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Upside Down, Inside out
Jun 17, 2011
Isn't it weird how weight loss is all backwards? A broken stall is a good thing. Weight loss is desired. Smaller is the goal. Broken, loss, smaller... good things. Gaining is awful. Bigger is bad, not better. Going up is horrible. Moving down is fantastic. No wonder it's hard to wrap our minds around the idea of weight loss.
I finally broke my stall, Praise Jesus! :-D
I'd like to blame my approach to onederland for my stall. I'd like to blame my body for compensating and readjusting to my weight loss, but I think that might be untrue. Okay, it's more than thinking, I know it was my emotional eating. It was me, not my body, sabotaging weight loss. Last month was a tough adjustment time for me. I ate too many carbs. I gained weight. It wasn't significant, but it happened.
However, back on the wagon again, and I broke my stall... Yay!
I am five pounds away from losing 200 pounds since the beginning of my journey. 100 pounds came off this past year. Amazing, it was exactly 100 pounds from pre-surgery weight to surgerversary. I like symmetry, but I didn't expect that. I had lost almost 100 pound from my highest weight to pre-surgery. The really startling fact remains that I have a ways to go yet. But, I began this journey with a BMI of 70. I'm almost half that now. I am almost half the person I once was. Enough numbers, though.
Who I am today is the person I want to be. Weight and body image are only a part of that equation. I am not the person I hope to become, but my feet are squarely on that path to become fully me, my best self. What a blessing. The cherry on top? That would be the broken stall.
Blessings to everyone who reads my post. I appreciate all of you so much. This past month, the support I've gotten on OH has carried me through some really tough moments. You inspire me to be my best self. :0)
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I finally broke my stall, Praise Jesus! :-D
I'd like to blame my approach to onederland for my stall. I'd like to blame my body for compensating and readjusting to my weight loss, but I think that might be untrue. Okay, it's more than thinking, I know it was my emotional eating. It was me, not my body, sabotaging weight loss. Last month was a tough adjustment time for me. I ate too many carbs. I gained weight. It wasn't significant, but it happened.
However, back on the wagon again, and I broke my stall... Yay!
I am five pounds away from losing 200 pounds since the beginning of my journey. 100 pounds came off this past year. Amazing, it was exactly 100 pounds from pre-surgery weight to surgerversary. I like symmetry, but I didn't expect that. I had lost almost 100 pound from my highest weight to pre-surgery. The really startling fact remains that I have a ways to go yet. But, I began this journey with a BMI of 70. I'm almost half that now. I am almost half the person I once was. Enough numbers, though.
Who I am today is the person I want to be. Weight and body image are only a part of that equation. I am not the person I hope to become, but my feet are squarely on that path to become fully me, my best self. What a blessing. The cherry on top? That would be the broken stall.
Blessings to everyone who reads my post. I appreciate all of you so much. This past month, the support I've gotten on OH has carried me through some really tough moments. You inspire me to be my best self. :0)
One Year in Pictures
Jun 10, 2011
Pictures!
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Before Now
May 2010 (surgery 6-7-10) (6-7-11)
- not my highest weight -
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Before 7 weeks 2 months
3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months
8 months 9 months One year
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Before Now
May 2010 (surgery 6-7-10) (6-7-11)
- not my highest weight -
Before 7 weeks 2 months
3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months
8 months 9 months One year
Surgiversary Day
Jun 07, 2011
Today marks one year since my WLS. I am grateful for the 100 pounds I lost this past year. I am grateful for the celebration dinner I had with a friend. I am grateful for the new direction in my life and am glad that my life is taking a change for the better. I am grateful for taking flute lessons again. I love music and playing flute feeds my soul. I am grateful for my children who bring me great joy. I am grateful for my new clients, who never cease to amaze me as they overcome challenges and grow. I am grateful for the clarity that WLS has brought to me. Beyond weight loss and better health, I am happy to see through new eyes.
May God bless all of you who read my blogs. I am so grateful for all of you. Everyone on this site helps me find my way through this journey of weight loss. May you be doubly blessed for encouraging me, supporting me and making my life richer and fuller.
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May God bless all of you who read my blogs. I am so grateful for all of you. Everyone on this site helps me find my way through this journey of weight loss. May you be doubly blessed for encouraging me, supporting me and making my life richer and fuller.
