Outed my surgery on Facebook today. ..
New Years resolution. This was posted to my Facebook today. All my family and a few close friends knew, but no one else did.
Every year for new years I make the resolution to lose weight. Now that I have a plan to lose weight, and I'm more than halfway to my goal weight, I'm not going to make that resolution again. This year my New Years resolution is to stay on my eating plan, and to not let it fall off. I'm also going to join a support group, most likely Overeaters Anonymous, and work the steps to help me stay away from the foods that cause me problems.
I have lost at least 96 lbs since this time last year at a mid January weigh in when I decided that I have to get my **** together if I wanted to live long enough to watch Kaladin grow up. I decided that I was going to have weight loss surgery, because everything I had tried hadn't worked. It was a long process, and I had to have testing, and a psychological evaluation to make sure my head was in the right place. Surprisingly, I passed the psych evaluation, and I lost 15lbs on my own. The week before surgery, I went on a liquid diet and lost 11 lbs in a week's time. I had gastric bypass on August 4th, and since that day the weight has literally been falling off me.
I'm not going to lie and say it's been easy. Early on I had problems watching others eat things. I got sick a few times when I ate things I shouldn't have, didn't chew my food well enough, or I ate too fast. I'm only eating around 700 to 800 calories a day, and I can't eat bread or pasta. I stay away from refined sugar and most processed foods. I eat protein first, then veggies, then starches. I'm not always perfect, and the holidays were hard. I got sick the day after Christmas when I ate some coconut cream pie, and ate way too many Christmas cookies.
So now my resolution is to get back on track, to make an eating plan everyday and stick to it. I'm also going to resolve to be a little less critical of myself when I do screw up. Also, I MUST take my vitamins everyday.
Thanks for reading along, happy new year every one!
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
Wonderful resolution and very well written. Kudos to you for being real and honest. I was always up front about my surgery because I didn't want any obese person to think if they only worked out harder or ate less they could lose 150 pounds too. I lived in misery thinking that for years. Now I know the answer and am more than willing to share,even with strangers!
The few times that people have commented on my weight I had sent private messages telling them, but I just felt that I needed to put that or there, in case I had friends who were struggling and didn't feel brave enough to ask me what I was doing. I'd hate for them to feel bad because they struggle.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
