~Tonya ~
Health Tracker and More...
Jun 08, 2013
This might be boring as heck, but maybe someone considering revision would be interested? I spent a couple of hours entering my weight and body fat history into the health tracker on this site. It's pretty cool to see my weight loss and gain, and now loss on a graph. I started the graph on the day of my first WLS, (Sleeve Gastrectomy). One thing I noticed right away, my weight regain began when I started working night shift, and continued fairly steadily after that.
On another note, I had some fun yesterday cleaning out my closet! I've lost over a year worth of regained weight, and was pretty happy to find 2 swimsuits in a drawer with the tags on. I'd bought them on clearance last fall, during a hopeful moment, since they were a size too small at that time. Well they're not too small now!
People are starting to be able to see the loss. I'm really enjoying revisiting those happy OMGOSH I can't believe how fast I'm losing weight days! Truly, this is the first time in a couple of years that I've begun to feel that life is worth living again.
I should probably mention that the last couple of years have been very, very hard. My older daughter nearly died in the summer of 2011, when she was 11. I lived in the ICU for 5 months. We did bring her home, but life has not been easy, and the emotional toll has been heavy. Having this revision surgery has helped me to feel better mentally. (I have severe PTSD from the "battle" to keep her alive.)
If you'd like to follow her story, here is a link to her FB page. Scroll down...the blog begins right after we brought her home. There are pics and videos galore.
https://www.facebook.com/addiethepinkninja
You can see a downward blip on the weight loss graph from May 2011 to Oct 2011. That was when she was in the hospital. I called it the "PICU diet." I wouldn't recommend it, though.
This is the first post on this blog in a very long time. I'm planning to post a more concise update and new pics soon!
