10 months post op w/pic & update!

So here I am! I hit 159 2 wks ago but then bounced up a pound (only 3rd time EVER have I actually not lost) and now I am back to 159. A new decade woo hoo! I haven’t done any serious working out, just am more active. Doing softball, tons of yard work, cleaning like a mad woman, and soon will be hiking nonstop for a solid week and half. My endurance and energy is 10X better than fat me and my overall happiness has increased as well. I had my first follow up since my complications with my surgeon and he was very pleased with my progress and enjoyed my detailed tracking. Hahaha yes I have a detailed vits regimen, tracking of weight loss, tracking of inches lost, and every 3 months of extensive labs. He was very pleased to look at all the info he acquired from me. He also said if everything stays this level, that I will be healthy enough to start trying to have children at 15-18 months post op.

I also decided to go back to school. Now that I can actually be on my feet again, I am dying at my desk job! I feel unfulfilled and very depressed at my job. I have a nice federal job but man do I hate it. I want to be hands on! I used to love being hands on in my other jobs, I am a bit of a busy body. I had a very had decision to make, either a registered dietitian or a registered nurse. I would have loved being and RD but I wouldn’t be able to work with DSer’s or a lot of bariatric pt’s. Which is one of the main reasons I would have loved to have been one. MT has a very low demand for dietitians and the pay is horrid. So to fight for a RD when I wouldn’t even get the patients I think I could help the most…it just didn’t seem worth it. So I decided to be an RN. I will be applying for school this spring and starting full time this summer! I am soooo scared and excited. I hope I don’t F this up! Wish me luck!

If you want something, fight for it!

Danni,

You are inspiring!  Way to go!!!

How was your hunting trip?  Did you get an elk?

i don't leave till the 17th. then hunting season starts the 20th, i won't be back till the 28th. its going to be crazy, maybe this is the kick in the butt my body needs.

Stay Hydrated!

Go girl!!!!!  Congrats on your success!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck with nursing school!  You are going to do fantastic!!!

*bits lip in nervousness* school is just so scary!

Danni,
What a wonderful post and beautiful pics!!!! OK, so I have to be honest....I thought you were beautiful in your pre-op pics,lol! You really do!!! Anyways....You are an inspiration;) So great to hear that you are going to nursing school;) I graduated with my BSN in 2010 and work with Bari patients at times...love it! It was a change of life profession for me.....used to be a chiropractor for 8 years....I don't regret it one bit!!!! I love being an RN!!!!! And YES....you will be on your feet 12 hours a day! Congrats again!!!!! Keep posting your pics!

ty lizzie this gives me hope that i am making the right decision. :) i plan to finish up my bsn online after my assoc degree. :)

but you might see me posting on here later, probably frazzled and stressed lol with the schooling

Wow Danni you look cute as does your dog

she snuck into my pic and i took others but she just melts my heart.

she always brings me her toys. i get home and she meets me the car with a wrinkled nose and snorting at me and whining because she is so happy. then she runs into the house and brings me her toys. such a big heart. she also has had 2 knee replacements. lol she is one of the best dogs i have ever had:)