niceeyes72
So, it's been 8 months.... what do I have to show for it?!
Nov 26, 2012
Friday the 23rd of November was eight month Post Op...to the day!! (Because my surgery was also on a Friday). what a ride in those 8 months. The scale has hardly moved recently but I am not obsessing over it. I could control my eating a little better, push myself to move a little more ....I am sure there are many thing I still could change to make the difference but...Well, I am happy.
I started this journey of weight loss many many times. I got as high as 365lbs...Try a local gym weight loss promotion.... lost 75lbs and within a year went back up to 340. then tried another program dropped to 290 and fell in love... got comfortable and complacent and wound back up around the 335 mark. THEN.... got serious, was referred to the weight loss clinic, got accepted and began this journey...The best one!!! I was leery of making such a drastic change to my body, cutting things up, eliminating certain parts, re-routing intestines...sheesh...it still sounds scary!! But I did it and it was the best decision ever!!!
In the last 8 months,,,,I have gone from a snug 28-30 (and some 32) from Pennington's to OMG...My most recent NSV...Size 14 jeans at Wal Mart!!! I was Black Friday shopping, bought jeans for $9.50 so picked up a pair of 16's for now and a 14 for a few months from now...(Hopefully... finger crossed).... So the next day I though I would try them on... the 16's were a little baggy...So shocked!! I figured "nah! the 14's could not possibly fit me yet"...But as I was pulling them up without wiggling and jiggling.... A huge smile spread across my face!!! They FIT!!! I pulled them right up and buttoned them,,..no muffin top or anything!!! YES...I did a little dance, shed a little tear.... and ran to show my BF.
So, plus size 28 down to a regular 14.... OH YEAH!!!!! The stamina I have now is amazing. I work all day, most nights I have a zumba class, go biking...until all this darn snow fell last night.... I do strenuous yard work on the weekends and don't feel stiff and sore afterwards.... This RNY ROCKS!!!!!
Now, to work on the skin.... 
I am jiggly, but I also have found muscle...And that is without doing weights.... so, I figure it is time to throw some weights in there and snug things up a bit.
I have met most of the wls goals I had made for myself, I would now love to make it to Onederland by Christmas. I am at 204. So Would it be too much to ask for 5 lbs to disappear in the next month?? Then the clinic set a goal of 190lbs...Personally I still think I should drop to around 175....I am 5'7" and have always been very overweight so going to low will probably not look too good...I am not trying to become a model I just want to have that cushion....for the inevitable bounce back.....
I think it may be time to try and add a few photos.... but I am still not quite ready for that.... Plus I think the blue eyed kitten is much cuter anyway!!!!
