I can't believe it has been a year since my surgery

Aug 31, 2010

Today is my one year anniversary of my Gastric Bypass Surgery. It has been one hell of a year. I had my struggles and to be honest, I would do it all again in a heart beat. I had my one year check up and my surgeon said I'm doing great. My lab work came back good, and I have lost 81% of my excess weight. As of today I have lost 141 pounds. I went from a size 24/26 plus size jeans to a size 12/14 misses size jeans. My shirts are now a med/large, which is down from a 4X before surgery. I have kept the jeans I wore the morning of surgery as a reminder of where I was, and where I NEVER want to go back to. There are days I feel like I haven't done as well as I thought I should have, but when I look at these before jeans, I tear up at how far I have come. I have lost half of the person I used to be.....It is an amazing feeling.
  I'm not done yet either...I have set a goal, and I have had my moments where I thought I may never hit that goal, but now I know I will. My first goal was to be under 200 pounds..I did it. Then I wanted to lose 140 pounds by my one year anniversary...I did it. Now my next goal is to lose 150, and I know I'll do it. But my biggest goal of all is to finally be down to 147 pounds by my 18th month check up...that is my final goal cause at this point I will have brought my BMI down from a 50 to a healthy BMI of 23.7. This will put me at a healthy normal weight....which I have not been for over 20 years. My BMI now is a 26.7. I only have 19 pounds to lose. For the first time in my life...I will finally be "normal", and I'm super excited. Everything I have went through, all the doctors appointments, the blood tests, the pain of getting food stuck, the nausea when I eat something that doesn't agree with my "pouch", and the many vitamins and supplements I take every day has all been worth it....and I am truly blessed to have been given this chance to improve my health and my life. This has been the greatest gift I have ever given myself and I will always be grateful to my surgeon, Dr. Dan for saving my life...he is my hero. For the first time in many years, I'm looking forward to the rest of my life. My life is beautiful, and the best is yet to come......

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