5 weeks out, so many NSVs!
I have had some really challenging times since my surgery with a head cold, strep throat, and now an absessed tooth (root canal Friday, hooray!) but this last week and half I have seen some incredible progress that reminds me all of the challenges that come with surgery are entirely worth it.
Firstly, I put on a pair of jeans I haven't worn in five years. I wasn't even expecting them to fit and they did and I nearly cried.
Then last week was my one month update. I hadn't been weighed since my surgery so I really had no idea what to expect. The nurse looked at the scale, didn't believe the number and made me get off to recalibrate it. I lost 28 lbs in the first four weeks! 54 lbs since my referral and ten inches from my waist. I started at 343 and I'm at 291. I was so stunned! I've been following the plan to the tiniest detail and it has completely paid off.
Yesterday, I rode my bike for the first time in about four years and the back tire stayed inflated! My soon to be four year old niece is getting a bike for her birthday on Wednesday and I can't wait to go for a ride with her. Being able to do more physical things with her was one of my reasons for having this surgery and I can hardly believe my dreams are coming true already!
This is far from a miracle cure; it takes so much work and effort and dilligence, but with the rewards that come along it really feels like magic sometimes.
Thank you for listening!
Firstly, I put on a pair of jeans I haven't worn in five years. I wasn't even expecting them to fit and they did and I nearly cried.
Then last week was my one month update. I hadn't been weighed since my surgery so I really had no idea what to expect. The nurse looked at the scale, didn't believe the number and made me get off to recalibrate it. I lost 28 lbs in the first four weeks! 54 lbs since my referral and ten inches from my waist. I started at 343 and I'm at 291. I was so stunned! I've been following the plan to the tiniest detail and it has completely paid off.
Yesterday, I rode my bike for the first time in about four years and the back tire stayed inflated! My soon to be four year old niece is getting a bike for her birthday on Wednesday and I can't wait to go for a ride with her. Being able to do more physical things with her was one of my reasons for having this surgery and I can hardly believe my dreams are coming true already!
This is far from a miracle cure; it takes so much work and effort and dilligence, but with the rewards that come along it really feels like magic sometimes.
Thank you for listening!
is Monica M.
Congrats Pam this is only the beginning!
If you want to go for a bike ride just swing by my house sometime.
Linda
If you want to go for a bike ride just swing by my house sometime.
Linda
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