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Happy New Year (repost)
Jan 01, 2010
I posted this once but it seems to be lost. Forturnately had sent to my local group so I am reposting here. The new year is upon us and I have taken a minute to look back. Not all the way back just over the last month. I last blogged on OH in November and was frustrated still with no weight loss. Then in December I attended the a LEAP day where we relearned about eating, exercise, and emotions that go along with weight loss surgery. I found that I was exercising but probably not getting my heart rate up high enough, now I am. I learned how to do simple weights and now I have 5 and 10 pound weights that I use at home. I plan to move up as I am capable. I learned to change it up and I got a real bike for Christmas and will start riding instead of using the stationary bike. (If I can figure out all those gears and brake handles...left front, right rear). Bought my new helmet yesterday so going for a ride today. I saw Dr. Blaney in December and he insists my plateau will end just be patient, I have come to hate the words patience and plateau!! I mean just what is a plateau, but a relatively stable level, period, or state. Stable as in no weight loss but not stable mentally. I mean it drives me nuts. We didn't have surgery to stay stable. I want the downward slide. But I am here to say Dr. Blaney was right (isn't he always and I love him for it). I am finally losing again. I have lost 10 pounds since seeing him. Thank goodness. I really should have known when I could buy a pair of size 12 jeans on Thanksgiving day at Old Navy something was up. I had 12 pants but not 12 jeans and then I could. Then suddenly the week before Christmas my pants felt looser. Go figure I mean I JUST GOT those pants. So the day after Christmas I thought, "Hum, let me just try a pair of 10's on and see how far I have to go before they will go over my hips...you know... a reach clothing item that hangs on your door and demands you are successful. Well I tried on a pair and they fit my legs nicely, so lets try the hips. OK I had to pour into them but once over the hips they snapped and zipped!!!! OMG can it be true??? They went home with me for sure. Four days later pants are getting looser so I think go shopping and see what happens. I tried on 5 pairs of 10's that all fit...bye bye 12's and 14's (packing them up today) but even more amazing I FIT INTO A PAIR OF 8 JEANS. No way that could be true so I took 4 of the same pants in and tried them on again- 2 eights in case they were sized wrong- 2 10's for the same reason. The 8's won. Yes they are a little tight but at this rate I expect to be in them by the end of the month. Additionally I was dressing to watch the GA vs Texas A&M game (Go Dawgs!!) and quite by accident put on my sons boys size Georgia jersey--since I got it on I wore it (a personal feel good never hurts). I have had so many non scale victories and now to see the scales moving too is awesome.
Add to that I am ever greatful for Dr. STapleton who is helping me keep my head screwed on right and I feel that i am ready to march into 2010 taking the bull by the horns instead of laying under the hoofs.
My goal is reasonable. I just want to be overweight!!! (Not obese, not extremely obese, just overweight). I have 23.7 pounds til I am there. Then plastics but that is a whole 'nother worry for later down the road.
May each of your new years be blessed with love, laughter, and success however you define it. And I hope to see everyone at our ball. Trinity Bariatrics rocks.
Linda
