For real this time. ...and 2014 update

Dec 24, 2014

Remember that last post? Well I jumped the gun. Thought i had found the guy. Cheap too. but luckily i followed my gut and listened to my husband and did not go with him. whew!!! the search for a plastic surgeon has been a long and emotional one. feeling lost, unsure, changing my mind, almost settling. thank god i didn't settle. i retooled my search and looked for docs who had worked on many WLS patients. and i found my guy. dr. don revis of ft. lauderdale. he's pricier but with good reason. tons of experience. he has an entire book of wls patients he's worked on. and i'm talking complete transformations. amazing work. and yesterday i booked my surgery. :) its officially official now. March 16th 2015 is when i become the new me. :)

 

i'm having a TT with muscle repair, lipo of the flanks as well as the upper back/side boob area and lipo of the neck. i'm sooooooooo excited and so very very grateful that i have made it this far. 

This has been a very challenging year for me. I started in January saying ok I don't wanna look at this gut anymore, i want it gone! i will do whatever i have to do to get it gone. i knew i wanted plastic surgery but i was a long way away from being at the weight i wanted for that. so i started my journey to get back in shape. i am 4yrs out from VSG. in 2012 i had my son. and it took me an entire year to get to the point where i was ready to get healthy again. this weightloss was nothing like my weightloss 4yrs ago. it made me realize that weight loss was a one time thing and it would never be like that again. this time around i had to rely on diet and exercise alone. and this time around it would come off soooo slooow. and i'm not just talking about slow compared to WLS i'm talking slow compared to every single person i've seen lose weight. its like my body is in slow motion. no matter how hard i try or how good i am with my eating it doesn't come off any faster. i've had a few missteps on this journey. i've made mistakes. but i never stopped. i got stronger physically, mentally, emotionally. i am now more able to cope with problems, more able to handle things that before overwhelmed me. i'm more independent, more confident. i have worked really hard to get where i am right now. i'm really proud of myself. i have done things i never thought i would or could do. the only thing missing now is for my outside to reflect my inside.

 

as of christmas eve i am officially back to my lowest weight after surgery/before pregnancy. 173lbs. thats where i was when i stopped losing. i tried to keep on but it didn't come off so i just maintained and i was happy there. its taken me a year to lose 30lbs. the cool thing is i'm still not done. i plan to keep going hard to lose as much as i can before march (at this rate i know it won't be much but every little bit helps). i've been on a ketogenic diet since august and i work out 5 days a week. after surgery i plan to ease off and go back to low carb which is not as restrictive and continue to work out but not kill myself. after surgery i will incorporate fruits and some grains as i think they're needed for proper healing. but that won't be a permanent thing. i suspect my new body will be all the motivation i need to stay active. working out will be so much easier. and maybe some of these muscles will start to show. :) going shopping will be an emotional experience. being able to wear underwear and have it look normal....i can't even remember the last time that happened. i was a child. anyway i will just live a healthy/active lifestyle and let weight come off when it wants to. 

 

i'm excited to see what it looks like to be under 173lbs. i've never seen it before in my adult life. 

 

Merry Christmas everyone!! Happy new year! Hope your 2015 is awesome. I know mine will be life changing. :)

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08/17/2010
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