a day full of NSVs
Today, I am 8 weeks out and since I started optifast and I have lost 51lbs. I am pretty stoked about that.
But even more so, I was given some workout wear that I thought would be WAY too small for quite a while yet and today when I went to the gym, I wore it. And I must say, I wore it well!!
Then.....I decided to try interval training on the treadmill at the gym. I have slowly started back at the gym over the past 2 weeks doing aquafit 3x a week, but that's it. I haven't had a really hardcore workout since June. And even then, trying to run on the treadmill back then would have been near suicide with not only the pain in my hip joint, but just trying to run in general at that weight was so hard. I used to try 1min walk and 1 min run and I could usually get maybe 2 done and then I would have to switch to walk only.....out of breath and in pain...
TODAY....I did 40 minutes on the treadmill, 2.5minute intervals of walk/run and did the whole thing!!!! And I felt friggin AWESOME!!! Oh hell ya I was sweating and there was 1 brief second right at the beginning where I thought maybe I might puke, but once that passed, it was great!! I am so unbelievably proud of this moment, I can't even put it into words.
For those of you who have started running after surgery, do you remember that moment when you thought....omg I may just actually be able to do this/I just did this......and then the tears started???
Well....that's how I felt! Luckily I was sweating profusely and nobody noticed the tears, probably because I was smiling from ear to ear like a damned fool!!
THEN....to top it all off....when I got back from an errand, I had on a jacket that I had never worn before because it was always too small. Its a rain jacket that I figured I would be able to wear come spring....but when I tried it on, it fit!! AND I could zip it up too!!! without even holding my breath first!!
When I walked up to the front door, my Honey came and opened it and said...."Oh its you!! I didn't recognize you!!! You look so thin in that jacket!!"
Thanks to everyone who has cheered me on these past 8 weeks :) I haven't had an awesome day in a very long time. It was worth the wait :)
Jennifer 
Lots of things I didn't think I could do at the gym, but with a little pushing (by a good friend) I found I can do more than I thought. I promised him that I'd try pull ups between Christmasn and New Years, never been able to before, but like you found out, who knows what you can do until you try!
Keep it up, you are doing great!
Cathy
is Monica M.
I am so happy for you. If I was there I probably would be crying for you also. I still am afraid to try the running. So it is awesome that you did it, even more awesome that you were not afraid to do it.
Congratulations on the clothes, it is such a great feeling. And I don't know about you, but when I am wearing something that I never wore before I still can't wrap my head around why it didn't fit before because I have a hard time seeing the weight loss.
Good for you!!!
best wishes, i'm sure this is just the beginning of many more victories for you,
charolli
RW 272; OW 248; preopW234.5, CW 168
Referral August 2010, Ort May 25, 2011, Surgeon consult Sept 9, 2011, Surgery Nov 21, 2011
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
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Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!! 
(...just picked that emoticon because it cracks me up)
