2 1/2 years later.....

Oct 31, 2012

Well, it is now 2 and 1/2 years after my surgery. 30 months! Officially at goal weight, which surprised me, because at 18 months I got stuck 15 pounds away, I was completely OK with that too.  I was so proud of what I accomplished, and couldn't believe i was wearing a size 8 pair of pants, I was in my glory.  I decided to stop using splenda, after reading a lot about artificial sweeteners, I am not a granola, tree-hugging hippy dippy person (and please do not take that as a dig at people that are) but this time, I decided, artificial just may be bad, so I went back to natural raw sugar in my coffee and tea, just a little bit, and suddenly the 15 pounds came off.  Amazingly that 15 pounds brought me down to a size 6, then my skeletal structure seemed to come together and made me smaller, so now I am in a size 4.  WHO WOULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT THAT? I wasn't even a size 4 in high school.  I convinced 2 of my closest friends to travel down the road of weight loss surgery, and they are doing terrific!  My boyfriend of 6 years proposed and we got married just 11 days ago!  I bought a wedding dress off the rack and the only true alterations it needed was hemming. I looked amazing. I felt like a gazillion dollars.  I never knew how good it would feel. I still can not truly put into words how amazing I felt, letting my hubby look at me in my gown, having people look at me, and honestly believing them when they told me how beautiful I looked.  Self Confidence is wonderful.  My only problem now is finding the right cushion for my bony tailbone! Ha, talk about first world problems!  Anyway, as you can tell I am thrilled, over the moon, happy.  If I could do it, you can to. It was worth every step!

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