What to say?

Sep 04, 2009

It's been a while since I posted here, but after a challenging couple of months and a fill and then taking out a bit of my fill, I think I have finally hit the sweet spot of my gastic band. I really think that I can truly say, "I am NEVER going to see 200 pounds AGAIN!"

The past few weeks have shown that lots of excercising is effective in losing weight and helping keep stress levels down. Paul and I are going to perform waltz and rumba routines at our dance studio's Showcase next weekend. We will also be doing freestyle dances (basically just dancing the moves we have learned) quite a few times as well. So, in order to be able to nail our routines, we have been having mutiple practices almost every day. Wow! What is interesting is that I am not winded or exhausted like I would have been at my starting weight. I'm tired, but a good tired.

I also ended up with dance shoes that have 2 1/2" heels. I thought they were 2" heels when I bought them and I was shocked to find that I can actually wear higher heels and not feel so off balance and uncomfortable. Of course, at this point I wouldn't want to walk around in these types of heels all day like I used to, but it is nice to feel like I don't have to wear clodhoppers if I don't want to.

I am worried about excess skin. Hopefully SOME of this will firm up as I continue this weight loss journey. I keep kicking myself that I waited so long to do something about my weight. Now that I am older, I just don't have the skin elasticity that I used to have. Oh well, Paul has been very encourageing and says we can fix whatever needs fixing when I get to that point.

One of my new goals I hope to achieve by the end of the year is to go into a mall and pick out clothes from any store I choose!

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