Jenny2009
July 22, 2009
Jul 22, 2009
I have not been on here in a while, I wish I would have stayed on top of things a little more! I could just kick myself for not having taken pictures each month, and I never thought to measure myself either. Oh well! The last few months have been good ones, I very rarely feel sick. I will admit to having thrown up a few times after food got stuck. I still have such a hard time with chicken, it just wants to get stuck no matter how I cook it. Lately I have been loving beef! I could eat it every day! Eating out a resturaunts has gotten a little easier. My favorite meal is at Texas Roadhouse where I get the Road Kill meal. It is chopped ground beef that is seasoned and cooked with mushrooms and cheese on top, served with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies. YUMMMM!!!!! It is nice to have leftovers for later too!
On June 21st I hit my 100 pound mark! I was so happy! I still have a hard time seeing the changes like everyone else does. I still feel like that 447 lbs person I was before surgery. All my clothes still fit, even though they were loose on me and I think that had a lot to do with sill feeling fat. As of today, I have lost 117 lbs, and with the last 17 pounds I no longer can keep any of my old clothes up on me, they fall down. It is weird how you can loose so much, but yet the last 17 is when your clothes don't fit anymore. So now I hardly have any clothes, but that is ok because I am hoping to just keep loosing. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on clothes that I will only be able to wear for a month or two.
For the 1st time in years I am actually enjoying the summer. Before I would be so miserable and sweat ALL the time! Now I don't really sweat that much, and it does not feel as hot to me as it did before. I don't get winded as much either, and that is VERY nice! It is always embarassing to be huffing and puffing when no one else around you is.
One thing I would like to encourage others about is not being afraid to tell the truth about having WLS. I did not tell hardly anyone before surgery, but afterwards when people asked what I had surgery for, I was honest with them. I thought for sure I would be ridiculed or looked down on because of it, but to my surprise, every single person I told was very happy for me and very supportive! It makes it so much easier I think just being honest. I mean, it is what it is, right? Plus to, it makes me feel like I have to be more accountable in the end not to gain it back. Well, I gotta go for now!
