six months this week.
So It's actually six months on thursday but today's the day I am inspired to post.
I have reached my goal of 150....which for 5'8 is nice and lean...I feel skinny and
I am able to fit into all my size 12 and some 10's...I find that I am leaner now than
I was at 140 lbs 10 years ago...I think it's that I am older and my muscle mass is
smaller or something....but I am not ready to lose the last 10 just to be what I was
before kids. I worry about looking gaunt and having my bones poke through..
especially my face...so for now I am just working on eating clean and keeping my calories
low and working out and seeing what my body decides to do...as long as I'm not gaining..
my doctor says it will take the next 6 months to lose the rest...so I have time to relax and
start living life as a thin person...I have lost 60 pounds in all ...I decided to post today because
this morning I ran for the first time on the treadmill for a half an hour...I can do elliptical and
speed walk on the treadmill but I wanted most of all to be able to run again...and I DID...so I am
very excited to have reached both goals in six months....my hair is shedding like mad...has been for
the last month and a half...but my hairdresser sees new growth...it's pretty thin... I lost at least half of
it...despite the vitamins...protein etc....so its just a little scary when it keeps coming out...I imagine that now that i will not be losing any more it might slow down...NO BALD WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS...says my doctor...so I believe...in any case it's all over loss so not bald spots...
I still get head hunger...but I know I can only fit a bit in so it makes me think about what I am going to eat...if I eat the wrong thing or unhealthy things then i have no room for the good stuff and I will
be weak and not be able to hydrate because I will be full or I will have lousy energy...that is a life long thing..i'm not thinking about that today...it's a whole can of worms and I'm not going there...today is a day to celebrate..YAY...
For sure I have been on the boards regularly...every day or other day..but I don't post usually I just read.... I find that it's better for me just to read and get information and check on everyone...I'm just not much of a poster....so for those of you who wonder if I'm still around...yes ..i'm here..watching over the lightweight boards....
I can still only eat 3 or 4 ounces of turkey at a time and that's how I measure my sleeve size if I'm having any doubt...no stretching here...I love my sleeve but I have also learned to respect it...
It is REALLY painful to eat too much...I have given up bread for life...it hurts too much....and steak and hamburger unless they're really really soft and chewy..I find that now that I have lost the weight I am on to other projects in my life...getting my artwork done....organizing my house...
seeing friends...it's like I can get other goals accomplished as well...how strange...eating and being fat and hating myself for being fat took up a lot of time and energy and wasted a lot of years.
But here I go again ....today is a CELEBRATION....
Thanks to all of you lightweights who have been there to support me...I could NEVER have considered this surgery without your support...no one out there understood until I found you. I read posts right up until surgery time...it's what kept me pointed in the right direction. So whether you know it or not you are all very important to me and I do watch over you all the time...
GRATEFUL TODAY.... SEAVIEW
I have reached my goal of 150....which for 5'8 is nice and lean...I feel skinny and
I am able to fit into all my size 12 and some 10's...I find that I am leaner now than
I was at 140 lbs 10 years ago...I think it's that I am older and my muscle mass is
smaller or something....but I am not ready to lose the last 10 just to be what I was
before kids. I worry about looking gaunt and having my bones poke through..
especially my face...so for now I am just working on eating clean and keeping my calories
low and working out and seeing what my body decides to do...as long as I'm not gaining..
my doctor says it will take the next 6 months to lose the rest...so I have time to relax and
start living life as a thin person...I have lost 60 pounds in all ...I decided to post today because
this morning I ran for the first time on the treadmill for a half an hour...I can do elliptical and
speed walk on the treadmill but I wanted most of all to be able to run again...and I DID...so I am
very excited to have reached both goals in six months....my hair is shedding like mad...has been for
the last month and a half...but my hairdresser sees new growth...it's pretty thin... I lost at least half of
it...despite the vitamins...protein etc....so its just a little scary when it keeps coming out...I imagine that now that i will not be losing any more it might slow down...NO BALD WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS...says my doctor...so I believe...in any case it's all over loss so not bald spots...
I still get head hunger...but I know I can only fit a bit in so it makes me think about what I am going to eat...if I eat the wrong thing or unhealthy things then i have no room for the good stuff and I will
be weak and not be able to hydrate because I will be full or I will have lousy energy...that is a life long thing..i'm not thinking about that today...it's a whole can of worms and I'm not going there...today is a day to celebrate..YAY...
For sure I have been on the boards regularly...every day or other day..but I don't post usually I just read.... I find that it's better for me just to read and get information and check on everyone...I'm just not much of a poster....so for those of you who wonder if I'm still around...yes ..i'm here..watching over the lightweight boards....
I can still only eat 3 or 4 ounces of turkey at a time and that's how I measure my sleeve size if I'm having any doubt...no stretching here...I love my sleeve but I have also learned to respect it...
It is REALLY painful to eat too much...I have given up bread for life...it hurts too much....and steak and hamburger unless they're really really soft and chewy..I find that now that I have lost the weight I am on to other projects in my life...getting my artwork done....organizing my house...
seeing friends...it's like I can get other goals accomplished as well...how strange...eating and being fat and hating myself for being fat took up a lot of time and energy and wasted a lot of years.
But here I go again ....today is a CELEBRATION....
Thanks to all of you lightweights who have been there to support me...I could NEVER have considered this surgery without your support...no one out there understood until I found you. I read posts right up until surgery time...it's what kept me pointed in the right direction. So whether you know it or not you are all very important to me and I do watch over you all the time...
GRATEFUL TODAY.... SEAVIEW
Wonderful (except the hair part). You have done great and are quite an inspiration for us.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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