Vinasu
Month 4
Dec 10, 2016
Milestones:
-11 pounds
CW: 162
Size 10
I am no longer obese! I am now medically overweight. Yay me! BMI 28!
I have exceeded my Dr.’s goal weight. She considers the operation to be a success if you lose 66% of your excess weight. I have now lost 69% and counting. I’m still a ways from my personal goal weight, though. It’s a good thing I have a long stretch of honeymoon phase left because I’m going to make it.
I won my first Tae Kwon Do sparring match! I beat a woman who is two belts higher and much taller. To be fair, I’ve lost two matches, but I’ve won now, too!
Food is getting both easier and harder. I can eat pretty much anything now, though I have good restriction. Hard vegetables are my kryptonite. I have to really watch what I put in my mouth. It’s easy to walk through Costco and rationalize picking up a sample, but those add up so quickly. I feel good, though, and I’m getting more and more of my protein through food rather than shakes.
I’m looking for a new job, and I was just contacted by a recruiter looking for someone for a management position at a very, very large sportswear/gear company. I am perfect for the job, and it’s a great deal of money. One thing the recruiter emphasized is the need to fit in with their culture of sport. I assured her that not only am I a sports fan (a season ticket holder for women’s professional soccer), but I am an athlete myself, a martial artist. I am very, very certain I would have no chance in hell at this position 85 pounds ago. That is pretty clear. Now, however, I feel like I’m on a level playing field. If I don’t get the job, it won’t be because of my appearance.
Life is good. My seven-year-old was teasing me, so I chased him up two flights of stairs to tickle-attack him. My daughter asked me to chaperone a walking field trip with her class. I could not have done any of those things last year.
