April 09

Mar 31, 2009

As I go into April... I feel different.  Different inside & out.  I am beginning to really feel the confidence my weight loss has brought me.  Also I am finally beginning to see myself as a healthy person.  As I uploaded & organized photos on my page tonight, I browsed the old ones.  I cannot believe the difference!  I knew I was large but I really comprehended the enormity of the CHANGE I have experienced over the last 6 months.  Its quite profound & I am very pleased and proud of the direction my life is taking. 

People ask me from time to time if I'd do it all again if I had to do over or if I 'miss' the old life... and the answers are YES! I'd do it all again .... and NO!  I don't miss one thing about it.  I jokingly say I miss bread, but honestly it doesn't bother me all that much at all.  Missing certain foods was one of my biggest fears going into this... doesn't that say a lot?  I was more worried about losing certain foods from my life than I was LOSING MY LIFE all together!!  CRAZY!!  Just shows how much things have changed.  I am eating oatmeal or one egg & fruit for breakfast & I'm completely OK with that.  No more waffles, pop-tarts, sugary cereal, or huge breakfasts...just simple, healthy, and filling.  For lunch I'm happy with a bean salad or some protein rich soup/stew.  No need for those foot long subs or slices of greasy pizza!   At dinnertime, I am satisfied with a nice piece of meat along side a small salad & some veggies or potatoes.  I no longer need that dinner roll or second helpings!  Its amazing (the psychological effects of this surgery!)  I am so happy, pleased, and thankful for the new opportunities that lie before me. 

No, I do not regret any of the choices I have made concerning my surgery. 

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