7 1/2 Month Check In
on 8/16/16 10:10 am, edited 8/16/16 10:13 am
Hi everyone!
I've been ghosting on the boards for a while now; I had surgery back in December and while I haven't been actively posting I use these boards as a resource a lot so I thought I'd post an update for how I've been doing. It's really a collection of thoughts, achievements, and some of the struggles I've had; so if I'm too verbose, feel free to not read 
The day of surgery went very well; the worst part of it was being so nervous before hand (I almost called the whole thing off that morning) and how nauseous and thirsty the anesthesia made me. I haven't had any complications to speak of, and was actually really nervous that something had gone wrong with the surgery because of how easy everything seemed afterwards. I was terribly thirsty those first few days and after talking with my doctor he told me I could increase my sips to drinking as quickly as I wanted and that my body would tell me when I had drank too quickly. Weirdly, I never actually hit that point and two days after surgery was drinking completely normal without any issues (which also worried me slightly). I was back to walking my normal 3-5 miles about 3 days after surgery.
I am about 7.5 months out and am down almost 110 since the start of my liquid diet. Altogether I'm down roughly 48 inches off of chest, waist, hips, thigh, and arm. I wish I would've measured around my neck at the start because I can't believe how much that has changed! I've been doing fairly well with my diet, although in the last couple weeks I started to slide back into some poor eating habits I've given myself a kick in the rear to get off of that bad habit train and back into the good habits I've established. I have gotten into HIIT, barre, and yoga classes a lot in the last few months and really enjoy them. I've been thinking of adding karate back into my routine. I've been trying to run, but I have hated running my entire life and might do better if I learn to run in a manner that isn't running as if I hate every single second of it :-D
The biggest things I struggle with are all mind issues. Head hunger is a daily struggle and I constantly have to fight against the urge to overeat and binge. I have had several instances where I've eaten what I know is too much and didn't have any sort of negative experience with it, which makes the struggle against overeating harder, but it is something that I am determined to overcome. My other struggle is not being able to see changes. Logically when I go into a dressing room and am able to fit into a medium top and size 14 pants when I started at a 3X and tight size 24 pants, when I see the changes in the tape measure, and am able to see my shoulders and collarbone I know changes have been occurring, but a lot of the time I look in the mirror and don't see myself as any different as I was 100+ pounds ago, so self-image is something else I've been working on.
I think those are the major things I've experienced these last 7.5 months. Here are some progress pictures. The pink shirt pictures were actually taken back in April, so I've lost significantly since then.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
love your post.
We are both in the same time frame. mine was dec 15
HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8
RNY 12/15/2015,
GB removal 09/2016,
Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017
M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8
