Living & losing & loving it!

Mar 22, 2012

Since surgery 11/30/11, I have lost 45 pounds; overall, since my heaviest weight, I have lost almost 60 pounds!  Unbelievable.  I know without a doubt I could not have lost that much weight without surgery.  I will always be grateful to my surgeon for giving me my life back.  And now, of course, what I do with it is up to me.

I'm most definitely healthier and that's great!  Because I can deal with stress better.  Yeah, it still gets to me at times:  trying to get promoted (not much luck), buying a new condo and having to deal with the hassles of the mortgage folks asking me for MORE documents every time I turn around, thinking about dating and being social again.  The stress is still there, yet I feel like I handle it differently.  Why is that?  Less fat, more mental strength?  Who knows.  I'm just grateful to be almost 60 lbs lighter than I was this time last year. 

With spring now here, I'm playing softball, walking/jogging, and trying to find time for tennis.  I'm going to the beach in May and can't wait!  There is so much I want to do now, and I'm actually able to do.  Although I must admit, softball is teaching me that I am no longer 23 or 33 -- I'm 53, and I can't do what I did at those ages anymore regardless of weight!

Spring has a wonderful, new meaning to me this year.  It's like nature is awakening, and so am I.  A tad cheesy, perhaps, but that's the way I feel.  Life is good!

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