My 5 Month Post...
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
-- Albert Schweitzer
My 5 Month Post…wow, it is so hard to believe it has been five months since I had WLS. I truly feel like I was given my life back. I can now bend, twist, touch my toes, and run without feeling like I am about to drop dead from a heart attack. I am down from 278 to 204, and I can’t wait until I get less than 200 pounds. It hasn’t been real easy, but well worth it. I was talking to a friend (that I had made during this process) yesterday as we were out shopping. She had surgery the day before me and we met at a support group and hit it off from the start. Anyhow, she was telling me that her niece told her she had taken the easy way out. I find this so funny coming from someone that has never had to battle their weight, but my GF told me how she replied and it really got me to thinking about my own journey that I have been on. She told her easy is not a word she would describe what she had done, since she not only changed her life but she also changed her bodies composure and her insides did not work quite like they use too. We sat and talked about how we had to give up all our favorite things knowing there was a good possibility we would never be able to have it again; for me it was fried rice and fried ice-cream. Which after surgery I can’t tolerate either. People might think well that is silly, that is only a food item you are having to give up, but you end up giving up all the satisfaction and joy food gives you, as it comforted you when you were feeling happy or sad. My life has changed and I seem to be heading toward a more positive future and I am so happy that I made this decision for my-self. I am truly thankful! I love life again for the first time in a long time.
-- Albert Schweitzer
My 5 Month Post…wow, it is so hard to believe it has been five months since I had WLS. I truly feel like I was given my life back. I can now bend, twist, touch my toes, and run without feeling like I am about to drop dead from a heart attack. I am down from 278 to 204, and I can’t wait until I get less than 200 pounds. It hasn’t been real easy, but well worth it. I was talking to a friend (that I had made during this process) yesterday as we were out shopping. She had surgery the day before me and we met at a support group and hit it off from the start. Anyhow, she was telling me that her niece told her she had taken the easy way out. I find this so funny coming from someone that has never had to battle their weight, but my GF told me how she replied and it really got me to thinking about my own journey that I have been on. She told her easy is not a word she would describe what she had done, since she not only changed her life but she also changed her bodies composure and her insides did not work quite like they use too. We sat and talked about how we had to give up all our favorite things knowing there was a good possibility we would never be able to have it again; for me it was fried rice and fried ice-cream. Which after surgery I can’t tolerate either. People might think well that is silly, that is only a food item you are having to give up, but you end up giving up all the satisfaction and joy food gives you, as it comforted you when you were feeling happy or sad. My life has changed and I seem to be heading toward a more positive future and I am so happy that I made this decision for my-self. I am truly thankful! I love life again for the first time in a long time.
Congrats on the 74 pound loss, that is awesome. I too have thought about people's impression of taking the easy way out. Ha, let them try all that we have had to go through. The liquid diets for weeks, pureed foods, trying new things not knowing if we can or will tolerate the food. This isn't the easy way out by no means. The waiting game of being "approved", the process of all the tests and fear of being denied....this is by no means the easy way. Stress is a major factor in this entire process, then the dieting is even more constrictive if we go off...We pay the immediate price of not feeling well. Whereas others can start again the next day without any immediate penalty.
We all have made a major life altering decision and should be commended for taking the risks and benefits of better health!
CONGRATS
We all have made a major life altering decision and should be commended for taking the risks and benefits of better health!
CONGRATS
If someone said that to me right now I would be so angry...furious. I have to think of what to say back to that. I almost want to say, so what if it were, I'm getting healthy and happy so what the hell do you care? Maybe not the best answer, LOL. Nothing in my life, related to weight, has been easy. Why would someone say that in the first place? Grrr...I want to come up with a good comback, not mean, but to the point and definitive.
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