A Good End to a Crazy Week....NEW WOW STRING...

Three4Me
on 6/12/09 2:28 pm

YIPPEE----my right foot is not broke---well, it is, sort of--I had my visit with Dr. Derr--the ortho & there is a tiny stress fracture, but, what is giving me the pain/swelling is tendonitis from working the same muscles day after day in my runs/walks.  So....the prescription....MORE WORKOUTS....oh my gosh....well, okay---more cross-training.  I can only run/walk 1-2 times a week 3 days apart, but I am suppos'd to fill in the other 5 days with spinning, swimming, elliptical, recumbent, weight training, etc...whatever I want.  Apparently, mixing up our workouts is really important so that the same muscles don't get overused each day.  I couldn't have asked for a better diagnosis & plan!  Plus NO CAST FOR DISNEYWORLD IN TWO WEEKS....that, of course, will limit my getting moved to the front of the line, but I'll wait to be able to go to the water parks & walk w/out a cast!  WOOT WOOT!

And....yesterday & today I had two WOW Moments---now, it's been a little bit since we have had a WOW string on this board & it makes me smile every time, so.....tell me your recent WOW moments...I love to read them.

Yesterday I was at the mall & needed to shop. I have been trying to put it off until right before our trip to Florida because, as you all know, two weeks can mean a full size difference.....but, since I started out (pre-surgery) in size 24s (I know...ug!) & since surgery have said good bye (happily) to 24s, 22s, 20s, 18s &, as I found out yesterday, 16s....I was very, very, very happy (I actually let out a squeek in the dressing room & just cackled with happiness) to get into size 14s.....and....then, to my surprise when I was in the dressing room (with my size 18s & 16s, which I thought I would be wearing.....I just brought one pair of 14s in for fun, figuring they would never fit) someone had left the clothes they were trying on on the hook---and, they were all size 14s.  Now, these were not the typical size 14s, they were all "slim" and "skinny" styles...all flat fronts, low waisted capris with no pockets in back, etc.  And one pair of Buckle Jeans (I don't know if you know that brand, but they run small usually).....OH MY GOSH...what fun...I got them all on.....WOW...... I was careful & only bought one pair because I am really, really hoping that size 12 might be in my future in two weeks for our trip....I haven't been a size 12 since 1999...10 years ago.....ahhhhhhh!!!!

Second WOW Moment happened today.....I went to our church picnic last weekend & I thought I got chigger bites on my arm....the debate was if it was chigger bites or poison oak, but, after a week & them spreading, I went back to my PCP today & they said it was definitely spreading so I needed a steriod shot & some topical steriod and antibiotic cream.  No...that's not the wow moment.  I walked in & got on the doc's scale.....113 was the weight on their scale....mine says 221....so, that was cool, but then the WOW moments started....the nurse that walked me back (she was a doll!) looked at my last weight & said..."Hold on...your last weight was 292.....what?  Did you lose that weight?"

I said, "I did...I actually had bariatric surgery 12 weeks ago".

She said:  "I have been thinking about having it...."  So, our conversation continued about WLS & how I had no regrets & was so happy I had the surgery.  She then told me that I looked "great" (what....ME?  This is NUTS!!) and then the WOW MOMENT....she said, "I looked at you when you walked in the office and thought to myself that I wanted to know what you weighed because that was my goal of a healthy weight to be".

OH MY GOSH.......SOMEONE WANTED TO BE MY WEIGHT?  THAT IS INSANE!!!!  My first reaction was that she should really have a better goal than that, but then I tried to remember that she looked at me and thought that I looked "normal"......WOW!!!!!  Made me feel so good....I mean, 12 weeks ago I was 7 pounds from weighing 300 pounds in those size 24 pants!!! 

Life is great!

Okay....let's hear your WOW MOMENTS.......

 

  

Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158

R. c
on 6/12/09 2:34 pm, edited 6/12/09 2:37 pm - nashville, TN
Whoo Hoo! That is great news that you won't have to wear a cast.

WOW moments are great, aren't they? I love hearing them. Let's see, mine would be fitting into a 14 the other day. They are still a bit tight (unless I'm standing up lol), but they are a 14 none the less. Considering the jeans I wore on the day on surgery were a 26, size 14 sound pretty darn good to me!

Another one, more of a NSV: Today we went swimming at the Y. I wore a tankini top and board shorts - and actually felt okay with the way I looked. Not being so self-conscious is a geat thing. I still have a way to go... but I AM getting there! :)

Let's hear some more!

~* Rosie *~      2-16-10  
 











Three4Me
on 6/13/09 10:52 am

I bet you were a total beach babe in your tankini & board shorts!!! Doesn't it feel so great to go to the pool now & wear a bathing suit.....we spent the day at the Y after T-ball games this morning & it was great!!

You are doing so great!! Congrats on your WOW moment!!! xo, M.

 

  

Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158

melsreturn
on 6/12/09 9:45 pm - Madison, TN
Whoever said that postop life was boring:  was WRONG!

Life is wonderful!

Guess what?  Tim told me that I should get a sundress for our vacation next week.  I was doubtful...  ME?  In a sundress?  It makes me feel half naked!  I don't FEEL COMFY half naked in public.  Well, we went to Walmart and I found a cute little sundress.  It had straps, OK right up my alley.  

Then at my work gift shop, they had two sundresses left from a sale that they had last week (I did not consider even buying one, even though I walked past them every day...  cause I didn't think they would be good for ME or my body type).  So I snatched them up, and bought me a new strapless bra and guess what I am wearing today?  Yep, my new sundress that has no straps, or sleeves.  

