1 Month Surgiversary - Down 47 lbs
Hi fellow over-50s.
I am feeling really great. Yesterday was my one month surgiversary and I am down 47 lbs (including 14 lbs during the 2 weeks pre-op). It is funny to see people who are in their 200s talk about how miserable they are in their bodies when I am entering my mid 300s and now feel like I have tons of energy and new zest for life. I guess it is all about the perspective of where you are coming from.
Thanks for the support of this board!
Hally
HW 420/CW 410/SW 396/CW 363
I am feeling really great. Yesterday was my one month surgiversary and I am down 47 lbs (including 14 lbs during the 2 weeks pre-op). It is funny to see people who are in their 200s talk about how miserable they are in their bodies when I am entering my mid 300s and now feel like I have tons of energy and new zest for life. I guess it is all about the perspective of where you are coming from.
Thanks for the support of this board!
Hally
HW 420/CW 410/SW 396/CW 363
Congratulations on your loss!
I think those of us on this board all have such a different journey and perspective. It does seem almost like lightweights are ungrateful to complain about weighing 200 lbs. That's my goal.
I try not to judge. My journey is not theirs.
I was quite happy and fit the last time I was at 200 (but I must admit I was 30). I do remember when I topped 300, feeling squished and out of breath. I could still climb up the the grid above the theater, but my feet hurt at the end of a long day. At 450 I wanted to die.
Maybe if I had seen and acknowledged where I was headed when I hit 250, I would have had a different life. I'm not saying mine is bad, but if I had cared enough about myself to take care of MYSELF instead of everyone else around me (classic co-dependent here), I would not now have such a long journey ahead of me.
And so very much of the journey is about really learning to take care of ourselves. It's not just the weight. It's how we need to approach life and handle stress. How to have healthy relationships. How to create healthy boundaries with friends and family.
I'm grateful for every pound I lose, every extra bit of spring in my step, every less pain pill to get through the day ...
It's getting better and will get even better than this.
Just smile and encourage the lightweights. We'll be there soon enough.
I think those of us on this board all have such a different journey and perspective. It does seem almost like lightweights are ungrateful to complain about weighing 200 lbs. That's my goal.
I try not to judge. My journey is not theirs.
I was quite happy and fit the last time I was at 200 (but I must admit I was 30). I do remember when I topped 300, feeling squished and out of breath. I could still climb up the the grid above the theater, but my feet hurt at the end of a long day. At 450 I wanted to die.
Maybe if I had seen and acknowledged where I was headed when I hit 250, I would have had a different life. I'm not saying mine is bad, but if I had cared enough about myself to take care of MYSELF instead of everyone else around me (classic co-dependent here), I would not now have such a long journey ahead of me.
And so very much of the journey is about really learning to take care of ourselves. It's not just the weight. It's how we need to approach life and handle stress. How to have healthy relationships. How to create healthy boundaries with friends and family.
I'm grateful for every pound I lose, every extra bit of spring in my step, every less pain pill to get through the day ...
It's getting better and will get even better than this.
Just smile and encourage the lightweights. We'll be there soon enough.
But it sure felt good on the way down! 
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