4-month check-up... buh-bye, old clothes!

I feel like a weight (every pun intended) has been lifted off of me. Today is my 4-month wls anniversary, and I've lost not only 65 pounds... but have dropped 6 sizes (7 in the bra)! My doc. was so impressed he just sat there, stunned, for a second. Last week, while I was at work, my husband bagged up and got rid of all the clothes that I had set aside as "too big". I used to have them sitting in this gigantic pile by my bedroom, but now they're gone... and so is that stage of my life. Never again will I have to hide behind my husband out of fear of someone pointing and laughing at 'the fat girl'. Never again will I need to stretch my shirts out before putting them on. Never again will I be ashamed to be seen eating in public. Never again will I feel like I'm not good enough for my husband. This is for all of you on OH who have also arrived at the same conclusion: WE DID IT. Everything, from here on out, is an improvement in our physical, emotional, and psychological selves. Congratulations on making it this far, on taking control of your lives, and making the decisions that are best for you. - Krystal 388/276/210

Congratulations Krystal! We are traveling about the same speed of light and started at similar points! It is an amazing journey isn't it. I can get obsessed over the scale for sure and it can really bring my day down but I have to remember where I started. I was down exactly 65 pounds on my 4 month anniversary now I am down 72-74 depending on the day this week. I still have 1 week to go before my 5 month. Hoping to drop another 5 pounds but I know that is really reaching but want to keep my monthly stats where they are until month six if possible. I am so glad that this surgery has "freed" you from the jail we all know we lived in as a preop patient. Its a wonderful feeling to push those feelings away isn't it? I will say that I was at a conference yesterday (I am a nurse and I have to keep my license updated with continuing ed courses). I listened to an endocronologist speak on diabetes and within the first 10 minutes of her lecture she was slamming gastric bypass down saying it isn't a fix for diabetes when they regain the weight in 5 years and have all these malabsorption problems . I was ticked off! I felt like saying "lady where do you get your data? Are these people following their post op diet like they should be and taking their vitamins/supplements. Needless to say I was pretty disinterested in what else she had to say. She is lucky I didn't stand up right there and rip her a new one. I left my diabetes at the hospital the day I had surgery. If I never lost another pound the surgery was worth it right there in itself. She herself has diabetes and probably weighs 250ish. So I think there is a jealousy component in there somewhere too, I don't know. All I know is for me this is the best decision I ever made in my life and I am so glad you feel the same way. Sorry I got off on a tangent but you got me thinking. Bravo for all your hard work and keep it going, you are doing awesome!!! Hugs! Melissa 328/280/207/goal-140