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So many cool things are happening for me that go far beyond just weight loss.  But, I'll start with my progress so far.  I am down 180 pounds from my highest weight, and about 87 since sugery.  I feel great.  I'm still obese and have a ways to go, but it's all good.

I'm still recovering from my last surgery (getting rid of ovaries and fallopian tubes).  But, I feel good.  Energy levels are not what I would want, but better than they use to be after surgery.  Despite that, I've been training to work with children with Autism and boy does that charge my batteries!  I've had some wonderful experiences with some awesome kids and learning how to help them.

I feel like I'm getting, not just my life back, not just my body back, I feel like I'm getting me.  I missed me.  I feel like I am becoming the person I have always wanted to be.  It helps that the package is getting easier to manage.  My body fits in places it didn't in years past.  Since I'm not lugging 180 extra pounds, it's easier to pick a kid up and play with him. 

I love the feeling of having limitations removed.  My future is bright and I feel great.

Some downsides... I have laughably loose skin.  Seriously, until I get plastic surgery, it's 3/4 length sleeves for me.  If not for the looks, I need to be concerned my own safety and that of others.  I don't want to slap folks with my batwing arms.  I need to get serious about support hose and spanx, but just having had my gut cut into, I've been putting that off.  I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the extra compression. 

Blessings to everyone who shares my journey and reads my blog posts. 

I feel like a Science experiment gone wrong.  I have too many variables in my life and can't pin down which is causing what!  But it's all good.

I'm still getting used to my ever evolving eating plan.  Adding an Iron supplement has affected my life in ways I do not like, read: constipation.  So, I am experimenting with fiber... today.  The laxatives recommended to me interrupted my life way too much.  Not trying something put me on a roller coaster ride with thrills and chills in the bathroom that I do not wish to discuss in public. 

I just had my ovaries removed, so I am careening headlong into menopause, read: hot flashes.  However, WLS has caused me to be colder than usual.  It's freezing outside and I'm conserving energy, read: low temps inside.  The net result is I never know how I feel.  I'm cold.  I'm hot.  I'm confused.

In the midst of all of this is the emotional roller coaster exacerbated by my great hormonal shift.  The weight I gained served a purpose in insulating me from my emotions.  I ate to mask feelings and I can't do that anymore.  With each month's weight loss, I uncover another reason why I let myself get to the size I did.  It creates interesting dilemmas as I face, finally, the problem that I used to eat over. 

My first response is to feel the pain, sometimes anger and shame accompany whatever it is.  But, when I get my courage up and face it head on, I feel exhilarated and released from the snare of it all.  It's almost euphoric to overcome the issue at hand. 

I feel so very empowered.  My body is getting smaller, but soul feels so much bigger.  I like that.

Blessings to all who read my post.  I wish you epiphanies and peace.