my 18 pants and 18-20 tops.
I am still struggling to get much exericise in.. but my DH and I have been doing more walking, I am taking a yoga class once or twice a week.
I am still struggling with occasional constipation... Miralax is my new friend.
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