One year and a couple of weeks out....
Hi Everyone!
Although I haven't been posting much lately I thought I'd say a little something about being a year out. What a difference a year can make. I've lost 144 pounds. They are gone forever! Yippee!! I bought a size 14 jean last week! Can you believe it?!!! I couldn't believe it myself!! They're a stretch jean and by the end of the day they look baggy on me, so I'm not sure I'll be buying stretch jeans again, but it felt sooooo good to be able to wear them!
I'm also in an XL or L top, something else I can't believe! I haven't done a whole lot of shopping yet, but I'm so excited about the prospect of shopping, something I haven't been in a loong time!
Lets see.....some things I can do now that I couldn't do a year ago....put my shoes on with out sitting down, put my socks on without sitting down! tie my shoes with out sitting down! Fit in the bath tub! Cross my knees! Fit in a restaurant booth! Put a seat belt on in any car I'm in! Go for 3 mile walks! Go window shopping or hours at a stretch without having to sit ever 100 feet! Work two jobs without being dog tired! Work in my yard and garden all day! Clean my house without having to take a break every 10 or 15 minutes!
I'm still losing although it's very slow, a pound or two a week right now, but I'm okay with that, it's giving my head time to catch up with all the changes. I do struggle with the
Carb Monster, crackers and chips being my downfall. It's soo true that this surgery doesn't fix your head! Lol. I'm aware of it though, and that alone helps me to keep it in check! So much of my eating was mindless before, I never was a big sweets eater but I'd snack on chips/dip and cheese and crackers and eat really big portions for my dinner.
I am still not eating what I would call "normally"....but I'm introducing foods back into my life, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, like steak, I used to love a good ribeye but I've tried to have it three times now, at different stages and there's no way I can eat it yet, I always get the foamies and then it's sweet relief when it finally comes back up!! lol. So, maybe I'll try it again in a few months maybe not. It's a learning process and I've learned that I just need to have patience, there were times in the beginning, when I thought I would never "eat" again, lol, but of course, I do!
Anyway, I'm going to try and post my presurgery pic and my 1 yr out pic!
Take care everyone and to all the newbies...hang on you're in for one heck of a ride!!
Diane
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