1 year Surgiversary...

Sep 15, 2010

Man, this year has passed quickly! It seems like just yesterday...really. I guess one reason it's gone by so fast is I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever. Not a single queasy feeling, no throwing up, no nothing like you see reported. Gertie, my little belly, seems to be made of iron because she likes, or at least tolerates, everything. I had very few things that caused any discomfort. Scrambled eggs, really cold drinks and dry meat. At a year out I still don't care for hard scrambled eggs, they just sit like a rock but will pass in about an hour. Gertie still prefers room temperature water but I can now drink cold drink as long as they are icy cold like a slushy. And chicken white meat is still very hard to eat so I just avoid it altogether. No biggy because I didn't like dry white meat pre-op either so I'm used to dark meat. I've had 2 instances of food that got stuck and both times were my own stupid fault. Both times I ate too fast and didn't chew well enough and both were with dense meat proteins.

All those months of my Pre-op required diet, as I read every word on the OH website, I read enough horror stories about what happens with vitamin deficiencies that I'm really anal about taking all my vitamins and supplements. Even to the point of sitting up into the wee hours of the morning to get every dose in. Or setting the alarm to wake up and catch up. It's paid off because my 1 yr labs were excellent. I'm proud to say I've followed the plan and it's paid off. The hardest part of this journey so far has been changing the mental aspect of the game. Of course I still have things I'm working on but I'm amazed at the difference in the way I relate to food now. I was never an emotional eater, more of a boredom eater, but the head games your brain plays is just as strong.

You hear people say all the time they wish they'd had this surgery XX years ago when they were young enough to really enjoy the results. Well, I'm glad I didn't. If I had done this 30 years ago when I was in my mid 20's I would not have been mentally strong enough to have made the changes that are required to be a success. I envy those young people you CAN do it. But at 56 I consider my life far from over! I'm just getting started!

My stats for the year....
Beginning weight Jan. 2009....353lbs
Weight at surgery Sept. 15, 2009....292lbs
Current weight 190.4lbs
Lost since surgery...101.6lbs
Total lost....162.6lbs
Excess weight lost....80.10%
Beginning BMI....56.1%
Current BMI....30.3%
Total inches lost....69.50in. That's roughly 5ft 8in....taller than me!!

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