Moutains of Reality

I am in Maine on vacation with family.  I was here last year.  A year ago when we all hiked up Bald Mountain I couldn't get to the top.  I was short of breath but mostly my knees were a problem.  I had a hard time lifting my body up the large boulders.  Today we hiked up Bald Mountain.  My knees felt great.  I could hoist my body up onto boulders with one leg at a time and not have to reach down and use my hands as well.  When I got to the top I felt no pain, my breathing was comfortable and after a brief rest I could have hiked on.  I was SO pleased I had WLS and now weigh over 60 pounds less.  At 5'2" that 60 pounds makes a huge difference in my ability to haul myself upward.  It's a peaceful feeling to have set a goal (feel better, look better, be able to move again) and have reached it.  I am SO glad I discovered this possibility, this reality through my sleeve.  I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Anne

Anne ... That is so wonderful! It is truly amazing what a few months and the weight loss does for us!  Experiencing new things is a fun thing... but when we go back and DO things that we had tried to do in the past as obese people and suffered failure or shame, embarassment and other negative feelings... these are the things that seem to give me the greatest joy! 

It just feels like a fresh start and wipes out all that negavity! 

Welcome to the NEW & IMPROVED YOU!!!

Congrats!

Thanks JEllen.
Looks like you are closing in on one year since your surgery.  Wow, and you've done SO well.  I love to see the success around me.
Anne

Anne that is so wonderful!  Didn't it make you feel incredible??  I hope you save this post and look back at it next year so you can remember the magic!  Did you take pictures?  Hey is that the famous Bald Mountain?? As in "Night on Bald Mountain"? or was that a stupid question?

Sooooooooo happy for you!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!
hugs, Y

A wonderful and encouraging post!  Congrats!!   I know you felt great!  Keep up the good work!