That is a completely new venture for me....

Little by little...  stepping outside of our little comfort zones every day...  (even at 2 1/2 yrs postop)



 

Three4Me
on 6/13/09 10:56 am

Woo-hoo!!! Mel, that is fantastic...I bet you look so pretty in your new sundress!!!

Today my little sister (she's 23---and has a perfect figure) and I went to Target & she was shopping for sundresses.  She came over in these adorable little white short-shorts (which she can wear!) and this strapless top that was strapless, elastic around the top & baby-doll-ish the rest of the way down.  It was so cute.  So, we go in the dressing room & she says..."Oh my gosh...try on my top...I bet it fits you skinny-minny".....

Now, I am no skinny minny....I am in a 12 (some 14) pants & a Large top still.....but, I tried it (figuring it would never fit) and IT DID!!! It actually looked so cute. I was shocked that I slipped right into it.....next goal....those tiny little shorts she had on!  HA!!!  Never!

CONGRATS on your summer sundresses.....you are beautiful!! xo, M.

 

  

Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158

Denise M.
on 6/12/09 11:29 pm
 Oh, Micheala!  I'm so glad you don't have to get a cast!  Maybe they'll let you borrow a boot so you can cut to the front of the lines, though!  

Did you get the email from Bariatric Advantage yesterday?  It was information about studies in WLS patients with increased risk of fractures post operatively.  Just a friendly reminder for us to take our calcium supplements.  We definitely don't want to have problems down the pike.  I know you take yours though--you take the cinnamon lozenges like I do!  Mmmmm, cinnamon!

Congrats on the 14s!!!!  That's amazing!!!  I don't know what size I am, but my current clothes are baggy and I'm wearing stuff I bought that was too small initially.  Someone at work said I looked "especially skinny," the day I wore clothes that actually fit!  

I had a few small moments--nothing huge, but good positive reinforcement.

--The manager of the gym called me a champ and the receptionist said I was motivating her to come in and work out before her shift (I have gone to the gym every week day for the last 2.5 weeks)

--I weighed in before the support meeting and apparently I have lost 6 lbs of pure fat and put on 1.5 pounds of lean body mass!

--I saw a colleague yesterday who I hadn't seen in several months.  She said I looked fantastic and kept giving me the once over!  So funny!

--I can sit in booths at restaurants with a few inches between me and the table!  

--My surgeon's mom said he told her I was doing really well!!!  (Met her at Lisa's baby shower last weekend.  Hearing that made it totally worth it that I ruined my top while painting onesies!)

Speaking of mixing up exercise routines . . . I had an Amazon gift certificate and after hearing about these scooter things, I got one.  I got the U8 Unscooter Slider and it came last night.  I never would have thought of trying this before now.  Never.  But I put it together last night and learned to balance on it.  I was out at 6:30 this morning with it, learning to use it in the driveway.  Then once I was sure I wasn't going to kill myself on it, I took it down to a small, paved walking path down by the river.   SUPER FUN!!!!!  I had a blast and worked up a great sweat!  And my butt totally feels it!

My plan is to get quite proficient at it and then use it to run the dogs.  I'm kinda like you in that walking on concrete doesn't do my joints and ligaments any favors.  That's why my bursitis was flaring up.  But this is no impact (you propel it by pushing your heels apart, then bringing them together) and actually will help strengthen the muscles around the problem spots.  It took only a few minutes to get the hang of it and it was soooooo fun!  I am not strong enough to propel it up any kind of incline yet, but I'll get there. Or make the dogs pull me!  MUSH!  MUSH!

Usually I'd be too worried about how stupid I think I look to do something like that.  Now, I don't care as much.  Zipping around that path was more fun than worrying about how I look!

I love life post WLS!!!!

HUGS!!!
Denise
   
Three4Me
on 6/13/09 11:01 am

FANTASTIC!! I just got this image in my mind of that movie about the Mall Security Cop going around on his scooter!!! SO CUTE!!!! Who cares what you look like...pump away skinny girl!!!!  And, if you get really tired, you can borrow Clementine to pull you around!!! Great Dane MUSH!!! MUSH!!!

I love all those affirmations.....love that your surgeon's mom said you were doing such a great job!!  YOU ARE!!!

I had another little WOW today...I had been stuck at 221 for 5 days & today I weighed in at 218!!! WOOT WOOT!! Finally in the teens....it was so cool....made me happy.

I am so proud of us....we are rockin' the WLS!!!!  GO GIRLS!!! xo, M.

 

  

Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158

Amy_Baggett
on 6/13/09 4:46 am - Monterey, TN
I love WOW Moments posts!!!! 

congrats to everyone on their wow moments!!!


My WOW moment came at a conference this week, at a local high school, normally I am one of the ones who "stand" in the back of the classroom, instead of trying to sit in a student desk that are all in one, because if I could have gotten in there..  but without thinking..  I sat down and had room between me and the desk part, and could even turn around and talk to the people beside and behind me!!

Next....

                               Adopted by Centennial 1/27/2010    
"Everyday do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."
Three4Me
on 6/13/09 11:03 am
Oh Oh Oh...Amy, that's a good one!!! Those desks are not very roomy!!!! Perfection!!!  Way better than standing in the back....my gosh...nobody is going to notice you in the fall when school starts back!!!! You go school girl!!! xo, M.

 

  

Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158

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