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Surgery date set for January 23, I am very excited yet nervous at the same time. Looking forward to getting it over with and am actually looking forward to summer now.
2/13 I had surgery and after surgery I thought WHY!!!!, however the next day I was feeling fine and even stopped taking the pain meds. Dr. Clark is the best bariatric surgeon you could ever ask for. Best decision I have made for myself.
2/24 Well it has been a month since my surgery and I am feeling really good. I started out at 219 and I am down to 197. I am back to work and my home life is pretty much back in order. I just find myself eating too fast sometimes and that makes me very ill. I can not seem to find a beverage (including sugarfree) that does not taste sweet. The only things I can drink is water, milk and unsweet tea. Everything else taste way too sweet for my taste. I am looking forward to the next meeting on excercise, it will be just in time for me to get started on a program. Still really looking forward to summer.
4/28 Things are going really well, I am just amazed at the energy that I now have. I was able to work out in the yard and not feel tired, out of breath and ready to go inside after the first 30 minutes. I am down to 175 lbs now and down 5 pant sizes. The weight and inches keep coming off. I will say this over and over again, this was and is one of the best decision that I have ever made (other then the decision to marry my husband and have my children). Life is good.
6/12 I am very bad at keeping up with this so sorry. I just love the new me, I am still not finished with the weight loss, however I love were I am going. Who knew I would love being a losser. I am going on vacation next week to the beach and I am so excited I bought a size 10 bathing suit and feel and look great in it. I think about the day of the surgery and how much pain I was in, it is kind of like child birth... you know you were in a lot of pain but you are so happy with the results that you forget about it pretty quickly. My weight loss has slowed some, but I am over half way there so I guess that is to be expected. I feel so proud of my self, I am proud to have the support in my family that I do. My husband helps me make smart decisions with my eating and my kids tell everyone that I can not eat sugar (for kids this is a big deal). I will try to keep up better than I have. Good luck to all of you that have made the decision to have surgery.... you will not regret it!