15 Weeks out

Oct 13, 2009

Well its been 15 weeks since my surgery and I am down 64 pounds.  I feel great and have pretty well settled into what I can eat.  I still have some problem with meat and it getting stuck.  I think I may not chew it well enough.  I am down from a size 22/24 to a 14.  I can shop in regular stores now, I have plenty of room sitting in a coach seat in an airplane.  I had to adjust the seat and steering wheel of my car to fit the smaller me.  I have given away a ton of clothes and my closet remains bare.  Had to buy a winter coat cause the ones I had hung on me and had to get my rings resized because they were too loose. I can wear heels again without my knees killing me.   I have wowed a couple of friends who have not seen me in a while, they commented so much I started to get embarassed. 
I feel like I have been given my life back.  I'm not so tired all the time and have energy to do things.  It is still hard for me to believe I can fit in smaller sizes.  The mind is a powerful thing to overcome in some ways.  I'm losing some hair but not tons yet.  No more sleep apnea, no more high blood pressure, no more acid reflux and I'm off anti-depressants so far.  I'll see how that continues to go, because I know that there's more to depression than just losing weight.  I'm not ashamed anymore when I am out in public. 
The skin is starting to hang in all those places I knew it would, but surgery can fix that.  I still want to munch some at night but that is head hunger and I will continue to work on that.  At least when I munch its very little compared to what I used to take in. I need to start going to the gym.  I joined one and just bought some work out clothes to wear, now I need to go.
Overall the change in my life has been wonderful.  This has been the best thing I've ever done for myself.                                    I WOULD TO THIS AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!!!!!!

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