Weight Loss Epiphany....
I was sitting here feeling a little sorry for myself! I can admit it......I was down in the dumps about how overweight I had allowed myself to get and how I was still needing to lose more weight even after losing all of the weight that I did lose.
I started to fiddle around with some of the numbers...you know where I started, where I am now, where I have to go...and suddenly it came to me.
I am only 28.4 pounds overweight according to the whole BMI thing (and we all know that whole thing is kind of wishy washy)....28.4 pounds....that's it. I am 28.4 pounds overweight.
When I put that into perspective from a much broader look....I use to be 226 pounds overweight.
What has happened to my body is remarkable. I deserve to sit back and enjoy this new body and celebrate the work I've done to get here.
28.4 pounds may be how overweight I technically am....
But this new found epiphany has me feeling light as a feather!
SURGERY at Toronto Western Hospital - VSG JANUARY 25th, 2012!!
5'9 - HW - 390 SW - 368.8 GW - 150
You have worked very hard and done an incredible job. Look how far you've come!!
I also can get down about how big I was and how far I have still to go. I think it's totally normal to feel that way but I always try to remember where I would be without WLS (probably already bigger than I was) and where I will be this time next year. I am little butterfly try to bust out of this cocoon, so are you!
*Lindsey*
Keeping off 133 lbs since 2012!
Referral to Bariatric Registry: May 2011 / Surgery (HRRH): June 25, 2012 
I have struggled a bit with this myself. Some days I feel so thin. Then I read someone now wears a size 8 or 10. Then I feel that at size 16 I am still huge. I know can't compare but lets face it as women we always do. I am 175 lbsnow, down 112. Haven't been this size for 35yrs. SO like you I need to relax and realise it will still come off if I keep my eye on the goal
That's amazing! I can't even imagine yet being so small. Enjoy your epiphany - it's a good one!
Referral to registry: Oct 21, 2011 Orientation (TWH): Feb 22, 2012 Surgery: Nov 7, 2012
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That's an interesting way of looking at things. I, too, have had down in the dumps moments, and this really puts things in perspective.
Had RNY surgery July 22/11, St. Joe's Hamilton, with the awesome Dr. Scott Gmora. Had abdominoplasty August 2/13, Scarborough, with equally awesome Dr. Michael Kreidstein.
You are truly inspiring. Glad you are focusing on the incredible accomplishments you've made to date...an enormous weight loss and profound lifestyle changes re: diet and exercise. Your final goal is just around the corner and totally within reach. Enjoy losing the last 28.4 lbs...because you will be in maintenance mode in no time!
