Do you remember???

I have just hit the 17 month mark... and now I ask those of you who have been post op for a while... Do you really remember...... What you looked like before surgery??? Take out those before pictures and give yourself a pat on the back for making a bold move towards longer life!!! I was shocked when I looked at my presurgical picture at the doctors office!!!! DAYYYYYM! How much you really ate before surgery??? Go out to dinner with one of your old favorite eating buddies and have dinner - see if they can tell you, or if you can truly remember. I can remember having appetizers, dinner, desert and drinks... without a pause. Now I take home a doggie bag most places I go. How big your clothes really were??? Did you save at least one pair of pant for that two legs in one pants leg of your favorite pants shot??? Now's the time guys... take a long look.... we don't ever want to go back there right??? How you felt moving around in the world and how people treated you??? Take a long hard look at the next morbidly obese person you see tomorrow in public... watch how that person is moving... does it look painful? I remember the pain well! Watch how the cashier, the man walking by and other people treat him/her. It is amazing how invisible the obese are, and how we don't sometimes even look eye to eye. Observe their posture and yours now... any differences? I find I hold my head a lot higher and am a lot more bold now... I complain when I think something is wrong and I refuse what I don't want... didn't do that quite so often as an SMO (super morbidly obese) person. What it felt like to run?? I couldn't when I was at my highest... did you? Anyway, this is no Aprils Fools Joke... Your life has changed dramatically - time to take stock and celebrate!!! b

Oh boy do I remember!! Great post! You look absolutely GRAND!!! Wow!!! congratulations!!! thanks for posting this, Myra

Thanks Myra... things have been really hairy for a while... but guess what.. now that I am still here... it's all gravy... and it's all good! B

hi b thanks for the post. you're so right. i'm gonna save it for the next time i 'need to remember' enjoy your weekend. dorthe

Thanks for the response Dorothe.... I need to take a breath and really remember how far I have come!!! it's all good... b

B, I'm 10 months out and remember all of it so well. I've lost nearly 140 and my life has changed so much!!!! You look fantastic! Thanks for the great post! Lori 384/245/168

Congratulations!!! 140 lbs in 10 months is truly amazing!!! Keep up the great work!!! Let us know how it goes! B