Sat., 06/05/10

Jun 04, 2010

Wow, time does fly by, huh?  My one year surgi-versary has come and gone.  Life is happening.  I started a new, demanding job about 2 months ago.  Things are better in that dept.  Thank goodness.  It is a high volume work environment with a lot of stress.  I work in a food related industry no less.  Hah.  That's ironic, huh?  It presents some challenges with the many celebrations the company tends to have.  They feed us.  Buffet, all-you-can-eat style.  Thank goodness for my RNY.  I know I can't (nor do I want) to hog out that way. 

A year gone.  I'm not yet at goal.  To date I've lost a total of 87 lbs.  Not as much as I had hoped.  I need to lose another 50 lbs but I feel I will get there.  I keep reminding myself I'm not in a race with anyone, including myself.  This is a lifetime commitment and I'm committed to healthy eating about 97% of the time.  Ha-ha.  I occasionally give in to poor food choices.  Hey, I'm human.  Too, I am not entrapped to the idea of some "honeymoon" period of weight loss.  I can and will gain and loses weight for the rest of my life.  I am in control of how much.  I definitely need to work on the exercise more BUT.....I'm happy.  Despite some extra skin, I feel almost graceful in my shrinking body.  I'm bolstered by my first, honest compliment on an outfit I wore yesterday.  Someone actually admired my jeans and how they fit my still too big butt!  Ha-ha.  But mainly I feel soooo much better than a year ago, healthwise.  I've been fortunate in that I've not suffered any negative surgery-related issues like restrictions or bowel obstructions, etc.  I had a vitamin A deficiency and low D on one of my earlier labs but the NUT added supplements for that and on my last labs everything was fine.  I continue to take the additional supplements and am about to get my labs drawn again.  I hope to keep all deficiency issues at bay. 

To those who may read this, I can say that for me, at a year out, this was the best thing I've ever done for myself.  Anyone still on the fence needs to know weight loss surgery of any type is not going to magically transform you into a thinner, healthy person.  You get what you put into it.  It does take commitment to a healthy eating regimen and exercise for the rest of your life if you want to maintain your weight loss.  As oft said on these boards, the surgery, whatever type you may have, is just a tool.  Oh but what a wonderful tool to have!  I am so glad to not feel that starving, gnawing sensation in my gut.  My battle is no longer with insatiable hunger and it's exactly why I chose this surgery.  I knew what and how to eat properly but I couldn't control my portions with my former high volume gut.  Not for long anyway.  Yes, I am winning my battle with obesity albeit a little slower than the 20-30 yr olds do but win it I will. 

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