Victory times 3!

I've made it to my halfway point, I'm in Onderland, and I'm just overweight now! It's very exciting, I've never lost 51 pounds in one go! It's a strange journey isn't it? It is so exciting to lose, yet so frustrating to not be at goal yet, I mean I still have 51lbs left to go. It is wonderful to feel so much better/healthier and even like myself in clothing now, but I still have those days where I feel incredibly fat and just want to hide. Speaking of hiding, I seem to have lost my invisibility cloak. Pre-surgery and at my highest weight I moved through this world with out many people noticing me and I kind of liked it like that. Now I feel very exposed with more interactions with more people and getting noticed more often.

Some NSV's

I keep having people at school commenting on how great my hair looks, seriously nothing is different with my hair! I kind of giggle to myself and think, Maybe it's that I've lost 51 lbs!

I made this incredible ice cream cake with my students. I teach cooking and baking skills and for birthdays I let them choose whatever they would like to make, so for this particular student we made this amazing ice cream layered cake, I DID NOT HAVE ONE BITE! It felt very powerful. I have made other baked goods post surgery where I have had one or two bites and I get a headache fast and feel terrible! So this time, not even one bite.

I believe many people echo this sentiment but seriously RNY was the best decision I ever made. I feel like this surgery has set right in my body something I could have never done on my own which exponentially multiplies my dieting efforts! (Although it is not a diet it is a new lifestyle but hopefully you get what I mean). Thanks for posting and commenting everyone, I get so much from everyone sharing here!

Those are some great victories! Congrats :)

Thanks Juniperberry!