fatoldbat
10 month's post op!! who woulda thunk it!!
Apr 21, 2011
well...here i am! yesterday was my 10 month "surgiversary" and as of this morning i've lost exactly 108 pounds! woohoo! who in the world would have imagined 10 months ago that i'd be sitting here in a very loose size 4 jeans and very loose xs shirt! oh my goodness! no more blood pressure meds.....no more cpap machine....no more high cholesterol....no more thighs rubbing together and the list could go on and on and on! i'm officially below goal number one (155) and goal number two (150). my nutritionist says that i should weigh 140. if i get there that's fine and if i don't that's fine too. i'm happy where i'm at. my precious hubby says i shouldn't lose any more and i'm seriously not trying to lose any more. i'm just trying to maintain which has always been my downfall! so....this is something i'll have to watch every day of my life. being a compulsive eater and binge eater doesn't help. of course, thanks to the rny i'm in remission from that right now but i know it can raise it's ugly head at amy time so i'm trying my best to prepare for it! and there's always that "bounce back" that i read about so often and that's another thing that scares the begeebers out of me so i'm watching for that as well! i made it through the dreaded hair loss! woohoo! didn't go bald after all! of course......i was expecting to! but i've got lots of new growth now and even had my hair colored at my last haircut appt. covering up the gray for a while!who would have thought that i'd be a runner! oh my gosh! well....my running isn't exactly running! my running is more like trotting but in my heart, i run like a gazelle! i'm doing 5k's also....oh my gosh.....i'm a runner! i try to do one a month just to keep the motivation going....without it i'd just sit down but that's not something i ever want to do again! i'm off this weekend as far as the 5ks go but i'll be doing one each saturday for the next 4 saturdays beginning 4/30/11! oh my gosh.....i'm a runner!
i never would have dreamed all this would have been possible! i weigh less than i did when i got married 35 years ago! my 30 year old son has never seen me this small! oh my goodness! thank You, Jesus! of course i do have the extra skin! could really use a tummy tuck and a thigh lift and i hope that will be a possibility some day but if not...its still okay! hubby says it's not as bad as i think and he's probably right. i'm married to the most precious man in the whole world! he's never said a word about my weight in the 35+ years of our marriage and he's always loved me....no matter what size i was.....and he's loved me when i didn't love myself. i absolutely adore that man!
all in all.....i love my Lord.....i love my life.....i love my precious hubby....i love my family.....i love my rny!!!!
til next time!!!
