It's ALREADY been a year?!?!?!?!?!!!
WOW! It's just amazing how quickly this year has flown by! Last year at this time, I was just getting back to my room and starting my walks after surgery! I STILL can't believe it's been a year already!
What a difference a year can make! Yeah, I've had a few ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade where I am today for ANYTHING!!!!!! I can deal with the occasional low blood sugar and the ulcers flaring up every once in a while in trade for being about 140 pounds lighter and being HEALTHY! Thank you GOD! Thank you Dr Loggins! Without this tool, I fo sho would NOT be where I am today!
Yup........I have tons of loose skin hanging off of me! My arms, belly, and thighs are the worst! BUT, I can do SO many things that I could NOT do a year ago! I can get on the trampoline with the kiddos and not worry about hitting the ground! I can sit in a chair at a patient's house and not worry about breaking it because of my size! I can cross my legs! I can buy clothes off the clearance racks at almost ANY store! It's just amazing to me!
Yeah.......I STILL have some issues to work through! My mind still thinks of me being over 200 pounds! I see myself in the mirror and in my mind's eye as that fat chick that I have been ALL my life! When people call me skinny.......I just DON'T see it! I can't see myself as thin! I NEVER imagined that I could weigh under 120......and now I do (most days, haha!) I'll figure out the mental part of all this one day!!!
I'll try to take some measurements tomorrow just to see where I'm at, but just for comparisons sake:
Pre-op pants size: 24-26 now: 4 or 5, depending on the cut
shirt/top size: 24-26 now: small or medium, 6-8, depending on the cut, again
dress size: 26, usually now: 6-8, depending on the style
It's just amazing to me!!!!! I still hold up my pants when I'm folding them and imagine that they belong to one of the kids because I sure don't see MY butt fitting into them!!!
Pretty much, LIFE IS GOOD! I've had some personal issues that I've had to work through recently, but I think I'm doing better now. Life happens, you know? I guess I'm just not as tolerant to some of the crap that I used to deal with. It doesn't have as much to do with surgery as it has to do with...........LIFE!
I go for my 1 year check up on Thursday 4/16/09. It should be interesting. I do have a few questions for the doc and nut, such as stuff about this maintenance crap! ha! My body's metabolism must be really messed up! I've found that I can eat about 1000-1100 calories and pretty much maintain my weight stable, as long as I exercise. BUT, if I go above 1200-1300 and miss a day or two of exercise, I can gain 2-3 pounds overnight! I know some of it is fluid, but dang! It really sucks to see that much of a change with only a couple hundred calories added! Like I said, I think all that yo-yo dieting for years has just messed my body up really bad! So, I'll discuss this with doc and nut and see what insights they have for me. I think maintaining is harder than losing at this point! I'm sure it will get easier, but right now, it's an adjustment! I think it also plays with your mind because you really get used to seeing that scale number going down and then it............STOPS! You don't have that positive reinforcement anymore. So, I have to dig a little deeper and remember all that I've learned so I can stick to the rules and keep on going where I need to go! This stuff is HARD to do! I had posted this in my signature, but then removed it because I didn't want to **** anyone off but: Anyone who thinks losing weight is hard hasn't tried maintaining yet! Sounds kinda mean, but I think you'll understand once you get to maintenance! I think that's where I'm at right now!
On a side note: DH really pissed me off this weekend.........(exc
Anyways..........tha
Love and hugs to all!
What a difference a year can make! Yeah, I've had a few ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade where I am today for ANYTHING!!!!!! I can deal with the occasional low blood sugar and the ulcers flaring up every once in a while in trade for being about 140 pounds lighter and being HEALTHY! Thank you GOD! Thank you Dr Loggins! Without this tool, I fo sho would NOT be where I am today!
Yup........I have tons of loose skin hanging off of me! My arms, belly, and thighs are the worst! BUT, I can do SO many things that I could NOT do a year ago! I can get on the trampoline with the kiddos and not worry about hitting the ground! I can sit in a chair at a patient's house and not worry about breaking it because of my size! I can cross my legs! I can buy clothes off the clearance racks at almost ANY store! It's just amazing to me!
Yeah.......I STILL have some issues to work through! My mind still thinks of me being over 200 pounds! I see myself in the mirror and in my mind's eye as that fat chick that I have been ALL my life! When people call me skinny.......I just DON'T see it! I can't see myself as thin! I NEVER imagined that I could weigh under 120......and now I do (most days, haha!) I'll figure out the mental part of all this one day!!!
