sonyamarie75
80 pounds gone!
Jan 11, 2014
I'm a little less than 5 months out now and finally have lost 80 pounds. I would like to lose another 60 but per my surgeon that my not be a realistic goal. We'll see how it goes. At a minimum I would like to lose at least another 30.
Now that I'm farther out, it's a little easier. I don't get "the foamies" or get sick nearly as often. I know what makes me dump and what I can safely eat and am more generally comfortable in my own skin. I say generally because I recently bought a swimsuit. The one I had was a size 28 and too big for me to try to swim in. My new suit is a size 16. I was never fond of swimsuit shopping before surgery. I can honestly say, I still hate it. :) While my body is smaller, I have loose skin all over my abdomen and thighs. It will be a long time before I could ever afford plastics as I am still paying on my surgery and will be for a long time. The swimsuit covers all of the abdominal skin and my "skin apron" so you can't really see that, but the skin on my thighs really bothered me. I guess it's been a long time since I've seen myself below the waist in a full length mirror. I am very pleased that my health has improved with the weight loss. I still have some obstacles to overcome in regards to my body image.
I was doing great with going to the gym. I even started Couch to 5k. I did a few classes at the Y- spinning and Yoga. Can we just be honest? Spinning? Holy hell!!! That hurts!!! The yoga was more my speed and something I'm more likely to stick with. I need to get back there and get back on the treadmill. I didn't really see my weight loss speed up when I was exercising but I did feel better and my energy level was through the roof. Who knew I could actually run a little? I fell off the wagon when I was down with the flu, but I need to start going again. I will probably have go back to week one but I committed to running a 5 k (actually running it all!) in May so I need to get moving. I'd like to try swimming too. I have a ton of excuses that I need to give up.
My newest WLS treasure is a protein shake "cookbook" I purchased from the Bariatric Foodie Blog/website. I've never been really excited about protein shakes and since I didn't HAVE to drink them anymore, I didn't. This book tells you how to doctor them up to make them more palatable. I had a peanut butter cup one (HOT) that was to die for!! You couldn't taste the protein at all. It's nice to be back to the occasional shake again. I've always been careful about trying to get all of my protein in but there were days I would still be a little short. Especially now that they taste like treats.
