9-month 7-day Surgiversary

Aug 31, 2010

I am running only about 7 days behind this month.  It is true what people say, you just get so busy living life that it gets harder and harder to find time for OH.  I find that while I still read posts by my friends, and occasionally comment, overall I spend less and less time here.

I went on the Alaskan cruise Aug 22.  I made the 100 lbs weight loss goal the day before I left (which I was sure wouldn't happen) so I got the Coach purse (100 lb reward).  Another reward to myself was to go ziplining in Alaska (by myself as the people I traveled with were all older) just because I can because I am under the 250 lbs weight limit.  It was harder than I thought, it was raining and about 35 degrees - I was frozen afterwards but it was awesome and I did it!!  I gained about 3 lbs on the cruise.  It was really hard having so many choices available to try, I was overstuffed most of the trip, but I was very active or it would have been worse!  Proves if you want to gain weight with the sleeve, just go on a cruise!  I am trying to lose that this week since I go on an Eastern Caribbean cruise Sept 5 with my immediate family, and I don't want to add another 3 lbs on top of this 3 lbs!  I lost about 6 lbs this past month, before I gained the 3 lbs back, for a net of 3 lbs.

I am still looking forward to getting a regular exercise program going in the pool, but I have to be home long enough to get it going.  I have a big party planned for Sept 25, but I hope after that things calm down.  I am still going to the 2 support group meetings a month.   I stopped seeing the bariatric therapist once a month for financial reasons, but I am finishing an 8 week group session conducted by my bariatric therapist that I believe is helping me in this journey, that I would like to continue, if possible.  I also still go to my Jenny Craig Counselor weekly to keep me accountable.   

My marriage situation hasn't changed much because my husband has been working 70 hours a week, and then I was go on the cruise so we haven't seen much of each other.   I am still in the process of trying to decide what to do about it.  I am still reading "Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay" and hope that when I finish it I will have an answer.  I know I won't be ready to make any changes before our big party Sept 25, but I am trying to get things in order for the future just in case.

I have been really lenient this month, pretty much eating what I want.  I eat 5-6 meals a day (except on the cruise it seemed to be constant), with protein first (even on the cruise I was careful to get my protein in).  I am not focusing on losing this month, given the 2 cruises and the work to get ready for the party, but I do want to end the month still maintaining my 100 lb weight loss.  I have decided I am still not quite happy with my weight so I would like to head towards weighing 199 lbs (which is another 20 lbs) so I hope to spend the month of October continuing to lose.

I will say again, if you are struggling with the decision of whether to have the sleeve, I say get off the fence and get on the bench!! And make sure you get bariatric counseling to succeed.  My only regret is that I didn't do this when I was younger!  I love my sleeve!!!!!!

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