I'll try to take some measurements tomorrow just to see where I'm at, but just for comparisons sake:
Pre-op pants size: 24-26 now: 4 or 5, depending on the cut
shirt/top size: 24-26 now: small or medium, 6-8, depending on the cut, again
dress size: 26, usually now: 6-8, depending on the style
It's just amazing to me!!!!! I still hold up my pants when I'm folding them and imagine that they belong to one of the kids because I sure don't see MY butt fitting into them!!!
Pretty much, LIFE IS GOOD! I've had some personal issues that I've had to work through recently, but I think I'm doing better now. Life happens, you know? I guess I'm just not as tolerant to some of the crap that I used to deal with. It doesn't have as much to do with surgery as it has to do with...........LIFE!
I go for my 1 year check up on Thursday 4/16/09. It should be interesting. I do have a few questions for the doc and nut, such as stuff about this maintenance crap! ha! My body's metabolism must be really messed up! I've found that I can eat about 1000-1100 calories and pretty much maintain my weight stable, as long as I exercise. BUT, if I go above 1200-1300 and miss a day or two of exercise, I can gain 2-3 pounds overnight! I know some of it is fluid, but dang! It really sucks to see that much of a change with only a couple hundred calories added! Like I said, I think all that yo-yo dieting for years has just messed my body up really bad! So, I'll discuss this with doc and nut and see what insights they have for me. I think maintaining is harder than losing at this point! I'm sure it will get easier, but right now, it's an adjustment! I think it also plays with your mind because you really get used to seeing that scale number going down and then it............STOPS! You don't have that positive reinforcement anymore. So, I have to dig a little deeper and remember all that I've learned so I can stick to the rules and keep on going where I need to go! This stuff is HARD to do! I had posted this in my signature, but then removed it because I didn't want to **** anyone off but: Anyone who thinks losing weight is hard hasn't tried maintaining yet! Sounds kinda mean, but I think you'll understand once you get to maintenance! I think that's where I'm at right now!
On a side note: DH really pissed me off this weekend.........(exc
Anyways..........tha
Love and hugs to all!
Ruth 
"It's never to late to LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!"
Happy SurgiversarY, GIRLFRIEND!!! i AM SOproud of you and so blessed to have you in my life. I think you are a phenomenal woman, mom, wife, and friend, and it has been so inspriational to watch you and hear about your honest, tough journey, through stalls and sickness, et al. I have looked to you for help and cheerleading and you have never ever let me down, having such a generous, loving spirit and a servant's heart. I thank God for you.
I have been in a stall for 4 months now, not sure what to do, have kicked up the exercise alot, feel pretty good where I am anyway, so I guess I will concentrate on fit...
and as always...To God goes the Glory! Thanks for sharing your 1 year thoughts!! Hope things are ok in the "personal" department as well
love, love
kate
I have been in a stall for 4 months now, not sure what to do, have kicked up the exercise alot, feel pretty good where I am anyway, so I guess I will concentrate on fit...
and as always...To God goes the Glory! Thanks for sharing your 1 year thoughts!! Hope things are ok in the "personal" department as well
love, love
kate
It was magic when she realized who she had become...
Kate
Highest Pre-op right after Surgery Current Goal
236 213 219 140 130
96 lbs lost and gone forever!! To God goes the Glory!
Finally it moved!
Boy, you can tell a story for a quiet girl. you have been the best inspiration and Roll Model to so many people. I don't pray often, but pray and wish to be as compliant and on track as you have been. I guess maintaining is a tricky job, cause isnt' that what brought us all here. We all can loose weight, its keeping it off that has killed us all. Congratulations Ruth. I'm so happy I met you and invited you to this club, I vote you as being the "President" of our club. Please always keep teaching us.
hugs, Cheryl
hugs, Cheryl
ALL of your kind words brought tears to my eyes! I've never met such a wonderful group of people in all my life!!!! Without all of you, I could not have made it this far! I hope and wish ALL of you all the success and happiness with your journeys. This is an AMAZING journey and we can do it alone, but it SURE is much easier with the support of people who know what you are going through...........so...........THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!
Love and hugs!
Ruth
Love and hugs!
Ruth
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