Feels like my whole life, not just 3 years

May 10, 2010

So, it's been 3 years since my VSG.  What a difference time makes! (I'm going to keep this a little short since I'm still recovering from my broken hand and it's hard to type for very long)

I've been around OH for about Oct. of 2006, but joined after reading posts for a couple of months.  I did a LOT of research on various WLS types before choosing VSG as the best option for ME.  For those who don't know me, I'm a total research junkie.

So here's the stats:
I am 5'4" (actually, I'm 5'3.5"-- I think I've shrunk over the years) and weighed 231 when I started this journey, so that's a BMI of 39 point somethin'.  I hit my goal of 140 lbs/24.9 BMI at 7 months post op.  I continued to lose weight for another few months after that.  I took it 5 lbs at a time until I hit a weight that I was comfortable with, although I continued to lose weight after that point.  My lowest weight was 117 and that happened 14 months post op.  That was too low so I made a point to regain a few lbs.  At that time I was losing weight even though I wasn't trying to.  Let me tell ya', losing weight was easy compared to figuring out how to maintain!

I liked being 120 lbs, but was not able to maintain that weight.  My average weight for the last 2 years was about 124 lbs until I broke my hand 2 months ago.  I now weigh about 128 but I've been trying to lose that extra 4 lbs. (yeah, it doesn't sound like much but I don't want that extra poundage to add up to bigger numbers!)

So here's my tips to the newbies: THIS IS NOT A MAGIC CURE!!!  Never say that your excess weight is "gone forever".  You must be willing and ready to make permanent changes in your food choices and activity level.  Those who I've seen be successful here at OH have never gone back to those poor food choices and they also choose to spend time throughout the week being active and exercising.  What WLS does do for you is give you a chance to break free from those old habits and makes it easier to make new ones.  Use your first 6 months to commit to those new, healthy habits!  Then choose to continue in those choices one day at a time.

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05/08/2007
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Dec 12, 2006
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