9 month update

I will be going to Omaha on Tuesday for my 3rd fill, I am kind of at a standstill for losing, but sometimes I think I am losing inches or at least that's what people are telling me. I has been 9 months since I had my surgery.   Who would have ever thought that in 9 months I have a new wardrobe, new hairdo, and new outlook on life. I am zipping up and down the stairs at work (23 of them) a year ago it was huffing and puffing and a lot of pain doing them (I had hip surgery since then and that helped too) I went to the water park for the first time over the 4th with my family.  I had so much fun I went out and bought a new swimsuit tonight.  I only tried on 6 of them until I decided on the one I wanted.  OMG a year ago I would have just bought one that I could drape over my body. I have lost half of the weight I want to and I know the other half will come off.  I am so pumped on this losing, I can't weight till my numbers are in the 100's.   At first it was I can't wait till the numbers are in the 200's.   Actually I have small goals it is 5 lbs at a time. I am actually liking myself these days.  Just felt like posting and once I get typing I can't stop.

Barb, you deserve a big (((hug))) for the wonderful things that you have accomplished. You are doing fantastic. I know what you mean about being so excited, I feel the same excitement each and every day that I wake up. It seems like life is a new and wonderful thing that is just out there waiting for us to experience it. I think that the idea of the small goals are good and I do the same thing. Sometimes it is 5 pounds and other times it is a set weight. Like i had about 14 pounds to lose when I set the goal for onderland. I got there on the day that I set the goal for~my 20th wedding anniversary and after a stall of 3 weeks I got there after losing 3 pounds and went to 197. I understand just what you are saying about liking yourself. I like that person that I am now and the one that is still out there. It is just a wonderful life and I am so glad that I living it!! Keep up the great work and you are going to keep surprising yourself. I know I do!

this is a wonderful post barb! i can feel the excitement and the sense of fulfillment and enrichment-in quality of life!- in your words!!! way to gooooooooooooooo gf!!!!!!!!!!!

Barb, Big SMILE!!! It's uplifting to read of your progress. Thank you for sharing this victory with us.  The smaller goals kept me going too. Get out your tape measure - it is much kinder than the scale and more honest too. Good job. Annette

Barb,

Way to go.  You are doing great and climbing stairs a big plus.  I try at least once a day to walk up the stairs to my office, on the seventh floor, and I do it but it kills me.  I don't huff or puff, but I do feel tightness in my joints. 

Barb....I am happy for you. You are doing just great! I would love to see a new avatar?? Any possibility of that happening soon?? Hugs, connie d

The last time I changed the avator, it was so stressing took me 3 days to figure out to get it to change.   I didn't realize I had to close my browser so I could see if was changed.

This time I will know..........soon I will put a new one one...........not the at the water park......... :)

 

Barb

Barb, It's so nice to read this uplifting post. If I remember right you got off to a bit of a rocky start after your surgery didn't you? Hip surgeries if I remember right.  Liking ourselves is a good thing isn't it? Many of us went through years of self loathing. How could we expect anyone else to love us when we didn't even love ourselves? That same wonderful person was there all the time. She just kind of got lost for a while.  I'm glad to hear she is back and blossoming! Best wishes.

Looking back it was a rough time . Had my hip surgery and then got that durn infection and had two more surgies and several blood transfusions............At the time I didn't realize how lousy I felt.  Know that I have all kinds of energy and I realize how tired I was.....

I feel so much better now my outlook on everything is completely different.  I was lost for 30 plus years.

Everyone here has been so kind and supportive.

Barb