7 years

Mar 05, 2014

It will be 7 years on March 13 since I have had my surgery.  I went through a whole lot of grief with the evisceration and the humongous hernia Babette.  I was 360# on March 12, 2007 and I am now down to 142# which is almost a normal BMI  I still would like to lose another 5#  The first 5 years I had gotten down to between 160-170  bounced around that area and I was happy.  after all I had lost 50% of myself.

Then last year, I got a silver sneaker card from my insurance company and joined Curves for free.  I am now going 4-5 days a week (I am retired) and enjoying the heck out of exercising for the first time in my life!

I have learned the hard way that I can't think of my eating as a diet, you can cheat on diets.   Instead I think of myself as choosing a healthier way of living. You can't cheat that way and feel guilty and then (gasp) overeat some more because you just stressed yourself out!    Instead I make good or less good choices.  And for the less good choices if it is something I crave, I don't run out and get it. Instead I give it 1 week, if I am still craving it, I go out and either buy it or get stuff to make it.  Take it home and then give myself another week and if I still want it, I will fix it.  It usually doesn't get that far but I am actively making a choice not just reacting to a feeling or craving.

I have 3 sisters a niece  and a nephew that have had weight loss surgery; my sis had RNY like I did and my niece and nephew had the sleeve.  Would I do it all over again, you better believe it but I would have liked it more without complications.

The only surgery I had for excessive skin was having the panni removed while doing the hernia repair.  I have batwings big enough to fly without the plane.  Spanx and support hose keep my thighs and calf pulled together.  Yes it would be nice to get rid of it and maybe fix my quadruple AAAA long girls, but I can't so, just wear them as a badge of honor.

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