talula216
6 Months Post Op
Jul 27, 2012
Yes can you believe its been 6 months. It seems like it took forever to get a surgery date. Not really I started the process in July 2011 and had my surgery January 16Th 2012. Now 6 months later I am down 99.7 pounds. I know I could say 100lbs but I have always lied about my weight. I decided to be honest were I am at.How do I feel. I cant begin to tell you how wonderful I feel. I can stand and not hurt any more. I can walk and not hurt any more. I mean everything would hurt. My back legs knees ankles feet. If I walked a long distant I would have to take a break. My daughter would ask me to go to the mall. I would dread it because I knew the walking would hurt. But now you cant stop me. I love going to the mall. I was at the gym. I ran over a mile on the treadmill. I started to cry I mean ball my eyes out. Because I have never ran a mile on a treadmill and I didn't hurt.
And shopping is another story. I would hate to shop. Nothing would fit me, The 6 months before my surgery I did not want to buy any clothes. I had one pair of jeans and one pair o sweats that fit. I didn't like going to work. Nothing fit me But now I have so much clothes. Its a chore to pick something to go to work in. NO I didn't break the budget on clothes. I had bins of clothes that no longer fit. I did get a few new things but most of the clothes I am wearing I grew out of. Now I am wearing them and they are getting or gotten too big.
My highest weight was 370. At my Pre-op apt i weighed in at 369. Day of surgery I weighed 365 I put my starting weight at 369 I now weigh 269.3 I was wearing a very tight 34 in bottoms now I wear a size 26 IN tops I was wearing a size 5x or 34-36 I now wear a 22.
I do not focus on the scale. Don't get me wrong I love it when the pounds drop off. I tend to focus on NSV, I use to love wearing heels. I got to heavy to wear them. So when I lost enough weight I started wearing them again. I could not wear them all day. They would hurt so I would wear them for 2 hours then change into flats. Just the other day I wore the heels all day and was comfortable in them. I am such a girlie girlie. Love lace and frills. I still cant wear the stacked 5 inch heels. I did get a pair On sale couldn't resist. I am wearing them at home. I practice still haven't mastered walking in them. I may never but gonna keep trying.
Oh and My health is so much better. Off most of my meds. My ac1 stated over 12 now its 5.1 all my vitamins levels are prefect. I do what they tell me to do. I may not be perfect every day. But I am so happy. My husband and daughter are so proud of me. Along with the rest of my family. My sister and I are so much closer. We have really opened up to each other. My sis is a runner. one of my goals is to do a 5k with her. Maybe in March.
I love how I feel. I still have a ways to go to get to goal. I feel so great now I cant imagine how I will feel when I lose another 100 pounds,
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About Me
RI
Location
43.7
BMI
Surgery
01/16/2012
Surgery Date
May 22, 2011
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