My scale surprised me today....
34 weeks after my surgery, I have officially lost 101 pounds as of this morning. I was shocked and not expecting a 3 lb decrease since yesterday. The journey, in my opinion, has been easy in the sense that I had zero side effects, nauseam, vomiting, all foods agree with me, exercising got easier & not so much of a struggle BUT it has also been hard because I don't have trouble with any foods, it makes giving into temptation a tad easier. I have learned to keep trigger foods out of the house, before surgery I was a sweet ( cake, cookie, brownie ) eater.....NOW, I crave "crunchies". Chips, pretzels, Doritos.....all of them, any kind make my mouth water.
SHOPPING........ughhhhhhh! I waited my whole life to be able to shop in "regular" stores but the options and amount of stores are over-whelming. I don't know where to go and what to buy. Up until now, I HAD to buy what lane Bryant had or whatever they had in plus size sections of department stores. Today I did buy some tops at New York & co & Loft & a hot pair of shoes from plum bottoms.
I have had all the standard NSV's. I can cross my legs, people noticing my weight loss or not recognizing me anymore, not being embarrassed to go places and be around other people, taking stairs at work no longer requires having EMS on reserve (LOL), blood pressure way down, I can sleep w/o Cpap, I rode a roller coaster this summer something I haven't done since 2000.
Thank you to everyone who posts and responds ....... I read this website religiously every evening before bed. Everyones questions have helped me along the way.....god bless you all.
Tracey
Congrats! I am right behind you! I also had a pretty easy recovery. Except ffor not tolerating dairy for the first 2 weeks I have not really had any foods that I haven't been able to tolerate.
I am totally with you on the shopping. It is so much more fun and cheaper, lol! I have lots of back to school shopping to do. Congrats on your success!
