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Stop go, stop go, stop stall stall, go, that is how my weight loss has been. I am completely happy with my results. But like others I've seen on here, I am as impatient as a child on Christmas morning! Today I stepped on the scale and saw a movement of 2 pounds in one day. Wow, that's crazy. So that will boost my efforts to exercise, I have begun walking with a friend from work, this way it gets done before I even get home. Only walked a mile yesterday, but I figure its better than sitting on the couch. I have felt great, have no complaints. No pain, no pukies but I do notice if I take that one bite too many or too fast it sits in my esophagus for a bit which is unpleasant. Looking forward to expanding my food horizons, but have to wait till my next appt on the 17th. My surgeon said after 6 weeks I am considered healed. I am noticing a difference in my shape. So far have kept my boobs but they seem to be migrating south, sigh. My legs have thinned and I can see muscle again. My problem area which is my tummy or spare tire will be the last to go, but has shrunk some. My goal will be able to go into a different size by oct 17th. I am going on a girls weekend with my mom, we rented a beautiful chalet on lake Michigan right near Michigan city. There are wonderful outlet malls there galore so hoping I can find some deals. Staying the course with my morning protein shake, and soft foods, the never ending liquids and so on.

Well here we are. I have survived the first month of my gastric sleeve. Yesterday marked the one month date since I surrendered my stomach to the great nation of Mexico.
 
I can’t say it’s been a completely smooth ride, I’ve had my moments of restriction pain, nausea and frustration… and the three week stall threatened to crush my spirit plateauing me for a good 8 days, but at the end of my first month, I can say I have lost 16 lbs.
 
16 lbs man. That’s nothing to sneeze at. I have read many blogs and posts where people are light years ahead of me on the losing scale and for a short time I allowed that to frustrate me. Then I remembered one great fact.
 
The power of the law of attraction. What I ask the universe for, I get. Always.
 
It does not always seem like things are working the way they should but in the end I get the result I have asked of the universe… this rate of weight loss (which I may find slows further) is aiding me to help my skin retract – which is what I am asking for… no loose skin, no loose skin, no loose skin.
 
So let’s step back to the plateau. It was pretty hard on my nerves, and I think I allowed it to affect me physically because I started having some digestive problems as well, after all had been fairly smooth sailing for the first couple of weeks. I decided one day to sit down and think about the things that I want.. and the things I have wanted, over the last few years…
 
In May 2010
I wanted to lose the weight and get back into shape
I wanted my husband to stop drinking and being abusive to me
I wished I owned my own home
I desperately wanted to have a baby, having fought infertility for 6 long years
 
In May 2011
I wanted to lose the weight and get back into shape
I wanted my husband to stop drinking and being abusive to me
I wished I owned my own home
But I had a beautiful baby boy!!!
 
In May 2012
I wanted to lose the weight and get back into shape
I left my husband!! (... but I still wanted love)
I purchased my own home!!
I have a beautiful son!!!
 
In May 2013
I am losing weight!
I have love with my soul mate!
I purchased my own home!!
I have a beautiful son!!!
 
BUT... I’m on a stall.
 
REALLY JILLIAN???
 
Perspective perspective perspective!
 
And the non-scale victories are amazing!!
I sleep Better
My pitting edema that has haunted my feet for the last 5 years is practically non existent
The sciatica is gone
And the biggest one is the strength I feel when I power walk.


Everyday I walk up the nature trail beside my office building at lunch time, or behind my home – and I feel the power. I feel myself walking away from all my misery of the past, all my heartache and disappointment…. The chains drop from me as I go. Pretty soon, it will turn into a run, and once I start running… I will never stop!



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