Happy Surgiversary to me
4 years ago today, Dr. Jones gave me the best gift ever, my WLS.
I've lost enough weight to create a 'plus-sized' supermodel, and my life has improved in ways I never dreamed of. I'm not going to list them all here, I've posted many of them before. My profile has 4 years worth of entries chronicling much of my journey for anyone who cares to read any of it...
I've also had more struggles in the past 2+ years than ever before, although none of it has been related to my weight loss - getting healthy doesn't automatically mean life will be happy all the way around, chit happens. But I believe that had I faced all the struggles while eating my way down the super ginormous morbidly obese road I was on, I could very well have killed myself by now. Stress eating has been my BIGGEST WLS-related challenge throughout it all.
Sometimes I'm good, sometimes I'm not. I have yet to see ONEDERLAND, but I'm a big girl - 5'11" - maybe I'll get there, maybe I won't. I refuse to beat myself up over a number. I made it down to size 14's from 34's and 36's, and I'm still IN those 14's. Some days they feel loose, some days they feel snug. I celebrate the fact that I can actually tell when there's a 3-5 pound fluctuation in my weight either way, because pre-op, I couldn't have noticed such a tiny difference.
I'm thankful to know I will always have my tool to help me, to be mindful of the fact that WLS is never 'over'. I feel sad when I think about all the people that have disappeared from OH and my beloved MG coffee group over the past several years, many of them because they harbor so much shame over having re-gained some of their weight. If you can't come here or to coffee to kick yourself in the butt and/or beg for support and encouragement, well, that's very sad, because there's no better place for such things. WE ALL GET IT.
I hope that each of you, no matter where you are in your journey, never lose touch with your tool, never forget the gift your surgeon gave you. No one said it would be easy, but it sure as hell is worth it.
I've lost enough weight to create a 'plus-sized' supermodel, and my life has improved in ways I never dreamed of. I'm not going to list them all here, I've posted many of them before. My profile has 4 years worth of entries chronicling much of my journey for anyone who cares to read any of it...
I've also had more struggles in the past 2+ years than ever before, although none of it has been related to my weight loss - getting healthy doesn't automatically mean life will be happy all the way around, chit happens. But I believe that had I faced all the struggles while eating my way down the super ginormous morbidly obese road I was on, I could very well have killed myself by now. Stress eating has been my BIGGEST WLS-related challenge throughout it all.
Sometimes I'm good, sometimes I'm not. I have yet to see ONEDERLAND, but I'm a big girl - 5'11" - maybe I'll get there, maybe I won't. I refuse to beat myself up over a number. I made it down to size 14's from 34's and 36's, and I'm still IN those 14's. Some days they feel loose, some days they feel snug. I celebrate the fact that I can actually tell when there's a 3-5 pound fluctuation in my weight either way, because pre-op, I couldn't have noticed such a tiny difference.
I'm thankful to know I will always have my tool to help me, to be mindful of the fact that WLS is never 'over'. I feel sad when I think about all the people that have disappeared from OH and my beloved MG coffee group over the past several years, many of them because they harbor so much shame over having re-gained some of their weight. If you can't come here or to coffee to kick yourself in the butt and/or beg for support and encouragement, well, that's very sad, because there's no better place for such things. WE ALL GET IT.
I hope that each of you, no matter where you are in your journey, never lose touch with your tool, never forget the gift your surgeon gave you. No one said it would be easy, but it sure as hell is worth it.
Imperfect does not = unsuccessful
Congrats Dear Darla! I've been following you during your time here and feel a kinship with you even though we've never met. You have a great attitude and with that, I know you will continue to be successful! You're so right to not care about numbers...you need to care about health and happiness, not numbers. Both of us realize that we are not perfect and have to live in this world, and we may gain a few and lose a few. As long as the gaining doesn't get out of control...we'll be just fine.
Enjoy your success!! You deserve every bit of it!!
Enjoy your success!! You deserve every bit of it!!
Lori J.
It's better to be imperfectly happy than perfectly unhappy. 
Congratulations on your Surgerversary. I appreciate you being here for us and with us. Many times we just need to know that we are not alone and really not different in our struggles. I wi**** was magic and the surgery would be All that I needed, but it isn't, and your being here is a great help.
55# Lost pre Surgery on 2/15/10, 100+ # lost post surgery
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLA!!! Great to see you still on here after four years and still workin' it - so nice to have finally met you and I hope to see you there often as well. Keep up the good works/work!!!
And thank you for being an inspiration to me when I first discovered OH and throughout my research!
Luvies,
Sal
And thank you for being an inspiration to me when I first discovered OH and throughout my research!
Luvies,
Sal
Happy Re-Birth day Darla. Have followed your ups and downs along the way, through the thick and thin you have kept a great attitude, even when you have felt lesser.
Keep on climbing.
Kelly/tink
Keep on climbing.
Kelly/tink
Maintaining! Start weight 257,Current weight 122,Loss of 135# and 114 inches,Size 22-24W now size 4 to 0 (zero),Healthy life=Priceless
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