5 Months Post Op

Aug 20, 2012

 8-20-12 
73 lbs down!! I can't believe it! I am feeling so great, inside and out! In five short months I have transformed into the person that I've always wanted to be! The person that was trapped under layers and layers of fat. I was hiding from the world! I have finally emerged! I am only 27 lbs away from goal! I'm so close!! People all around me have noticed a change. They say things like, "wow, you've lost weight!" or, "something is different about you? did you change your hair?" When I say yes, I've lost 73 lbs they can't believe it! The next thing they ask is, "how did you do it?" I still haven't shared with everyone that I had WLS. I am not sure that I ever will, it's none of there business! I just say that I eat high protein, low carbs. It's the truth! I just choose not to elaborate. My husband was looking at some old pictures on his phone and he came across a few pictures that he took the day of my WLS. All I can say is WOW! At the time I knew I was overweight but I didn't REALLY know it, or choose to see it! I didn't even recognize myself. I look bloated, sad, distant! My son, who is 14 said, "mom, I didn't realize how big you were!" 
I went through my closet today and I got rid of 6 bags of all my fat clothes! I have mixed emotions about it. Part of me says, "don't get rid of them...you will need them when you gain the weight back!" Old habits are hard to break! and the other part of me says, "yes, you did it! You've worked hard, and this is your reward!" Of course it is much easier to believe the negative then the positive. I am a work in progress. 
Until next month.....

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NJ
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03/20/2012
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Feb 13, 2012
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