One Year, yes really.

Dec 12, 2010

When my first child turned 1 year of age I couldn't leave her.  I was so attached I feared she would feel abandoned if I left for a week to go on a trip; so I canceled.  I was incredibly attached to that little person in 12 months.  We were entwined in a manner that would never be broken.    It is one year this weekend since my sleeve.    I wouldn't change a thing.  I love having the smaller stomach as I like to say.  My meals are smaller.  Yes, if I "snack" and "graze" I can keep eating more than I really should.  However, when I sit down to eat a meal I just can't eat they way I used to and that is FANTASTIC!!!  I look down, I see what is left and realize I would have eaten all of that in the past.  My sleeve is now 1 year old.   I am very attached.  I hope to love and cherish the change within me forever.  I hope to honor that change by continuing to do what is necessary to keep the weight I have lost off.  If I never lost another pound I would be happy and healthy.  I see though that with laziness I could gain weight back - it's so much about choices.  People who haven't had weight loss surgery don't know that you still have to work at this, especially after a year.  And I still work at parenting my first child - and now that she is 20 she is my best friend.  This sleeve is a friend and I vow to treat it right. 
It's really hard to believe I'm not the same on the inside as I was a year ago.
Anne

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