1 yr out and never looking back

Apr 13, 2010

On March 16th I had my 1 yr surgiversary. I have lost 130 lbs and seem to be at a plateau. Cant seem to drop below 170 lbs, I have a lot of extra skin on my thighs, stomach and arms and at my 1 yr appt the Dr thought I would probably be at  my goal or pretty darn close to it if I had plastic surgery. I am in  a size 12 and they are a bit baggy on me, but 10's wont fit the extra skin on my thighs. I guess that is the price I pay. But hey I can deal with that since I havent been a 12 since I was in middle school, if then.

I look back at the pictures this past year and even before my surgery and cant  believe I am the same person. It has taken a lot to get my mind wrapped around the smaller version of me. But I am finally starting to do that. It helped when I started exercizing regularly and could actually see the muscle definition start to form.  That was so exciting I thought I would never see that again.

My 2 kids and I went home to visit family in Iowa over Easter and as good as I felt, I also was a bit upset, several of my family members told me I was too skinny.... are you kidding me???  I weigh what I weighed in High School but wear smaller clothes as I was a 16 then.  They said that I needed to stop losing, how in the heck do you do that. I know my body will stop when it is time. I havent lost any lbs since Dec but I continue to lose inches, which is fine with me because it tells me that my body is burning off the fat. THANK GOODNESS. Well I figured Fooey on them. I feel great, I feel better now than I ever had, have so much more energy, and love to get out there and do things with my kids and others that you never would have caught me doing before. So I have come to the conclusion, that I didnt do this for them. I did this for me, so what they think isnt really important. I am happy, my kids and husband are happy and still love me and that is all that matters to me.

One last note. I just want to Thank Dr Hornbostel and his wonderful staff. If it werent for them I know none of this would be possible. Thank you so much for giving me my life back so I can live it the way I want to live it. To it's fullest!!

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