Featured Blogger: Daydreaming Of My Sleeved Future!

February 7, 2013

Featured Blogger:  OH member mnmommaof2

Daydreaming Of My Sleeved Future...

11/15/12-Future Victories!  This is a list that I plan on crossing off one by one throughout my WLS adventure.

1. Fit on all the rides at MOA
2. Buy clothes at regular stores
3. Wear a dress
4. Wear a skirt
5. Have my thighs not rub
6. Wear my wedding ring    Goal met!  12/8/2012
7. Turn my husband's head
8. Feel sexy
9. Run a 5k
10. Run 1/2 mile (at this point I'd be happy if I could run around the block!)
11. Run 1 mile
12. Make exercise part of my daily routine
13. When my kids hug me have their arms go all the way around
14. Not run out of breath at the top of the stairs Goal met!  1/7/2013
15. Let my husband pick me up
16. Sit on my husband's lap without thinking I'm squishing him
17. Go on all the rides at Valleyfair
18. Have someone ask me how I got so thin
19. Pay it forward
20. Indoor skydiving (I've always been too heavy)
21. Sit in the chair that I couldn't fit in at the excel center.  Section 111 Row 10 Seat 3
22. Not have to worry about fitting in chairs ever!
23. Make a cannonball and not have the biggest splash
24. Waterpark with the kiddos.  Be able to go up all the stairs
25. Ride a motorcycle
26. Loose 25 lbs   Goal met!  12/3/12
27. Loose 50 lbs  Goal met!  1/19/13
28. Loose 75 Lbs
29. Loose 100 Lbs
30. Loose 125 Lbs
31. Onederland
32. Cross my legs  Goal met!  2/2/13
33. No seat extender in plane-- fit in coach comfortably
34. Wear shorts
35. Weigh less than my husband   Goal met! 1/15/13.

mnmommaof2's updated blog:

Hello Folks!

Thought I should update since I haven't blogged since before my surgery.  I was sleeved 11-23-12 by Alberto Aceves in Mexicali.  The entire process from first contact to now has been fantastic and for anyone looking for a surgeon in Mexico... I highly recommend him and his team.

I'm a little more than two months out and have progressed to solid food.  I find that my tastes have changed and processed food just doesn't do it for me anymore.  In fact my entire attitude towards food has changed.  Gone are the days where I stuffed my face and never felt full.  I realize now just how out of control my eating really was and take full responsibility for my weight gain.  Post surgery I'm  amazed at the quantity of food I can eat (or lack there of) before becoming full-- sometimes it's only a few bites and never more than a half cup.  I eat about as much as my three year old!  It really is quite the change.

I started this adventure in size 26 pants and 3x top.  I was worried that my clothes were getting tight and I was already in the biggest size local stores had to offer.  In such a short amount of time I am now in loose 22's and 1x/2x tops.  I can't even tell you how awesome that is.  As my sizes go down I'm finally starting to feel good about myself again.   I no longer walk into a room and compare myself to every other woman (Insecurity at its finest), and instead hold my head up high knowing that I'm no longer ashamed of how I look.  I might even dare to say that I am proud of how far I have come!

So.. all in all, things are looking up!  The sun is shining and I'm soooo excited for the changes ahead.

-Feature photo by francisco antunes

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