marion6366
17 Weeks out
Sep 24, 2009
Wow-17 weeks already! Seems to have flown by. I swear it feels like I just had surgery last month not 4 months ago! I have lost a total of 54 pounds so far. Which is good, I know, but I'm still a good 21-36 llbs from where I'd like to end up. My general doctor said that if I don't lose another pound and if I can keep the weight off, then he considers it the a success. Me on the other hand-I am HAPPY where I am now, but I'd really like to get to goal. My goal is a loss of at least 75 lbs. I'd really like a loss of more like 85-90 lbs. And I don't see why that should be so remarkable. I see the "before & after" photos of people on this site all the time and they started out the same or higher then me and ended up where I want to be or even lower. So I'm hoping I will make it too.I didn't lose (or gain) anything last week (I think it was that time of the month-I had a hysterectomy so I'm guessing) but it still gets me down. What if I'm not going to lose any more? I know it's silly, but in my mind I'm so amazed I made it this far, I can't see myself getting any smaller. I would love it if I would....but it's something I can't even fathom.
I will say, I do not regret having surgery AT ALL! I feel so much better all the time. It's just the little things that get you. Like when I'm sitting at my desk I used to get terrible back aches after just a couple of hours, now it's the end of the day and I have no back aches! YEAH! We went Halloween shopping last night, and my husband wanted me to try on a few of those "sexy" costumes - - I didn't think it would fit - but it did!!! It was still a size XL, but you know how small those costumes run! That was fun! And I really don't mind the food restrictions. It's worth it to me.
I do not eat more than 9 grams of sugar in ANYTHING. I haven't had more than about 7 grams of sugar at once since the surgery. I haven't had ANYTHING deep fried! I still haven't had any bread, either. I know, some people are like, you should try it-it might not bother you. Or ease it back into your diet. Why should I? If I can handle not eating it now, why would I want to risk putting that back into my diet and ending up where I was at before? So I'm just not touching it. Which is probably why I haven't gotten sick or had any dumping since the surgery. And I want to keep it that way. I'll just stay away from sugar and deep fried junk (bread & pop, haven't had that either)!
Okay, enough of my venting. Have a great weekend everyone!
Marion
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About Me
Hammond, WI
Location
23.2
BMI
Surgery
05/26/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 11, 2009
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