psren13
CONTINUATION OF TODAYS FORUM POST
May 01, 2015
Continuation of recent forum post.. May 6th will be 8 weeks since surgery for me. It is hard to believe that it has already been that long. Been some bumps in the road for sure but nothing insurmountable, all a learning (and growth) experience. My oldest daughter is now about 15 lbs heavier than me and already inheriting a few of my shirts. She doesn't qualify for and wls and is hardheaded as far as junk foods and sodas go. My youngest daughter and her husband and 8 month old son came in from California for 6 days for a family get-together (1 year anniversary of my husbands' passing) and we spent the whole time on the beachfront in a wonderful environment/beach house. This is the first they have seen me in a year and were very happy and surprised (along with my brother-in-law and his wife). I still managed to lose 2 lbs while they were here. My biggest SV is that on my tickers, my weight lost is now a higher number than pounds to lose Only 6 lbs to Ondereland. I haven't seen that since 1980. Hard to believe it IS going to happen for me. This is the best thing I have done in many many years and would do it over again, and again and again if I had to . Just posted this in the VSG forum but want to add some personal thoughts in here. My youngest daughter (Tiffany) is a personal trainer (not active right now though) and has been very supportive in this journey of mine. She knows how many diets I have been on and never successful for long on them. She was my biggest concern on her concept of WLS but there was no need for concern. I read the forums every day and see the ones that don't have support from their family, being told WLS is the easy way out. It definitely isn't. It is a tool to assist with the weight loss. I have to do the work, I have to fight the head hunger, I have to make the right choices, not the ones that got me to this point to begin with. I have to be accountable for what goes in my mouth. I have to pay the consequences for when I eat too much or the wrong stuff. I am learning for sure and have not overeaten my sleeve in several weeks.. Not a good feeling when that happens, very uncomfortable being so nauseasous that almost throwing up feeling, and scared to do it afraid that I will damage my sleeve.. Scary thoughts for sure. Recognizing and acknowledging the runny nose syndrome .. that one more bite just isnt worth it. As one poster says and I repeat it daily (several times a day) Nothing tastes as good as Fit feels.