7.5 months out, 83 pounds down, and feeling So GOOD

Oct 21, 2011

It’s been 7.5 months, almost to the day, since the RNY.   And for the first time since I started the Optifast two weeks earlier, I feel at 100% of my former energy level.   Now, I must hasten to add that I was certainly NOT at my best just before the surgery, so it’s probably been over a year since I felt SO GOOD. Before the operation, I was exhausted most of the time. Climbing stairs was agony, and descending stairs was not much better. Running for a bus was a necessity, but I was bushed afterwards, frequently huffing and puffing for another 5 minutes before my heart subsided and my lungs quit burning. And speaking of my heart, I so frequently woke up with my heart hammering in my ears, and panting and gasping for air, that I thought this was normal!   And now I know. Now I know that normal feels so much better. No wonder people kept telling me to “just” go do this, or “just” go there and get that – it was so much easier for them, and they had NO IDEA how hard e v e r y t h i n g was for me. Hang in there, all you WLS neophytes! It gets so much better, once the weight starts going in earnest. I can’t wait to get outside and start running!

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