Progess Update as we begin 2010

Jan 05, 2010

I haven't posted a blog for a while so I wanted to give a little update on what is happening in my WLS journey. I had surgery on April 3rd and unlike previous years when I was saying good rittens to the year before, I had a pretty good year! 2009 was the year I got healthy and it opened doors for me that I never even knew where shut.

At about 6 months weight loss for me came to a screetching crawl. This was an adjustment period but now I am just as happy losing 1 lb as I was when I was losing multiple pounds a week. I am loosing 1-3 pounds a month a this point and I am happy with that. I never really believed I would be at my current weight and am actually a few pounds under what my original goal weight was. I had to readjust what my goal weight was going to be and I honestly think that I end up having to do that again in the future.

I have begun to weigh my food and I am not religious about this yet but I am doing this more and more. I think these are natural steps one takes on the journey post op. I'm taking more of an active look at monitorinig what I am taking in keeping track of calories mentally and monitoring carb intake. These are all steps I feel I should be taking but will be important for sustained progress.

My face has thinned and I can't believe it is me staring back in the mirror. Is that my cheek bone? I really lucked out with excessive skin because I really do have a managable amount. It is not draping off of me but at this point I have pinpointed areas where it is notecable to me. Under my arm pits is just a little loose, like you could pinch the skin and pull it out away. My stomach has some hanging down the area above my G unit has the puffy skin thing that only plastics could really resolve. When I was heavy I had a little bit of fat on my inner thighs and now I have a flab of skin on top of muscle. It's kind of amusing. You have to have a sense of humor in this stuff I think.

My goal at this point is to begin weight training 3 days a week. Not just for health benifits but to see what skin will bounce back in the process. Couldn't hurt, right?

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