I did it!
I got over my wishy-washyness and registered for the Run-for-a-Cure here in Sudbury. I am excited and nervous...but I decided the day before this RNY...this gift is not to be wasted!! I promised myself a new life...one that I would live fully and completely...and that means stepping out of my comfort zone sometimes..challenging myself and enjoying the journey...and that is exactly what I am going to do! Yay me! (I grew a pair! Lol)
No more living in the shadows of my previously perceived limitations...I've never felt physically better in my life...so time to get out there and make the most of it!
www.runforthecure.com/site/TR/RunForTheCureFY13/Ontario
Before this surgery I was much more shy...self-concious...hide in the shade, away from the sun...and the fun. I once sat in my living room and watched a parade go past my house...right past my driveway! I didn't want to go outside and socialize with anyone...so I stayed inside and watched the parade. I have never forgotten that day...and how lame I felt. That was last November.
I don't ever want to live life like that again...watching it go by me. Nope...now I want to be in the middle of it... enjoying it... I don't care if I am the last one to finish that 5K run...because just finishing it will be more of an accomplishment than sitting inside, watching life go by!
I'm really starting to enjoy this new version of me... I often refer to myself as Toni 2.0... the better version. Lol
By the way, if anyone reading this is local to Sudbury and wants to join me on this walk/run...let me know... I think it would be fun to share this experience with another WLS person!
Thanks for reading... just HAD to share with people who could understand...
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
on 8/25/12 4:36 pm - Oshawa, ON, Canada
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
Starting Weight - 320 lbs * Current Weight - 178 lbs * Goal Weight - 165 lbs
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!