The Long Road Home...

Jul 19, 2010

7-19-10

Well, I am at nearly  8 years post-op and I am finally realizing that my surgery was just a tool. I did everything that you are not supposed to do in the first year out, however, I will not travel that road today. I am celebrating the fact that over the past 10 months, I have lost  -200lbs!!  Yes, 200 lbs!!

Don't get me wrong, it has been a tough and difficult journey, but what I now realize is that I did not need a revision, I did not strech my pouch...

My limitations and barriers were in my mind. I had so many motivating factors that encouraged me to get up and stop beating myself up over what I did not accomplish.

I weighed roughly 391-396lbs when I started this journey. Now I weigh 191 lbs. I have sort of plateaued right now but that is ok because I am still loosing inches.

The most difficult part about loosing this weight again, is dealing with why I put it on in the first place?...

I am ready to encourage and motivate others no matter what their decision is about weight loss surgery. The first step in doing this, is to post on my blog, to open up abut my struggles and my healing process.

I still credit Dr. Zuccala with preforming the surgery so well that I did not ruin the work that him and my surgical team did when I gained all of that weight back!! I shudder to think what could have happened physically. A lot happened, for me , emotionally and spiritually....

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