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3 month anniversary and big surprises!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 05, 2009
So today is the 3 month anniversary of getting banded. I can hardly believe that it has three months passed. As you know, I had my second fill about a week ago. I wish I could say that eating since has gone well, but I'm eating very little. It seems that I've got some restriction going on here! I know that I don't need an unfill because I'm getting in liquids and some mushies. It seems that I'm tight until around 8pm at night! Glad my band thinks this is funny, me; not so much!Biggest surprise of the day is that the scale read 261 this morning! That is 61lbs gone forever! I can't even tell you how very excited I am. I worked out hard the last few days and the scale showed that progress. I finally broke down and joined Club Fitness. You can't beat it right now! There is just a preview center by my house and it is free until the open the actual club in September. So I took my behind in there and worked out on all the machines and the weather was beautiful this weekend and I did lots of walking!
I'm extremely happy with my progress this far! Never in my wildest of dreams would I have thought that I would lose this much weight as quickly as I have. I know the day will come where things will slow down and the scale will stop moving or I'll wake up in bandster hell; but for now, I'm going to enjoy every last minute of my success!
I have stopped to think of all the things that I have gained these last few months and how valuable they are to me. The most important of them all has been my self esteem and self respect. I'm not sure who the woman who weighted 322 was, but she is slowly morphing back into the woman I was before my world blew up with ovarian cancer! The best part is that I remember that woman and I'm embracing each new thing that comes along! I often think my body is screaming, "it's about time you remembered!" It is all the little things that come along with that. For some they may seem insignificant, but for me huge. My boyfriend is overseas and he used to lotion up my back, well 60lbs later, I can pretty much reach the areas in my back to lotion them myself (I'm extremely flexible). I'm enjoying all the clothes that I can now wear again! I'm enjoying seeing family who haven't seen me since April just gawk at the change in me both physically and emotionally! And most of all, I'm enjoying my friends who have been with me thru the cancer journey remark how I absolutely glow with health and vitality! Being in remission and being healthy again is the best thing in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so looking forward to each new days as it happens and for sharing my experience with others! Here is to the next 60lbs!
