My 6 months out update!
Today marks my 6 month out anniversary from RNY. Started rough but as of April things have been smooth sailing. My biggest issue was being able to eat. Nothing tasted good and I couldn't eat more than 1/4 cup for the longest time. Now I've been able to eat 1/2-3/4 cup at meals now and able to eat around 900 cals a day.
This has been an amazing tool and I feel so lucky to have gone through this. I feel great (besides the "fat brain" still popping its head around from time to time").
I was 324 when I started this, 304 at opti, 290 at surgery and now 203.3. I'm 5'9 for anyone that's wondering. I have bat wings for arms, saggy belly and boobs but hopefully one day once I'm finished losing I can get that stuff corrected. After being larger for a good majority of my adult life and having 2 kids my stomach is a mess but I've learnt so much since I started this process. I've proven people that didn't think I could stick to it wrong (my mil and a few others). I'm happy and treating myself much better than I did before.
RNY Jan 16/17 Surgery @ St. Mikes with Dr. Rotstein. Pre-Surgery -20lbs & Optifast -15lbs. Year 1 Loss after RNY: 131lbs
**Half the woman I was**
good for you! you look amazing and you sound like you have learned a lot from this process so far.
Keep up the great work and thanks for inspiring those of us who are not yet as far along as you are.
Surgery Jun.2/17 at TWH ----- HW 215 - SW 197.2 - GW 125 CW 124.6
Pre-Op=8.8lbs --- Optifast= 8.4 (was on it for 9 days due to cancellation)
M1 - 20.6... M2 -10.2... M3 -8.0... M4 -5.8... M5 -9.0... M6 -5.2... M7 -7.0... M8 -2.2... M9 -0.9... M10 -2.6... M11-0.6... M12-2.0
Wow, such an amazing transformation; you look beautiful, before and after.
So glad that things are easier for you now than they were starting out.
Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto
1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017
Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017
Kathy
Congratulations! Your results are incredible. You look incredible.
I'm so glad to read you're feeling much better.
Thanks for sharing this really inspiring post!!!
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!