Its that time of the month....

martitalinda
on 6/4/14 9:35 pm, edited 6/4/14 10:07 pm

Yes, the time of the month when I look at the calendar and realize it is the monthly anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery 7 years and 4 months ago today ... it is my Monthly Surgiversary WOOT! and I do celebrate ...

I celebrate the day I took a risk and signed and INFORMED consent and lay under the scalpel and took my life back from morbid-obesity and 5 co-morbidities determined to get the monkey of yo-yo dieting and satiety issues off my back ... determined to run again... determined to be healthy again ...

I was forewarned that this remedy was not a magic bullet and that it takes two to tango if I wanted to make it work ... and I was ready for the dance ... with just a few rules and an incentive towards health and mobility I was good to go ... 7 years and 4 months later I am still going and am not letting go ... #determined .... and unless cir****tances out of my control arise I KNOW that I AM NOT GOING BACK!!!

These are snippets of my journey ... it is MY STORY and no one can tell it like I can ... I share to encourage myself and maybe someone else just like I myself have been so encouraged by all you posters on her as I fend off the demon of morbid obesity one day, one choice, one picture at a time ... I am in it for me and my good health trickles down and benefits my family and friends and community ... I am more than a survivor... I am an overcomer .... and I am moving forward sometimes with a prayer and a press ... sometimes hanging in by the skin on my teeth ... always knowing that should I fall I will get up ... and once again start over ...

Thanks for allowing me to share .... Have a HAPPY THURSDAY everyone!!!!

This is my today's entry in my digital empowerment journal A Picture A Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away ... an empiric tool that my dearest sister Mela (RIP) suggested I do at the start of my journey ... a goofy and fun tool that works FOR ME!!!! Thanks for allowing me to share....