life is good

Jun 18, 2009

Today I am 6 weeks out I have lost (including the two weeks pre-op) 33.5 lbs. I feel better, move better, my energy is sky high. I am pole walking 50 minutes 3-4 times a week. and do circuit training 2-3 times a week. In the evening I go to the pool and water walk against resistance for 30-to 40 minutes Unfortunately we had a lot of late  afternoon thunderstorm popping up last week. so no water walking.
Yesterday I bought a Pandora charm bracelet ( told my DH it was a belated birthday present  from him- thank you John) and 3 charms for the 30 lbs I lost. Every 10 lbs I will lose, I will have another charm added on. This will be an incentive and  good a reminder how far I have come.
 I still don't have allot of restriction and can eat whatever I want to -which I don't-  but my wl is good so I don't complain. I eat what is prescribed for this post-op phase and I am  not hungry..
I am in this WL and exercise challenge, which helps me tremendously. Thank you Kristy for organizing it and keeping records of our progress.
I was at my first post-op support meeting organized by my bariatric center. It was a joke. 1 hour prior to the meeting the information session is held and the people are encouraged to stay. So you have 50 people in an auditorium  10 of them are post-op patients. The speaker (this time it was the psychologist) tells everybody that after 18 to 20 month 50% of WL patient will regain some  or all of of their weight. Thanks for the encouragement. If I would not get brownie-points for going this would be the last time I would go there.
 I will stop bitching and finish with a positive note. LIFE IS GOOD.

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