Michele T.
7-month Surgiversary
Jun 23, 2010
Well, last month I was trying to decide if I wanted to lose more weight or if I was happy where I was. I just woke up one morning and decided I did want to lose more. I decided to shoot for 100 lbs total lost, and re-evaluate then. So, I started watching what I was eating (but just barely, not that much effort really), and trying to do a little more activity, and I lost 10 lbs in the last month. On top of that, as of today, I have lost 50% of my excess weight (87 lbs lost, 87 lbs to go). Woo hoo!!I am going on an Alaskan cruise Aug 22 and an Eastern Caribbean cruise Sept 5. I bought a Coach purse (that is sitting on my table tempting me) that I can't have until I lose 100 lbs. My goal is to take the Coach bag on the cruise with me!! They started building my swimming pool yesterday, so I should be swimming sometime in August. I am so excited, because swimming it the only kind of exercise I really enjoy and I hope to start getting in better shape once it is done. I did sign up for a free boot camp at 5 am, and then chickened out and didn't go when it was time to get out of bed. I just decided I am not yet ready for a boot camp, as I don't do any regular physical exercise program right now. That is still my biggest challenge.
I am still going to the 2 support group meetings a month and the bariatric therapist once a month. I am starting an 8 week group session conducted by my bariatric therapist tonight, so I hope that also helps me in this journey.
My marriage was not very strong to begin with, but it is really struggling now. I am in the process of trying to decide what to do about it. There is a book someone here on OH recommended titled "Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay" that I want to get and read as the title itself sums up how I feel. I know I won't do ready to make any changes before our family cruise Sept 5, but I am trying to get things in order for the future just in case.
In summary, eating: I still have hunger pains and still like sweets. But there is really only 1 rule I have to follow to be successful: I eat every 3-4 hours and if I eat protein first every time I eat, everything else falls into place. I still eat whatever I want including sweets, but I can't eat but a bite or two if I eat protein first so I never feel deprived but still lose weight. I do drink between 48-64 oz of water and it is no problem - I actually like it. exercise: I continue to struggle with getting into a regular routine, however I am much more acitve in the yard and the house than ever before mental health: I am very happy outside of the issues in my marriage. I continue to work on understanding myself so that I never regain the weight I lose.
All in all, this has been an amazing tranformation, and I wish everyone that has suffered with obesity their entire life would just get the sleeve - life is too short to live any other way! My only regret is that I didn't do this when I was younger! I love my sleeve!!!!!!
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About Me
Houston, TX
Location
32.9
BMI
Surgery
11/24/2009
Surgery Date
Oct 28, 2009
Member Since
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