marymo362
Sunday Musings
Jun 15, 2014
Good Morning!
It's 8:43 AM on this lovely Sunday morning (lovely by Oregon standards in that it's not raining......) I am three months out from my RNY and I feel better than I could have imagined. Yes, occasionally I am tired and yes, sometimes I have issues with food but I am very conscious about my choices, my eating style and logging what I eat.
Sometimes food gets "stuck" or I eat just a tad too much, or too quickly. I have wrestled with food choices but have prevailed every time except once. And that, is still do consider a success because I was with family and we had KFC from Big Boy Drive Inn, in our hometown Bismarck ND. I ate one piece of chicken, a smattering of BBQ beans, and a little cole slaw. I skipped the french fries and the gravy. YAY!
Going "home" was a fabulous trip, the first time I have not avoided all my high school friends because of my weight.In fact, I created an event on Facebook to invite anyone who was available to come out for the evening. And out they came. I was so touched!
I know that to everyone else I am still very overweight BUT I have come far enough in this journey to remember that what they think doesn't matter! In fact, I have been working very hard on the point that I don't care what people look like, I just want to spend time with them; therefore they are the same about me. But my own secret is that I feel WONDERFUL and beautiful and more confident than ever!
Started this journey out a year ago at 312 pounds. I lost 12 pounds and then in January I kicked off the game by losing 5 more and then the required 15%. The day of surgery I was 280. Today, I weighted myself and I am 240.
40 pounds in three months, that's 3.3333333 a week, with two stalls over and done :) I have 80 more to lose.
And TODAY, I started the Couch to 5k training program. I have a goal of going to Phoenix and doing the Rock and Roll 1/2 marathon in January. Watch it happen!!!!
Thank you to each of you who have offered support on this site, I appreciate you!!!!
MHK
