Week 19 Update
Hello all!
First, I want to apologize. I still linger around and read everyone's posts but I don't always have time to respond to them. Congratulations to all of you who have recently gotten your approval or a surgery date and to all the new post-ops! Welcome to the loser's bench.
My journey continues to be amazing and almost too good to be true. My weight loss has slowed a bit, but I'm still losing about 10-14 pounds per month, so I'm not complaining. I am losing hair by the handfuls, which is depressing, but I find comfort in the knowledge that it is only temporary. My poor breasts are essentially empty skin bags at this point and hang way too low for a young woman of only 27. All these "negatives" aside, this remains to be the best decision I have ever made for myself. I am now 75.5 pounds down since my surgery date 19 weeks ago, and down about 120 from my highest weight! I'm in a size 20 jeans from a size 30/32 and in an 18/20 top from a tight 26/28. I feel truly confident for the first time in my entire life and it's wonderful! :)
In other news, I had my first pregnancy scare this week as AF was 5 days late. She did show up, though, which is good because as much as I want another baby, I know it's really too soon to put my body through that.
Finally I'll leave you with an NSV. A year ago, I would have killed to be my sister's size. She's not thin. She's obese, actually, but in my mind where she was was so much better than where I was at. Well, I am now the same size (or maybe even a bit smaller) than my sister. I can wear her clothes and vice versa. The only thing now is that my perspective has changed and I'm not okay with this being the final result of my weight loss efforts. haha. But just goes to show how far I've come since the beginning of 2011.
Thank you all for all your love and support.
First, I want to apologize. I still linger around and read everyone's posts but I don't always have time to respond to them. Congratulations to all of you who have recently gotten your approval or a surgery date and to all the new post-ops! Welcome to the loser's bench.
My journey continues to be amazing and almost too good to be true. My weight loss has slowed a bit, but I'm still losing about 10-14 pounds per month, so I'm not complaining. I am losing hair by the handfuls, which is depressing, but I find comfort in the knowledge that it is only temporary. My poor breasts are essentially empty skin bags at this point and hang way too low for a young woman of only 27. All these "negatives" aside, this remains to be the best decision I have ever made for myself. I am now 75.5 pounds down since my surgery date 19 weeks ago, and down about 120 from my highest weight! I'm in a size 20 jeans from a size 30/32 and in an 18/20 top from a tight 26/28. I feel truly confident for the first time in my entire life and it's wonderful! :)
In other news, I had my first pregnancy scare this week as AF was 5 days late. She did show up, though, which is good because as much as I want another baby, I know it's really too soon to put my body through that.
Finally I'll leave you with an NSV. A year ago, I would have killed to be my sister's size. She's not thin. She's obese, actually, but in my mind where she was was so much better than where I was at. Well, I am now the same size (or maybe even a bit smaller) than my sister. I can wear her clothes and vice versa. The only thing now is that my perspective has changed and I'm not okay with this being the final result of my weight loss efforts. haha. But just goes to show how far I've come since the beginning of 2011.
Thank you all for all your love and support.
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