Life as it is...

Nov 12, 2010

It's interesting how life has settled in to a whole new routine and way of living since my surgery. I notice similar changes in a  lot of people who I "know" from here. I was so obsessed with reading and posting and checking in even several times per day. Now that surgery has come and gone, I spend my time out living in a whole new way and rarely come here to OH anymore. Not that that's good or bad, just different. My focus is so outward now as I feel so much better about myself, life, my health, and others around me. Life is good.

My weight loss has settled into a routine also. I will go three or four weeks with no change in my weight, but I get smaller a bit at a time over those weeks. I can tell from how my clothes fit that I'm shrinking. Then, as happened today, I will weigh during my weekly weigh-ins and I will have lost up to eight pounds all at once. This has been the only consistent part of my loss. I can't explain it, and I'm sure my NP or my nutritionist can, but I don't care. I've gotten over disappointment and frustration about not losing every week because I know one weigh in will come and I'll be way down into another "decade" of weight. I hung right over 200 lbs for weeks then all of a sudden, I was 197. I stayed there for weeks then hit 193. I would gain a pound then lose that a couple of times over the weeks too. Then, suddenly, today I am 186 after being 194 last Friday. Has anyone else experienced this too? It just seems my body won't want to let go of it then suddenly, bam, it's gone. I feel so satisfied. I've lost a total of 53 lbs now over 9 months - 40 of it since surgery. wahoo!

I'm enjoying see everyone's progress photos. I'll get mine up when I can. i haven't looked at them collectively yet...I'm procrastinating but I don't know why. Perhaps I don't want to see where I was and I know I'm not at goal yet...I'm about half way there so maybe I'll look then. Don't know...I will have to think about that.

Best to you all....what a ride this is! Sending good thoughts to everyone. :)

L.

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