Entries for April 2010

Saw my surgeon this week and he says I am a poster girl (girl! Ha! Makes me giggle) for WLS. Sent me to ObesityHelp to write a review of him & his office & my experience. But...he did say something that I've been mulling over, and I think it's important. He said people who have been very successful sometimes get a little complacent and the weight sneaks back on. NOW is the time to really watch what I eat, pick wisely, follow rules, take the vitamins, exercise. I sure don't want to gain...

Gee went by so quickly. Seems like ages ago I was worrying and fretting. Funny I am now a size 10 but I have the same issues with my apperance I had when I was 275? I don't like my belly fat and now I am just saggy? But I am sooooo much healthier! and I can run soooooo much easier. If you would have ask me a year ago, I would have thought my apperance would have been the thing I thought I would feel best about but I never realized how GOOD it feels being lighter! I physically feel so much...

I had a bra fitting at a fancy-schmancy lingerie shop near my daughter's Santa Ana home. We were visiting her last month. She took one look at me and set it up. What an eye opener. I had been buying...from Walmart, Target, Kohls...bras that I thought were pretty nice, fit Ok. But no. The second the fitter put me in a bra chosen for MY shape, MY size, I could instantly feel the difference. I had been buyin 40B's, rolling up the loose girls to compress and fit in the cups. Well guess what?...

Ok, so last week I weighed in at work at 250. Thats 13lbs down since surgery. Sunday I weighed on a new scale that I bought and it read 254!!! I know that there is bound to be some difference in scales but 4 pounds?! No way! I am just starting my 3rd week out from surgery, and I am wondering has ANYONE out there experienced weight loss, then a little weight gain this early on?!?!? I started to panic and went back to all liquids so I could get back down. Help!!

I was ecstatic to fall below 200 pounds. I am beside myself to be at 169! The highest I weighed in the "bad" old days was 289...so that is a 120 pound loss. Wow!
I wear a large in t-shirts. A LARGE! and a 12 or a 14 in pants. The extra skin flopping around on my thighs, arms and belly doesn't bother me. Oh, if I were 20 years younger I might have it taken care of, but honestly...I look pretty good in clothes, and having my belly "tucked" would mean more scars, and...