Six Months out... sorry kinda long
Wow!!! That is about what I say everyday when I wake up!! This "TOOL" is just what I needed to get back into the game of living my life!! I have not had any major problems at all and would do it all over again. I still take my little "purple “pill everyday for my acid reflux. Last summer I weighed 214 lbs and was wearing a size 18 P shorts and jeans. I am 4' 10" tall..So that was a lot of extra lbs to carry around. My job, at the time was to climb Eighty foot ladders and tanks outside in the Texas humidity. One day I really thought “I am not going to make it back down". That was a very loud eye opener. So I did my research online and on this site. There was so much information to absorb and process. Decided VSG was the surgery for me. Not one time did I second guess my choice. I was fortunate that my medical insurance United Health Care covered VSG, but I would have self paid if I had to. I honestly think that the money I am saving by NOT eating fast food all the time alone could have paid for it over time… maybe. I was able to get a couple weeks off from work and went back after two weeks with no restrictions. I am now in the lab and loving my new job.
Now on to what can I eat today, I can sometime get 1/2 of a 6" turkey sandwich from subway, 3-4 chicken nuggets from Chick-fli-a. I cannot eat much pasta or rice. Ham makes me get the "foamies", only thing that does. I eat anything I want whenever I feel like it. I am just able to eat a few chips or a couple of small cookies instead of the whole bag like I was used to. Then I am full or get bored with it. Sometimes I think it is more about tasting something than anything else. I have learned how to not worry about cleaning my plate or how am I going to save it for later.
My marriage is great!! Hubby is very proud of how well I have adapted to the new way I have to eat. We laugh because we used to get 2 large fries and race to see who could eat the most. Crazy!!! Now he gets a fry and I eat 3 or 4 and that is it. Right up to the night before surgery I was most worried about my Diet Coke addiction. It has been 6 months and I still have not had a diet coke. But there are times when I see someone drinking one and I want to cry!!! But, I am strong and go get some tea or water. I wish I would have taken full body measurements before surgery, just so I could see how many inches I have lost. My 12 year old daughter wraps her arms around me and tells me look how far I can get my arms around you now. Makes me want to hug her and cry at the same time. My husband and I are Harley riders and I love that my stomach is not stuck to his back anymore!!!
I am now wearing a size 6 or 8 P jeans and shorts. I am kinda big busted, so I still wear a X-large top or a large t-shirt. I was hoping to get smaller in the chest area but that has not happened yet. I went from a 42DDD or a 36DDD, husband is happy, I'm not.
Like I have seen a lot of people post on this site.. If you are on the fence about having surgery or which surgery to have. Remember this; you never get yesterday back, so every day you make a yesterday is a day that could have been WOW!! Good luck and hugs from Texas
Oh yeah, today I weighed myself and was 153lbs, 23 more lbs to my goal weight!! Yeah ME!!!
Happiness depends upon ourselves!!
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