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Three years!

Well, I am the exact same weight I was last year. YEAH! I thought last year that I had some bounce back weight but I may have been mistaken. It appears that I just weigh three to four pounds less when I am “training” or running races. We will see how it plays out next year.

Blood work is spot on. Eating is normal. I mean normal. I eat what someone my size should. I do not count carbs but I do watch my carb intake and can be heard saying that something has too many carbs. Usually that is met with “You are skinny enough to get away with it.” I respond with “Wrong. Watching carbs is why I am skinny.”

Think of the stereo types that you have for skinny witches. Don’t eat much in one setting but hungry in two hours. In Zumba, it is the person that is working out at a high impact, jumping around. The person complaining that the small clothes are too big. The person that looks good in most things she puts on but cant find a thing to wear. Rolls out of bed to exercise. That’s me!

This has been the year that I have worked on myself esteem. Even though I am wrinkled, have lots of extra skin, am old, single and still have little to no hair, I can look in the mirror (dressed or not) and love the person that is looking back. To me that is the best NSV of all.

I went on a seven day car trip and took flights to various places that I was staying in houses, not hotels. No accidents, no problems just “normal” issues. I did almost “kill” the others in the car with my gas after eating a bag of chips over one day. Oops. And family members did get upset because I refused to eat rice, oatmeal, grits and/or biscuits for breakfast and all those other carbs for other meals.  Or that I would schedule in exercise every day. But they will get over it.

We will see if plastic surgery is in my future. The surgeons I have seen have told me I have too much skin on my butt that is pulling down on my back and causing problems (I literally rip the skin), so I will have to do something or stop exercising (not going to happen). I just don't know yet. Especially, since I almost died after this surgery.

I have an awesome life. It isn’t perfect but it is a lot easier being healthy.

BMI: 21.5

Vitamins: a whole, whole, lot taken everyday six times

Exercise: Almost everyday

Water: lots and more during summer

Stools: Constipated usually, go in morning if I do go, and normal stinky not paint peeling anymore (did a round of Flagyl)

Hair: Not growing back. Still have real thin areas. Have more hair on chin. HA!

I don't know what else newbies might want to know but ask me, if you have questions. Live life like it is the only one you have.

Another great update!  Thanks for the post!  As a newbie, (5 months), I'm most inspired by your statement that you eat "normal".  I'm in a phase right now where I seem to be all consumed by what and when to eat, and wonder if I will ever be "normal" again.  There does seem to be some light at the end of this tunnel, and posts like yours are quite encouraging!

Howdy,

One thing that always shocks me is that I think more about food now then I did before.  I still cannot have chicken breast and dry meats without remembering how that first year was. They still don't go down well. I cannot even pinpoint when I was able to eat the amount I do now.

I know early out I almost choked on a multi vitamin and thought and this isn't even big. Am I going to have this issue forever?  Now, I throw a hand in full of vitamins, including my multi, in my mouth at time. It does get better.

No other year is like the first one. Hope you have a smooth first year.

Thank you so much!  I really believe I have PTSD from my post op period.  I was so sick for the first month, and I so didn't want to leave my bed.  It was May and the weather was turning nice.  Now that I'm no longer sick, and back to work, when I do have days off, and find myself home alone, sometimes I wanna cry thinking about those dreadful weeks!

if you don't mind me asking what kind of issues did you have after surgery i noticed you said you almost died.

Howdy Scarlet,

I think that looking back and giving you my perspective on the issues, as I see them now, would be skewed. I have my wonderful outcome to down play the situation. So here are two links where I discuss the issue

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4271865/8-week-update-O h-vey/

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4290004/Complications/# 35327560

It should be noted that I was a metabolic mess prior to surgery. The surgery was a success. It was how my body reacted to the surgery that was the issue. So, any surgery could have initiated the issues.  The dehydration and not being able to drink/eat is what made it worse.

Have a great evening.

Happy surgiversary, Ms Doll!   :D

--gina

Thanks Gina,

Still cruising with the top down.......