7 months post op

Hi all! So I'm 7 months out and I wasn't going to post and update because I've been struggling with some stuff but I figured people need to see the good bad and ugly. As far as weight loss I am quite happy with my progress I am uncertain about my goal weight but I'm going to discuss that with my surgeon again soon.
So this month I have struggled to eat. I had a period of a couple weeks that I barely ate. I am talking 200 calorie or less days. I stopped tracking because it was frustrating. And my head has been all over the place. I just started making myself eat more and I need to get back to tracking now. I still work out regularly and started running 4 days a week and I'm really loving that. Emotionally I'm in a rough spot. I am finding that even though I am different, my life isn't that much different. My husband has made a few changes but I feel like we don't think the same way anymore. It's scary and it's hard to continue to be vigilant. I will though .To describe what I feel it's like someone let me out of the cell I've always been trapped in but I'm still inside the prison. I know that's awful but it's where I am at.
Anyway so I'm committed to this and intend on staying the course. Nobody said this would be easy and they were right. I'm still doing it though!!!

Changing the way we look is not necessarily going to change the way we feel about people, but it is going to change our health for the better.  I already know you don't need to hear a lecture about not eating enough, because you already know that 200 calories is not gong to cut it.  If you are struggling with food talk to your nutritionist.  When we take this journey, it is very difficult not to be totally self focused.  I make an effort to tell my husband he is handsome and that he pleases me and that I love him.  As we change in appearance our spouses need to be reassured that our feelings for them have not changed just because our bodies are changing.  I am only giving you information from my personal experience.  My husband had his VSG 6 months before I had mine.  He has lost 95 pounds and I can get my arms all the way around him.  :-)  I remember how insecure  I felt as he was losing the weight and I was still my plump self.  He is a very sweet, kind man and he took the time to let me know he still cared about me and always would, no matter how thin he got.  Reach out and let the people you love know you love them no matter what changes about your body..  Hope you feel better soon.  I had my VSG 2 weeks ago.  :-)

Oh sweetie! You have done such an amazing job. I'm sorry you are going through a rough patch. Big hugs.

Hang in there.  You are doing great.  Get yourself back to eating on your doctor's plan.  Maybe some therapy would help.  Things will work out how they are supposed to - just make sure you take care of your health because that's priority number one!  We are all here to help :)

Have you considered going to counseling?  Best decision I made was to do some extensive counseling.  Mine was Biblically based and just reaffirmed in me that I am precious to God and my body is a gift to take care of for myself and for God and others.

Sorry to hear you are struggling.  Some days are better than others for me, that is for sure.  I trust you keep a blessings list and remind yourself of how far you have come and that each day has blessings all its own.