One Year Post Op

 

I made it a whole year!  So much has happened during this year beyond the weight loss---but thankfully through all the changes and stresses of the year I have consistently lost weight!

As of the one year anniversary (Oct. 19th) I have lost 140 lbs!  I am in a size 12!  My hair is starting to come back and I feel great!  My skin has done pretty well with the transition.  A good nip and tuck would be nice, but not at all in the budget---but that is fine, I can live with it!  No rashes or any issues with the skin---I just know that without it I would be at least a size smaller----but hey a size 12 is doable!! 

A year ago at the time of this posting I was throwing up a LOT!  I had a complication of a stricture and nothing would go down---not even liquids sometimes.  It was too close to surgery to be able to have the procedure done to fix the stricture so I had to live with it for 6 weeks or something like that (which felt like an eternity).  I was weak and felt like crap!!  I really wondered at times what I had done to myself and certainly felt like I would never feel “normal” again!  It is so good to be sitting on this side of things and to be thrilled with the decision to have surgery and to be thrilled with the results!  I am an active participant in life again and have more energy to enjoy my family and life too!  This helps in every aspect!  I enjoy cooking so much more now and I finally have control over food and it no longer has control over me.  I don’t like to go out to eat much anymore, as when we do often times I could have made it better myself and a lot cheaper and healthier.  We still have our favorite places to go, where you leave and don’t mind that you just spent the money as it is something I couldn’t/or wouldn’t make myself.  When we do go out, I always have left overs which helps justify the cost because I get at least 2 meals out of it---or I split a meal with Lucy and have no left overs but spent less money.

I have found that I don’t dump.  That is good and bad!  It is nice to know that I can have a piece of birthday cake (or whatever), and not get sick.  I am careful about the amount and will have to remain diligent with that conviction of being careful with amounts in the future.  The only issue I feel “different” then others with is that I can’t drink when I eat.  Really not that big of a deal, but sometimes I do miss it---but that’s a small price to pay!