One week ago today . . .

Feb 28, 2011

One week ago today my life was changing forever.  I was nervous, scared, determined--you name it.  But here I am, one week later, and I'm already feeling great!  I've lost 19 lbs since Feb 8th, when I started the pre-op diet.  And I can already feel the positive effects.  I can get up and down so much more easily now.  I no longer need someone's hand to help pull me up out of my chair.  I love it!

And mentally, I am feeling so much lighter as well.  I had made up my mind before surgery that I could and would accept the new dietary restrictions and lifestyle changes that WLS would demand of me, but I'm only human.  I still worried about it a bit.  But I'm finding that I really was prepared mentally to do this.  I'm just fine with the changes.  I welcome them!  It's wonderfully freeing to let go of the burden of food. 

Of course, I will always love food.  The flavors and textures are a wonderful, pleasing experience.  But I no longer have to agonize over every bite.  I can eat what I can eat--and that's it!  So enjoy each bite, but then move on to some other pleasurable experience AWAY from the kitchen!  What a relief!

I'm looking forward to going through my closet, throwing out the old "fat" clothes as I shrink down through the sizes.  I have clothes all the way down from a size 3X to a size 14 in there!  Out of style, maybe, but I'm going to enjoy getting back into them, if only for a little while.  First thing I'm burning are my 3X gray sweat pants and all that size 13 underwear!!!  :)

Spring is the season of rebirth, and this spring, it will be MY rebirth!  Happy re-birthday to me!

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