Six months down and if I use my high (consult) weight, I’ve made it to the Century Club! At my 6-month checkup Monday, I was down 100.4 lbs total. I had hoped to have 100 lbs. off post-op by now, but made it to -94, still a remarkable number. I don’t feel like I look all that different most of the time, but I do find myself looking in mirrors at my new body. I enjoy shopping for clothes and have to restrain myself from buying more.

In the past six months, my body has changed in the following ways:
-12” waist
-10” bust
-10” hips
-1 shoe size (11 to 10)
- FIVE dress sizes (32 to 22 with some 20’s)

I know that if I was exercising more, I would probably be dropping weight much more quickly, but I am getting into it gradually. I am going to the YWCA 1 or 2 times per week and mowing the grass as needed. I don’t know how people with families manage to work in exercise daily. I am widowed and childless, so I should have lots of time, but I still find myself burning the candle at both ends.