Hopeful Lisa

I just had my surgery on 8/31 so I am pretty close to September. It has been an interesting journey and not as easy as I thought it would be. I knew I was in for it when I woke up in the hospital in severe pain and the guy in recovery in the next room with a lap band was going home and I was there for 2 days but the doctors all assured me this is the better surgery long term. 1 1/2 weeks after surgery I was really struggling with pain on the left side which left me unable to do any exercise since then. The weight loss the first week was great but slowed significantly after that. I want to lose 50 pounds and have lost 17 so far. I am hoping once I am fully recovered that the exercise will jump start my weight loss and get it moving faster. I am starting to fit into many of my old clothes so it has been fun to go shopping in my own closet. I am trying to stay motivated but the last 2 weeks of pain were very discouraging. I feel that I am finally healing and so it will feel good to feel "normal" again.