Almost 1 year!

Jan 27, 2010

Almost one year has passed since my surgery Feb. 11, 2009 and guess what!

I bought a size 20 jeans!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Before my surgery the only jeans I could wear were elastic waist and very stretched and size 30/32!  I have gone down 10 or 12 sizes of jeans and added a zipper!!! LOL!  I was excited with 26/28 then 26, then 24, then 22 was amazing but now 20!!!!  I have also remembered that not all jeans are equal! It tried on one pair that was snug... and two others that were certainly more 18 than 20 but then I found this pair that was just right!!!!!!    It is tempting not to buy more... maybe one more so I have one to wear and one to wash LOL!  I still look at them when I pick them up to put on and think - these are really going to fit me???? Then they do!!!   And my shirts!!! I am wearing an 18/20 or a XL... just 1X!!! I remember buying a 5X... a 30/32... I had to purchase new bras too... a little more support for the girls!!!! But the number went down about 8 inches!!!!! Woo HOO!!!!

My right hip, knees and back have been all pestering me off and on for a several weeks now so they gym has been slowed down for now... I hope to get back to things as the arthritis settles down and leaves me alone.

The big Christmas gift this year was a puppy! My parents thought I would like one now that I can "keep up" with her! I am sooo excited!  I am looking forward to taking her for walks when the weather gets warmer and more pleasing to be outside for a long period of time.

I will be speaking/sharing at my friend's church on Feb. 6th about my journey. I am a bit nervous.. my Mom will be there... but I am excited to share the experience, strength and hope that I have been given because of my new life post surgery!  Potatoes will be piled in the middle of the room. 120 lbs of potatoes to be exact.  They represent the 120 pounds I will have lost by then :)  I am at 118 right now so who knows if I can loose 2 more by next Saturday only God knows.  Each potato represents a fear, doubt or insecurity that was piled into my life either by me or by people around me. Some people bring potatoes into my life and some take them out :)  It will be interesting for me to sit in front of a physical pile of the pounds I have lost..... Some days I still feel like I haven't lost anything and then other days... like today... I felt the change and felt "thinner".  They say it takes up to 5 years for my mental body image to catch up with the physical body image...

92 lbs to go to reach MY goal.  Keep prayin please!!!

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