Just want to give some words of encouragement!

Hi Everyone! I'm 27 days out and feeling really good! I'm down 38 pounds as of yesterday and was allowed to fly from Virginia to Georgia (in GA now)! I walk a mile every day at 2.6 mph at a 1.5 incline... in all honesty, I could probably do that twice a day, but I don't want to do any damage because it does wear me out. I've had a wonderful support system between my husband and my parents. I won't lie, I do want to be able to eat a "normal" size meal at times, but I get over it once I sit down to eat my meal and become satisfied. Besides, the "normal" size meals are what got me to this point anyway!! Ha! Ha! I just want to throw some encouragement around and tell everyone that is having a hard time that it will get better and it will all be soooooo worth it in the end!!! My blood surgar and my blood pressure are both down (as well as my weight!), I feel good about myself and I'm just down right happy! I'm truely blessed that this procedure was made available to me because I really believe that I would have had a heart attack this year if I didn't get the weight off! I was on a road of destruction and now my life is in my hands... I say that because we all know that this surgery is only a tool and it is still up to us to do the right thing! We can ALL do this and if it's support that you need to make it through, then just reach out and grab some! There seems to be a lot of people here that are willing to help in any way they can (me included). It is hard, but oh so worth it!!! May God Bless and Keep you ALL!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the words. I was feeling a bit down on myself today. I had my surgery on 2-17-04 and am down 26 lbs. as of yesterday. I think the weight loss is great and I am not hungry, but my mind is looking at my old ways and making me miss them. As a friend told me today, I will now be around to see my son married and be a grandmother to his children. The way I was headed I would never have even seen him graduate from college. Good luck on your journey.

Hi Chris! I'm so glad that I could be of some help to you!! I do realize just how hard this is phsycologically! You're not hungry in your stomache, but you are in your head. I fight that a lot, almost every week. I just have to keep reminding myself why I did this and that I didn't have the surgery (puting my life in danger) to just go and mess it all up! Since the second week after surgery all I've wanted has been a hamburger and a slice of pizza. I went out and got myself a soy burger patty and placed a little more than 1/4 of it along with katchup and mustard with baked beans and 1 baked potato chip on my plate and that settled that, but I'm still struggling with the want for real pizza (not sauce and cheese on a cracker)! It's like I said earlier, I'm not hungry at all, it's all just in my head and I have to keep reminding myself of that. I know that I'm very lucky since I haven't had any problems with anything that I've eaten so far. Our minds are going to play a lot of tricks on us during this process and we're just going to have to be strong enough to deal with them. I'll tell you something else that you may experience, if you're like me, I was getting on my home scale every day just because I was so amazed at how the weight was falling off.... well, it does slow down a bit and there will be days that you won't see any weight loss, but please don't become discouraged! I try to keep a positive outlook on all of that, first - I don't weigh myself every day any longer and second - I allow myself to feel proud of what I did lose. If I actually think about it, 38 pounds in 27 days is absolutely fantastic!!!! I would never have been able to do that before... EVER!!!! I don't look at what anyone else lost and compare myself to them, we are all doing great and we should just all be happy for one another! I'm sorry, I feel like I'm rambling on... I will end this by saying that you are doing a FANTASTIC job and that you should be very proud of yourself! You can contact me any time if you need some support or if you just want to chat! My email is [email protected] May God Bless and Keep you during this process! Milissa