Wicked FART today...
I got on the scale today and to my delight and surprise, I saw a number that I have not seen in 22 years. 294 was staring back at me as I looked down in disbelief. This brings my total loss since surgery (Apr 2008) to 139 lbs with a grand total of 168 lbs loss since February 2008.
I don't know about many of you, but it seems that I am plagued with repeated short term stalls as my body undergoes this metamorphosis. Having never been successful with weight loss and having been overweight all my life, I am constantly fighting my own inner fears that this surgery will one day stop working before I reach my goal weight. Then just as the stall is about to get the better of me, my body gives in and rewards me with a pleasant weigh in. This last stall was the worst, nearly a month long teetering around 310. I had almost given up on ever seeing the 200's then this wonderful surprise.
I'll probably never get used to the idea that I am successfully losing weight. When you have failed at something your whole life and then are suddenly successful at it, the mind just can't comprehend it. Then there's the whole self image issue, of me actually seeing the weight loss. While I am not there yet, there are little things in life that help to reinforce my loss mentally, like buying normal people size clothes at Walmart last week. Now that was a nice feeling. Pretty cool to only have paid $30 bucks for a belt and slacks vs. the $80 (or more) I would have paid at Casual Male.
I'm not sure yet where the end of this weight loss roller coaster will take me, but right now I am feeling pretty good. Next stop, Onederland,maybe, in time we'll see. But for now, I'll take whatever this awesome WLS tool will give me.
I don't know about many of you, but it seems that I am plagued with repeated short term stalls as my body undergoes this metamorphosis. Having never been successful with weight loss and having been overweight all my life, I am constantly fighting my own inner fears that this surgery will one day stop working before I reach my goal weight. Then just as the stall is about to get the better of me, my body gives in and rewards me with a pleasant weigh in. This last stall was the worst, nearly a month long teetering around 310. I had almost given up on ever seeing the 200's then this wonderful surprise.
I'll probably never get used to the idea that I am successfully losing weight. When you have failed at something your whole life and then are suddenly successful at it, the mind just can't comprehend it. Then there's the whole self image issue, of me actually seeing the weight loss. While I am not there yet, there are little things in life that help to reinforce my loss mentally, like buying normal people size clothes at Walmart last week. Now that was a nice feeling. Pretty cool to only have paid $30 bucks for a belt and slacks vs. the $80 (or more) I would have paid at Casual Male.
I'm not sure yet where the end of this weight loss roller coaster will take me, but right now I am feeling pretty good. Next stop, Onederland,maybe, in time we'll see. But for now, I'll take whatever this awesome WLS tool will give me.
Awesome job man. Keep up the good wprk brother. Now spray some Glade, would ya? 
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