what a difference a year makes!!! - long!

One year ago today my life changed forever!  well....actually.....one year ago today I got my life back!  one year ago today i had RNY and what a difference a year has made!  i'm down 108 pounds!  i'm 10 puonds lighter than what my dream weight would have been!  i'm off blood pressure meds!  i'm off that stinking CPAP machine!  my thighs don't rub together!  i can cross my legs!  a year ago today i could barely walk to my mailbox!  last thursday i ran 6 miles!  my pants are now a size 4....my shirts are either small or x-small!  i made it through the hair loss.....the awful mood swings....my cholesterol is perfect (it was high last year but i couldn't take cholesterol meds...my triglycerides have been over 500)....i can't begin to describe how good i feel!  more energy than i've had in a very long time!  my hubby says that i act more like myself than i have in many, many years! 

i had my 1 year check up yeesterday and my surgeon was really excited about how well i've done!  said my labs were perfect!  he said to keep doing what i'm doing....and to celebrate....i went across the street and scheduled a consultation with the plastic surgeon to talk about a tummy tuck!  going next monday for that one!  hope it works out.,....would love to have work on the flappy tummy!  the surgeon did warn me.....don't take in more calories than you burn....you will gain weight if you do!  he said that studies show that we need 1 hr of exercise 6 days a week instead of 3 or 4 days a week!  OUCH!!!  well...it is what it is so i'm trying to work it in!  planning to go run tonight....and a few more times this week because i've got a 5k on saturday morning!  who woulda thunk it???  if someone had told me a year ago today that i'd be training for the Peachtree Road Race i'd have told them they were nuts!  but.....that's what i'm doing!  can't believe it!  it's hard to wrap my mind around all this!  i weigh less than i did when i got married 35+ years ago!  my 30 year old son has never seen me this small!  just can't believe it!

of course....as we all know.....this is certainly not easy......having your guts rearranged is not taking the easy way out!  but even though it hasn't been easy.....it's so worth the effort!!! 

I'M STINKING EXCITED!    in fact....i'm so excited i have to sit on both hands to keep from waving at everybody!!!

best wishes to you all!!

Congrats!!!!!

Awesome post!  Congratulations and keep living it up!  Good luck in the race this weekend!!

Woo Hoo!!  That is awesome and you continue to inspire those of us that are still going through that mood-swing-hair-loss-thighs-still-rubbing-together stage!

Way to go!  Congratulations.....you're a TRUE success story!  Thanks for sharing...

Umm....we need to see a picture !!!! 

Way to go! You are truly an inspiration to many of us. Congrats!

Congrats..what a great post. Good luck with the tummy tuck!

Great, inspiring post!!!!



~~Jennifer

Congratulations on your success.  Sounds like you have done an amazing job.

What wave are you in at the Peachtree??  I'm in Wave N.  We are probably going to walk most of it.  My goal is to try to do 15 minute miles.  Do you have a goal set?

Linda

i'm in wave "R"....and i'm also planning to walk most of it.....i'll run what i can but i'm also realistic......even though i ran 6 miles at the track last week.....we had had storms the night before and it was cool and breezy and had no humidity at all......i'm sure that won't be the case at the peachtree!  i'm just blown away that i'm going to be there!!!  i'm also going for 15 minute miles....that would have us finish in about 1 1/2 hrs and i can live with that!  getting nervous about marta.....its going to be country goes to town!!!