Great week!

Mar 20, 2011

I had the most amazing time in the Dominican Republic!  The three of us had a fantastic time swimming and eating (not much for me, obviously), and I had about 2 drinks (with no problems).  It was only interrupted by me getting a cold/flu (lame) and getting a horrible sunburn on the last day (superlame).  But when I got home to see my out of town guest, I weighed myself and found out I dropped to 260.8 lbs!!!!!!  That's nearly 8 pounds gone in the past 9 days and I'm finally "severly obese" not "morbidly obese".  BMI 39.7.  I want to jump for joy, I'm so excited!  I weighed about this much when I moved to Seattle and I am finally feeling like I will keep losing weight with this sleeve.  I'm eating pretty normally now - just small bites, small portions, and lots of chewing and anything goes down easily - no barfing for me (even though I occasionally want to when I eat just a bit too much).  I'm starting to get the hang of this sleeve.  The only thing I don't do is avoid drinking with my meals.  Maybe if I stall out, I will try that, but I really like to drink with meals.  It helps me keep from getting dehydrated, which is important and surprisingly hard to do sometimes.  I'm also happy because I told three of my best friends (known for 12 years) about my WLS and they all were supportive - it was almost a non-issue.  I was so grateful for that.  I knew that they would be supportive, but there's always that lingering doubt since I haven't even always been supportive of WLS.  Thankfully, I kept my opinions to myself, especially since they were based on ignorance and fear as opposed to reality. 

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