7/22/09 Update - 3 Months Post-Op:

Jul 22, 2009

3 months post-op, 59 lbs down (83.8 lbs total since I started this journey) and what a ride it has been.  I feel better, I look better (or so people tell me) and I am having a ball.  I recommend the RNY procedure every time someone asks me what I have been doing to lose weight.  Of course, I always begin with "everyone is different" but by the end of my discussion with them, they know that I am a fan.  This is not to say that there aren't times when I struggle.  I am struggling now just to get down my protein.  I can't seem to get in the required 70 grams.  At this point, I just figure that this is/I am a work in progress.  It will take some time to put all of the pieces together.

The best part of all of this, though, is two-fold... the clothes.  I am fitting into clothes that I never thought that I would get into again and I must admit that I am looking pretty good in them.

... And the travel.  A door that had previously closed for me has reopened.  My son and I just returned from a 2 week vacation.  I FLEW on an airplane and I have not done that in years.  I had convinced those around me that I did not like to fly during the holidays because the airports were crowded and the travelers were so grouchy.  While that may have been a part of it, a small part, the real reason is because I could no longer fit comfortably into an airplane seat.  I always had to ask for the extra seat belt AND I was always afraid that they were going to ask me to pay for an extra seat (as many of the airlines are so famous for doing these days).  I could fit into the seat but it was definitely not confortable for me or for those sitting with me.  NOT THIS TIME.  The seat belt fit with room to spare - woohoo.  And I was able to take my son on his first airplane ride.  HootieDamnHoo!!!

Let the games begin!

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