After WLS Questions:
1) wanting to go out more?
2) wanting to try new things?
3) becoming a good proud of you, SO, kids?
4) loving life more
This all comes to me as I have had WAAAAY to much time to think!! I am bagging and pleading with my DH to go places~ I actually want to show him off! Before he would want to go somewhere but I was ashamed of me. And my kids! I am soaking up all the teachers, ect. that compliment what great kids~ before I was miserable with me and really didn't notice that I DO have great kids!! And with each month that passes after WLS I am loving life more and more!! It just amazes me! Here I am approaching 2yrs post op and things that use to get under my skin don't. I see life in a new way. Like, why fight? Why try to prove your point? It's just a waste of energy!! I have learned to let go and let God. If I am right, it'll come out in time. I don't NEED to defend myself~ my charater will stand for itself! WOW! WHAT A RELIEF!!!
Ok, sorry for the ramble! See what happens when I am stuck in bed/home
.Hugs and Blessings!!
~Sandie~ 
-147!!WLS:12-12-06:Preop 268,Ht.5'4",BMI 44.9
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Sandie:
I am not quite 5 months post-op and I am already feeling that way, especially about wanting to try new things. I always thought I was pretty active for a big guy with fishing, hunting and the occasional canoe trip. Now I want to go, go , go.......hiking, canoeing, biking, kayaking, backpacking, snowshoeing, camping, etc. Over the years I have acquired some of the necessary gear for those activities, which helps, but my dreams of doing those things carry me away to as many distant places as local ones. So, I must begin to master the subtle art of negotiation about which adventures to pursue within our budget. Better that than being a lump on the couch I guess.
In the past I always felt , well, unworthy of my wife and kids. It was nothing they did or said. Rather it was a reflection of how I felt about myself I don't feel that way too often any more, which is to say that those feelings come up only briefly now and then quickly fade away while in the past , they were pretty much there 24/7. It is tempting to spend my days kicking myself in the arse for not fully addressing my weight and depression problems much sooner, but I am determined to stay positive and enjoy my new perspective on life.
Sandie, you are so right about things not bothering me so much any more, especially at work. It is as though Dr. Baker cut out a good portion of my cynicism and frustration when I had surgery. Yeah, some people are still walking sphincters and others treat the thinner me much differently now than they did even a few short months ago, but it is more that their petty B.S. and mind games are nothing compared to this revived sense of self that leaves me feeling both more confident and more resilient.
Thanks for your ramblings this morning, as you call them, because they prompted me to let some positive feelings of my own see the light of day.
RP
Hugs!
~Sandie~ -147!!WLS:12-12-06:Preop 268,Ht.5'4",BMI 44.9
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"Do unto others as you'd have done to you"~ The Golden Rule to Live by!
You are what you EAT and WHO you hang out with! Choices=Outcome~ what's YOUR choice??
I'm not perfect but I am going to die trying!!!
~Sandie~ -147!!WLS:12-12-06:Preop 268,Ht.5'4",BMI 44.9
Click on link to see my journey!!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/my_shared?z=2bfaca5561a1d558fceb
87&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
"Do unto others as you'd have done to you"~ The Golden Rule to Live by!
You are what you EAT and WHO you hang out with! Choices=Outcome~ what's YOUR choice??
I'm not perfect but I am going to die trying!!!
This is sooooo true for me as well, except for the kids. Unless, my Teddy counts (shihtzu).
I was just discussing this with my DH, that I am less bothered by things in life and now able to let things roll off my back more or the negatives in life just don't seem to affect me as much as would've in the past. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us, hope your feeling better very soon.
Hugs,
Erika
Second, yes I do want to go out more, althought I've always been one to go out and about, but now I feel more comfortable in my skin.
In August, I was at my brothers lake home. My SIL asked if I wanted to go canoeing and I hesitated with an answer. My brother said...GO, isn't that why you had the surgery, so you could do things like canoeing?" By gosh, he was right!! I went and canoed for over an hour and loved it!!! I also went on an ATV and loved that.
gotta go or I'd gab more
Highest: 349
Lowest: 175
Surgeon's Goal: 189
My Goal: A healtier happier me!!
2014 update...regained but haven't lost faith.
COME GET IT!!! I DARE YA!!!
What a fabulous example!!!YOU Go EDI
~Sandie~ -147!!WLS:12-12-06:Preop 268,Ht.5'4",BMI 44.9
Click on link to see my journey!!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/my_shared?z=2bfaca5561a1d558fceb
87&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
"Do unto others as you'd have done to you"~ The Golden Rule to Live by!
You are what you EAT and WHO you hang out with! Choices=Outcome~ what's YOUR choice??
I'm not perfect but I am going to die trying!!!
