Two Years and Counting...

Sep 03, 2015

Well... it's been a long time since I've written a blog. It has been two years and three months since I've changed my life! Having the vertical sleeve gastrectomy has been the best choice I've ever made for myself. I am happier and healthier than I've ever been and could not have done this on my own. It has been such a huge change but I feel that with all of the research I put into this from the start has served me well.

This is NOT to say it has been easy. I had a fairly easy recovery and no major concerns, but I can attest (as many have as well,) that the further you get out from surgery, the harder things become. You get hungry. You can eat more. Introducing "slider" foods becomes all too easy and they go down way too easy! I know this all first hand!

I am a bariatric patient... I'm not perfect. I have eaten things I shouldn't have. But I don't beat myself up over it. I move on and make note of what I need to change or do differently. I am constantly trying to change things and shake things up. What worked for me a year ago doesn't always work for me now. Same goes for something that may have worked last week! I am always evolving.

I started this process weighing 311 lbs and the lowest weight I've reached was 161 lbs. NOT my ultimate goal of 150 lbs... but I was happy to say the least! I currently fluctuate between 162-168 lbs. When I start creeping over 168 lbs - I start to worry! I allow myself a little wiggle room for those occasions I splurge, but once I hit 168 lbs... I know it's time to buckle down and get those few lbs off! I do not want to allow myself to keep going above those numbers because 5 lbs turns into 10 lbs and then to 20 lbs.

No, I do not track religiously like I used to. No I don't work out like I used to. But the fact of the matter is - I still TRY. I had this surgery... this MAJOR surgery to remove most of a MAJOR organ in my body! I did not go through all of this for nothing and I am not going to take it for granted. It is my hope that I can read this post next year and STILL be maintaining where I am at (or who knows... maybe less).

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