One Year (and One Week)!

One year!
 
So officially last Tuesay, June 16th I marked my one year anniversary of VSG surgery. I tell you that it really has taken a whole week to kind of process it. I am very pleased with my results and still expect more from myself. Right after surgery I put myself on a three year plan. Knowing I had so much weight to lose and hearing that for my surgery that 60% of excess weight loss was considered success didnt sit right with me. I want the whole 100% gone and staying gone. So I started on the say of surgery with a weight of 465. My one year goal was to be 333. A loss of 47%. Well I was 302 last tuesday and 300 today, which brings my loss to 59%!!! My year two goal is to lose 84 more pounds. Year three, the last 52. So now I have more wiggle room and that is a realistic goal for me. I hear the compliments but nothing is as powerful as visual evidence. I never want to forget where I started my journey.

Before
 wt= 480ish size 30/32 september 2007

 wt= 480ish size 30/32 november 2007

 wt=480ish size 30/32 december 2007

 wt=480ish size 30/32 march 2008

 wt= 470ish size 30/32
may 2008


one month post-op july 2008


four months post-op october 2008

3x shirt 26/28 pants
six months post-op december 2008

 xl top 22/24 pants january 2009

wt=302 size 18/20 on top 18/20-22/24 on bottom
june 11, 2009

wt=302 size 18/20 on top 18/20-22/24 on bottom
june 15, 2009

You look great. Awesome job!!!

You look wonderful and have done an awesome job.
Life is wonderful again isnt it.
Keep up the great job

Congratulations! You are doing so well! Keep up the good work.

Thank you! I got my lab results back and I am low on iron and vitamin d. Ordered some. Also have to increase my protein to 150 grams a day! Yikes! 3 protein shakes a day I guess... Sigh.

Wow..great job!

I love how you included the sizes with your weight.  How tall are you???

I'm only 5'3", weigh 326 and size 30/32 is too small for me!  It's amazing to me how people differ so much in sizes and the way they are built!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

You have really worked your tool. You are looking great.

You look awesome!  Your smile lights up the page.  Keep up the good work.

That is so great  I have lost 145 pounds and how did you figure your percentage. I was at a year April 1st

Yeah, being 5'11 has its advantages....
***eyes closed: "Picturing tall drink of water...."
*** eyes open: "There are so few really tall folks out here."

Don't compare pounds to pounds

I thank God for OH becasue very early on I read someone's blog entry about a way to compare weight loss especially when people are starting from different points and have such huge differences in goals. It used to frustrate me and make me squeal with jealousy to see people reach goal in less than 6 months, but I had to stop all that negative thinking. Here's the formula:

% of excess weight loss =   # of lbs of weight actually lost
                                    ________________________ (divided by)

                               # of lbs of weight you are expected to lose ( ultimate goal) your excess weight

Ex.     165 lost
         ________                        =     59% of excess weight loss

            279 expected loss