Another surgerversary already???!!!

May 06, 2009

Well here I am -- embarking on my six year post op. I actually don't have a lot to say this time 'round. I've been maintaining my weight between 150-155 for quite a while now, but it is the flabbiest I've ever been. Haven't been exercising much. I'm going to school and in a new job (preschool teacher -- yeah!) On top of being a wife and mommy of two boys one of which is heavily into basketball (by choice...I'm not one of those plug them into everything kinda moms). So for the first time in a long time I can say...I don't have time (or energy) to exercise. DH bought me a treadmill for Christmas, my class ends in a few weeks (last one for a while), back to the grind then!

Let see...Oh I went to one post op meeting through lite dimensions for those a year out or more. I ended up not going back 1) She wanted us to get in touch with our hunger by not staying on an eating plan but by listening to our bodies. She had some neat exercises, but I gained six lbs in one month and freaked. If I listen to my body, it says "I'M HUNGRY...FEED ME!"
2) Most of the folks were just a year out...no offense...but post op life changes exponentially as time moves forward.

So what can I say, I'm not ready to figure out why I still overeat given the chance. One day I'll head back to a therapist, but right now is not the time. What I'm doing is working (good enough) right now. At my 5 year anniversary, I'm still considered over weight by the charts, but I'm healthy. I'm doing a job that I KNOW I couldn't have done 6 years ago. I can jump on a treadmill and run three miles if I feel like it.  I can go to amusement parks with my kids and not worry about fitting on rides or tuckering out too fast! Not to mention I'm still co-morbid free! Life is good...thank you Lord!

Photos to come...

 

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