another (almost) year

Jul 26, 2011

Well I'm still maintaining. I had a period of about 3-4 months there where I kinda lost track and began to gain a little, I gained about 10 lbs and found myself getting flabby.  Though I'm still not perfect in the area of diet and exercise I found that I was able to be more disciplined with some prayer and meditation. Already lost a few pounds and plan to continue to move back down to a maintenance weight of around 135.  With continued yoga and the spin class, walking and staying active it's a good bet I'll be just fine.

My weight is at 148-149, I expect to be continuing to improve that number progressively over the next few months as I continue to exercise, be dilligent about watching what I eat in type and portion of foods and my spiritual health, which has been the most important factor in this continued success.

I don't drink alcohol, I don't take pills or any mind altering chemicals
I do take my vitiamin suppliments and prescription iron
I do exercise doing yoga 2 times a week and now just recently added a spin class :)
I have a great life, awesome husband, great labby dogs, and a bunch of awesome friends who keep me busy and engaged in living :)

This life is so different from the life when I started this journey.  I realize I'm blessed! Many don't get to have the surgery, there are risks of complications, many have it and it doesn't continue to be a long term success, so many I've met have struggled and gained a great deal of weight back.

I'm grateful that I'm still a size 8-10, still have lots of energy and enthusiasm, am still feeling the success of this decision, surgery and journey and that the outlook on life, which I've had since then, is so positive.  I remember back at the heights of the ill health and depression when I was morbidly obese. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to overcome those things and to continue to learn more about myself and my issues with self-destructive addictive behaviors in regards to food and alcohol. Finding the solution to the deep seated dis-ease that was inside and created the host for the weight gain, alcohol issues and all the associated problems, literally saved my life.

I hope those who are seeking the solution to the weight understand that, if you were like me, plagued with depression, unable to find a manageable medication for the depression (bi-polar), and feeling like you'll never get free. I hope you are willing to seek spiritual help as I did, the surgery was a great help when it came to kick starting me back to a place where I was willing to move, but the rest of the journey after that was the real key to living.

YAY God!

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