124 lbs Later...6 Months Post-Op

Sep 01, 2010

I will be officially 6 months post op tomorrow! I'm writing this today, because my family and I are moving to a new home tomorrow, so life right now is hectic. I didn't even realize it had been six months, or 1/2 a year, until I received the e-mail from OH yesterday, asking how I felt. I can truly say this has been a great experience so far and I'm finally coming into my routine. It is not such a burden anymore, to have to pick and choose what I have to eat. It is not such a burden to make sure I'm drinking plenty of water. It is not such a burden to make sure I'm up and moving.  Everything now just seems to be the way I want to live my life and what I have to do for me. So, all of those foods I just felt I had to have before, or all of those excuses of why I couldn't do something, because I was too big or always tired, are slowly slipping away. I still have my good and bad days, but I can honestly say that my good days outweigh the bad. Some days it is as if I have to remind myself I had surgery 6 months ago, because for once in my life I feel "normal." Isn't that the word we try to use for things that just seem to be second nature for us? 

I do find it funny though, that some people make the comment, "Are you still losing weight?".  Um, yeah, that is the plan! I know that eventually things will even out, but considering where I started at 391, even after losing 124lbs, I'm still have a  ways to go. Of course they just see the outward appearance, but they don't know about the mental and emotional battle that we have after WLS.  The ones I have told about my surgery, haven't said it, but think that this is a piece of cake. That what I did makes it easier to lose weight than them trying to do so with Weight Watchers, but I'm quick to correct them.

Anyway, back to work. Stay encouraged! I couldn't imagine even getting to the size I am now 6 months ago or even 3 years ago and look at where I am! 

Be blessed my OH friends! Have a great Labor Day weekend! 

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