Reflections!

Yesterday was my 1 year anniversary. As I thought back to a year ago and remembered my surgery day it made me all the more thankful for having been able to have this wonderful surgery. My recovery was so much easier than many other peoples. I never had the tiredness, depression, lack of energy so many experience. I have been truly blessed. I haven't been the faster loser and still have 40 more pounds to lose but I've shed 175 lbs since I started this journey and regained my health. In the beginning it was all about health, but those goals were obtained a while ago. Now it seems to be about a number on the scale followed by plastic surgery to take off the last 30-40 pounds. Starting at 410 lbs who would have ever believed I'd weigh 232 today, but now that's not good enough. I wonder if I'll ever be satisfied or is it realistic to want to finish the job I started a year ago. I've been a bit down the last couple of weeks because I did the Stillman diet (all protein) last week and lost -0- lbs. Every time I've done it in the past I averaged losing a pound or more a day. I must have come up against the stone wall of a plateau because Stillman couldn't break it. I'm not giving up though, because I have faith if I stick to my program it will continue to work. Patience is something I've had to learn on this journey so I'll just hang in and wait for the scale to begin dropping again. Best wishes to all of you for your continued success.

reflections too! I had my first year anniversary yesterday as well. I too had no complications and went thru surgery and all very easy. I started at 286 and am now 191 lbs. I have lost about 16lbs since July, weight loss was real slow for the last 6mths. But two months after surgery I started working out at Pick up the pace (like curves) I never took my measurements pre-surgery (wish I had) but from march to date I have lost 5'5" =65 inches, thats what got me thru this plateau, like you all protein didn't work my weight, but all those months I lost over 30 inches. Sometimes our body loses inches instead of pounds, I quit weighing in at tops except for only once a month, I was weighing 2 / 3 times a day.( not good) focusing to much on lbs. So started looking at inches and now I feel alot better about it. I have 6 lbs to go to my first goal and wish to weigh about 170, at the end. You never said if you were excerising ? This is so great for stress, as well. If you don't know about pick up the pace, it has 20 stations and each station you do for 30 seconds, 3 times a week for 30 mins. I find it great, you can even visit with people while you workout. I hope this helps you, I know it did me. Isn't this the great tool ever, I will never regret having this surgery, always look at where you were and where you are now. Life is so much better now!! wouldn't you agree !!! Like you said patience, is a key, just don't pray for it! HA, I feel better finding this site, we live 200 miles from the place I had surgery and it hard to find someone here to talk to, that has gone thru the same thing.. surgery...and such...

I have to say this journey has a been great. My anniversary was 1/5/05. I'm down 83 lbs and on another plateau. The last 6 months the weight loss has really slowed down. I've lost only about 10 lbs during this time. I know that the inches have really come off. It still depresses me a little that I can't just drop the last 27 lbs. These have been a real struggle to lose. I've been exercising to a walking tape since the weather has turned cold and think that this should starting helping. I've also increased my protein and dropped any carbs that I may have been eating. It surprises me how much easier it is to move. The little things that a normal small person would not notice are big things to me. The steering wheel on the car is so much further away. I sit at my desk with my legs crossed all day which I couldn't do at all before. It's harder to push a heavy door open now I don't have the weight to push with. It's so much easier to put on myshoes and socks. I know have coats and jackets that I can zip or button closed. I can sit comfortable in a movie theatre. The list goes on and on. I guess I need to think about where I started and how far I've come before I complain about not having the last 27 lbs off!! I, also, live many miles from my doctor and wish I lived closer so I could be part of the hospital support group. I live 600-700 miles north of Denver where I had my surgery. This site has greatly helped me! Becky WY