7 month rambling…(kinda long)
Hello all,
I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season.
Time is passing so fast for me. Thinking about it today, I am
officially 7 months (and 3 days) post-op. Wow, its so hard to
believe. I stopped by my PCP’s office to use his scale, well I admit
it, I wanted to see how much I weighed on the last day of the first
year of the rest of my life. I made it, yes I made the century mark,
100 #’s. In the beginning after surgery I did get on my scale way
too often, but I didn’t let it get to me, I just enjoyed watching the
numbers go down, or even durning plateaus, I enjoyed seeing the lower
number. Eventually my scale of millions of years hit the dust, and I
have been just to busy to take the time to go and replace it. I
realize that in the beginning I needed the visual verification that
the surgery did work, but now I know all I need is the feeling of my
cloths getting loose (ok ok except for the occasional hop on the
scale like yesterday).
I can’t believe how my life has changed in 7 short months. I have
way more energy now, I don’t require as much sleep, and I want to do
more healthy things like eat properly and exercise. Those two things
in itself really amaze me. I crave healthy food now and I crave the
sensation of physical exercise. I’ve had to stop myself lately too
from shopping. Going from a 3X-4X to L/XL meant having to buy
cloths, and for the first time in my life I enjoyed buying cloths, to
the point that every time I ventured into a store I ended up leaving
with something. But you know what? That is ok with me, b/c I am
still spending less on cloths than what I used to spend on food!!
I know it has been mentioned before, but it is scary now without my
added layer of so-called protection - out in the dating world. WOW,
now I understand somewhat of what I have been missing. But I am
happy to report that I have met a wonderful man, but this dating
stuff is confusing. And to think I believe that I weigh less than him
(ok ok it may be by only 1 pound, but still it is less than him…)
As for protein, I wish I could eat enough in a day to get all my
protein in, but for me to do so, that is all I would be able to eat -
protein. Yes I like protein, but I want/crave/need veggies too. So
I do the best I can with food and a couple times a week I use a
protein supplement. I find that I feel better by compromising this
way, and I tend to get the required protein in too.
I just re-joined a gym, I am going to try the “Body for Life”
program, knowing that I will not be able to do the nutrition aspect
of it, but, thats ok, b/c I may be able to pick up some more tips to
help tweak my eating now. Its the exercise program part that excites
me. (plus my sweetie is on it too, and if he is going to look great
this coming summer, then I am too — ok ok some vanity coming out
here I admit it)
Well I’ve rambled on long enough. I wish everyone a happy and joyous
new year, one filled with dreams coming true and health.
Dawn in NY
Dr. Shawn Garber
Great Neck, Long Island
May 29, 2001
pre-op 347
now 247