One year and a little bit later....

Aug 29, 2010

Wow.  What a year this has been.  The recovery from February has been slow, but steady.  I lost *a lot* of muscle mass after the surgery in February, and I'm still recovering from that. 

I went in for my one year surgiversary check-up last Wednesday, on the 25th.  According to the surgeon's scale, I'm officially down to 137.5 from 269.  I've lost almost as much as I weigh now, so I guess you can say I've lost one of me!  I moved in May, and I've been carrying the scale around in my trunk.  With it in the car, I haven't weighed myself since May.  It has been a nice break to not look at or think about the numbers.

I thought I had stablized at a size 10 (I started at a tight 24!), but I had to break down and buy new jeans last weekend.  My size 10s were coming off without unbuttoning.  I'm in an 8 GAP Curvy, and a 6 Old Navy Sweetheart.  I need to do my measurements.  My boyfriend took pictures, but I'm not exactly sure where my camera is at this particular moment in time.  When I find it, I intend to upload the newest photos.  I need to start a brag book like Meggie has, so that I have it at the conference in November.

My hair is starting to grow out.  I think of it as having the "fuzzies" like kittens do.  The thin bottom part of my hair looks like cotton candy when I blow dry it.  The wispy bits stick up at the top of my head.  I either pull my hair back into a pony tail or I flat iron my hair.  I just can't do anything else with it at the moment.

I can't wait to see everyone at the conference in November.  To everyone just starting this journey, good luck! It's one wild ride sometimes.  To those who are already on it or at goal--congratulations! We did it! :)

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