Happy Surgi-Versary to me !!
Hi Everyone... I absolutely can not believe that my 1 year surgi-versary was yesterday. I tell everyone. The time leading up to your surgery is soooooooo slllllllllow but afterward, it's like you're on this huge slide and the next thing you know, you blink your eyes and it's been a year already.
Yesterday while taking a Yoga/ ThiChi and Pilates class at the gym, at the very end while we were relaxing all I could think about what that exactly 1 year ago at that time I was at the hospital being preped for surgery. Wow.... things sure do change in a year. Last year I would have never even attempted a class like that, I never would have been able to bend over and put my hands flat on the floor or get onto a single one of those poses.
This past year has been one of starting to learn who the real Lisa is. The first 6 months when the weight was just sliding off was a breeze... These past 6 months when the weight loss slowed down and I actually had to start working at it... Not so much... But I have learned so much about myself.
One of the main things I've learned is that I don't have all of the answers. That since a very young age I've used food as my friend, my lover, my confidant. Food eased the pain, the lonliness and dried my tears. Fat on the other hand kept me feeling safe and secure. With all of the fat surrounding me, I was able to wander though life virtually unnoticed. But I've learned that to be a sucess I can not have either in my life. So I've had to say a long good bye to food and to my fat. Food is only allowed in when it's nourishing my body. If it's falsely comforting my mind and soal, it's not allowed.
I am so looking forward to see what this next year brings.. I do know that I will do everything in my power to use this tool (and we all know it's only a tool) to my greatest ability and I will be sucessful.
Happy Surgi-versary..
Me Fall '07 at my highest weight
Me Christmas '07... 2 weeks on Medifast
Me Christmas '08... 11 months postop
Lisa... HW/ 314.7 SW/ 280 CW/ 180ish
RNY ~ 01/25/2008 Terrence Clarke (Ellis Hosptial Bariatric Center).... Lower Body Lift with butt lift and upper thigh lift ~ 07/14/2009 Sanjiv Kayastha (K Plastic Surgery) -- LOVE IT !!!!
Way to go inkerdoodles
Quite a journey isn't it... We are pretty close in dates my surgery was on Dec 12th. with Dr. Pangmanglore (excuse spelling) who is in the same office.
It's hard to explain how different EVERYTHING is. Like you Mom said I was big boned!!!!!!!!!
I have lost 137 & all of that came in the first 8 months. Have not lost any since Aug. but have not gain either. It's just so weird being "Normal"
Well good Luck keep up the good work
BT1
AKA Sharon
Congrats, again!!! You've done it!!
Hugs, Heather
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Enjoy the adventure
Keep believing in yourself and the tool!
Your mindset is what will carry you now! HUGS!
Thanks for update and if you havent your OH profile so many drop of after 1 yr the newbies need us longtermers strength, hope and support!
Paying it forward!~ 
Jamie Ellis RN MS NPP
100cm proximal Lap RNY 10/9/02 Dr. Singh Albany, NY
320(preop)/163(lowest)/185(current) 5'9'' (lost 45# before surgery)
Plastics 6/9/04 & 11/11/2005 Dr. King www.albanyplasticsurgeons.com
http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/jamiecatlady5/
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