nursldyjen
October 23rd 2008-October 2011 all I can say is WOW!
Oct 16, 2011
It's almost my third Surgiversary. 10/23/2008- 10/23/2011 = 3 years. WOW!!
Looking back to when I first started this journey into weight loss
...I don't think I could have imagined 3 years later. But, Here I am three years later.
My highest weight was 315#, My lowest (because i was sick) 110#.
I am living life at 135-145# and i feel healthy finally, really healthy. My appetite frightens me sometimes and when that happens I go Back to Basics. Proportions. Shakes. Jello. Puddings. Lots of water.
Addictions. I do not smoke, never have. I dont drink regularly but I have partaken in some cocktails most recently and it takes a lot more to give me that "special" feeling than 3 years ago. Moderation and special occasions.
Food......OH I love food. Texture and taste have become such a HUGE part of my meal choices. I think I dream about food. Is this normal? I watch sugars, not as good as once before. I can nibble on breads, uh oh. Not good, and I know it. I know when I am "cheating" myself and "helping" myself. Its a gamble some days. It's still a tough living situation.
D_I_V_O_R_C_E the number one side effect...... not not me!!!!!!!!!
YES me! This is the one area I would have fought you about. My ex-husband "likes everything I changed", "fluffy", "BIG" etc etc. My Boobs (44DD)....gone.
My arse (size 24).... gone. My thunder thighs, "I say still here" Its proportionate to the new frame.....but he says gone. Don't kid yourself that your relationship post-surgery wont change. It does dramatically. I have lost friends, family, jobs. It is wrong....but what can you do. "Just keep swimmin" like Dorey in Little Nemo. When all gets tough I say "just Keep Swimming Jennifer" and I do, And I have. and "I will"
So "swim" I have into a new loving, rewarding relationship and guess what!!!??? He did not know me before! He only knows me now. So there is no expectations.
My new relationship to LTJ is so fun, kind, healthy, compassionate and "HOT" I am falling in love all over again. It's so nice to be in love again and have it returned. How we get here is a tough rode, scary and unknown, but living in it is just FABULOUS
So this coming weekend I am off to "OH" reunion in Long island.
I hope to re-connect with people I met a few years ago. I hope to make new friends. I hope to re-charge my weight loss. I am not going alone this time. I will have my guy by my side. I will cry and laugh and pass gas like the rest of you and I will be ful-filled to be successful at this tough, long, hard forever journey. Would I do it again? I do not know. But I am glad I did It. I love buying, small, size 4,6 or 8 depending on the designer. OK so my Boobs are small, My Arse wierd and my Thighs floppy, I am AU-Natural and I am living again.
A thousand thank you's to all who have helped me get here, friends who did stand by me, family that did not tell me "your too skinny" , My wonderful Dr. Thomas Cerebona and the Gastric Institute at Westchester Medical Center, and "OH" thank you to you. a place I can always come to when I need a push, a shove , to whine, to express to gloat!!!!
A forever member.....Jennifer Ann Colvin, aka Nursldyjen
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Looking back to when I first started this journey into weight loss
...I don't think I could have imagined 3 years later. But, Here I am three years later.My highest weight was 315#, My lowest (because i was sick) 110#.
I am living life at 135-145# and i feel healthy finally, really healthy. My appetite frightens me sometimes and when that happens I go Back to Basics. Proportions. Shakes. Jello. Puddings. Lots of water.
Addictions. I do not smoke, never have. I dont drink regularly but I have partaken in some cocktails most recently and it takes a lot more to give me that "special" feeling than 3 years ago. Moderation and special occasions.
Food......OH I love food. Texture and taste have become such a HUGE part of my meal choices. I think I dream about food. Is this normal? I watch sugars, not as good as once before. I can nibble on breads, uh oh. Not good, and I know it. I know when I am "cheating" myself and "helping" myself. Its a gamble some days. It's still a tough living situation.
D_I_V_O_R_C_E the number one side effect...... not not me!!!!!!!!!
YES me! This is the one area I would have fought you about. My ex-husband "likes everything I changed", "fluffy", "BIG" etc etc. My Boobs (44DD)....gone.
My arse (size 24).... gone. My thunder thighs, "I say still here" Its proportionate to the new frame.....but he says gone. Don't kid yourself that your relationship post-surgery wont change. It does dramatically. I have lost friends, family, jobs. It is wrong....but what can you do. "Just keep swimmin" like Dorey in Little Nemo. When all gets tough I say "just Keep Swimming Jennifer" and I do, And I have. and "I will"
So "swim" I have into a new loving, rewarding relationship and guess what!!!??? He did not know me before! He only knows me now. So there is no expectations.
My new relationship to LTJ is so fun, kind, healthy, compassionate and "HOT" I am falling in love all over again. It's so nice to be in love again and have it returned. How we get here is a tough rode, scary and unknown, but living in it is just FABULOUS
So this coming weekend I am off to "OH" reunion in Long island.
I hope to re-connect with people I met a few years ago. I hope to make new friends. I hope to re-charge my weight loss. I am not going alone this time. I will have my guy by my side. I will cry and laugh and pass gas like the rest of you and I will be ful-filled to be successful at this tough, long, hard forever journey. Would I do it again? I do not know. But I am glad I did It. I love buying, small, size 4,6 or 8 depending on the designer. OK so my Boobs are small, My Arse wierd and my Thighs floppy, I am AU-Natural and I am living again.
A thousand thank you's to all who have helped me get here, friends who did stand by me, family that did not tell me "your too skinny" , My wonderful Dr. Thomas Cerebona and the Gastric Institute at Westchester Medical Center, and "OH" thank you to you. a place I can always come to when I need a push, a shove , to whine, to express to gloat!!!!
A forever member.....Jennifer Ann Colvin, aka Nursldyjen
About Me
Millbrook, NY
Location
24.9
BMI
Surgery
10/23/2008
Surgery Date
Jul 22, 2008
Member Since
