Makeover Time

May 26, 2009

heres some before and after

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So I am almost to my 6month post op anniversary. There is so much to say about my surgery but the pictures say it all! I have a personal style now and even though I have yet to shop in a regular store (Im a thrift store shopper) I am wearing some regular sizes in brands that I recognize, and that probably my thin friends would recognize too! (unlike before when I was the only one that recognized a big girl brand)
Im sitting here eating a rib eye steak and throwing the fat to my dog. Life is good! I found 5 pairs of jeans and 2 pairs of capris today when I was thrift shopping, and they are NY brand jeans, my absolute fave! the 16s are fitting me like a glove so Im not quite into the jeans I got today, but the funny thing is that I only accumulated up to a size 16 because I thought it would be about july when I would be a 16, but believe it or not no matter what brand of jeans I try on, the 16s allways button up! (my definition of fitting) yea!!!!!!
So now I have a small size 14 wardrobe built up since size 16 took me by surprise. I lost 7 lbs in 3ish weeks but went down a size. weird? I think maybe my skin is shrinking so I can fit into a smaller size. dont be confused, I am still very flabby! but how else does a person lose 7 lbs and go down a size unless they are a 2?
Anyways! Im eating roticeree chicken with honey mustard dressing and lettuce for lunch, steak steak and more steak for all three meals, egg whites with anything in them like chicken, steak broccoli ANYTHING goes in egg whites with a little melted cheese on top. Yes that is not a lot of choices. I eat almost all meat all the time. I eat veggies and fruit when im not eating meat, so there is not much variety in my diet. Im eating pork ribs, hamburgers, bratwurst and trying lamb. I looooovvvveeeeee strawberries and watermelon and white flesh peaches. ( have you ever tried white flesh peaches? its not like a yellow peach i promise)
I dont know if I am going to hold off on carbs like I am forever, but I am certainly going to try! I look so good and never have any stomach pains except for when I eat fast food. Yes I eat fast food, but I just eat the meat. sometimes the lettuce and tomato but I cut everything with a fork and knife since nothing i eat is bread. (except for the occasional half turkey sandwich) Example: today I had nothing in the fridge (since meat is usually prepared and not eaten raw) so I went to a friends and got some burger king on the way. I ate the grilled chicken sandwich with the tomato and didnt finish it, and felt like crap for at least 45 minutes afterwards. Thats just the way it goes. I would be fine without eating fast food ever again if I could eat like I do here at home every meal.
My new weakness FRENCH FRIES! I never liked them much before but the big potatoey soft steak fries, not the little crispy ones, are just like eating a piece of cake. Or at least it is to me what cake was to me before (havent touched it or chocolate in a long long time, maybe some time in december was the last time) Anyways. When others are indulging in sweets and cakes and cookies, I just get a few french fries with ketchup. I cant eat to many but just a few is fine with me!

I have been told by lots of fat people who inquire about my surgery with interest, they they could "never give up" certain foods like milk, chocolate, bread and things that i dont eat anymore .... I dont believe a word of it! If someone told me, Erika, you could be as thin as you want to be and never have to worry about your weight again if you gave up milk, sugar and white flour, I would say SIGN ME UP which pretty much is what I did when I got this surgery. Eating smaller portions allows you to eat less food and therefore you dont have to eat a variety. Im talking about casseroles with 20 ingrediants. Sandwiches with 6 ingrediants, Someone told me, Oh I dont like to eat much meat, I couldnt eat just meat all the time. Well neither could I before I got RNY!!!! but only eating a few oz means that your mouth doesnt get tired of eating the same thing all the time!!!
This surgery is the best tool possible! I could put someone on my diet that I follow now with the same portions and same food and they would lose weight too, but they would also have a growling stomach and not the willpower to put down the fork because of fear of stomach discomfort.  Anyways if your considering this surgery and want to hear how much it can change you then talk to me! Im so much happier without those foods that were killing me! I also like looking like me! I dont look like that fat old lady anymore!

Im so happy its summer and even tho my arms are flabby im rocking the tank tops! My arms were 100x's worse last year when I was 80 lbs heavier! Im so glad I did this 6 months ago and not now when I planned to do it because Im ready for summer!

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