I wanted to share a "time lapse" of pictures of my transformation over the past 3 years 7/2017 - 5/2020. I have lost weight, exercised and I have my life back and I am living it again. All of us are here to fight this demon and I wanted to show my pictures as encouragement to show it can happen. Will I be a size 2? Probably not, but I am happier than ever with my life and myself. I am currently pursuing removing my stomach skin with my original surgeon due to recurrent abdominal and navel infections. We shall see what the insurance says about it all.
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Best to both of you, Cia2020 and Ann777! I hope my post yesterday didn’t leave you feeling down—-I was in a pretty “real” mood and told it like it is from my experience, thus far. Plus Cia2020 saying she was pissed off put me in touch with my own pissed off that hell yea, it’s work!!!😤😅!!
Though our WLS is a tool, and at least makes losing possible (which is something I haven’t been successful at prior) it is still hard work in being diligent and living daily life and exercising on 600-800 calories a day. That in itself is heroic! BUT, the WLS has been a HUGE GIFT, and FANTASTIC and COURAGEOUS DECISION!
One thing I’m noticing is that this journey has been kind of like giving birth, sometimes painful and difficult but once you’re through it, your memory of the pain fades and you only remember the JOY and AMAZEMENT. For example, right now if someone asked me how pre-op diet was, or the early weeks of post op diet, I would say “Oh, it wasn’t bad at all”, and mean it. Yet when I was in the moment, it was not easy every day. By any means! Some days were extra challenging—but so was the bloat, disgust, hopeless futility of waking up in a carb-coma-like-feeling after having stuffed myself back in the day.😝 Or standing in my closet searching for something that fit and didn’t reflect the truth of the “body form I had attained”.
This is worth it! and thankfully we have one another to vent to, to help pull us through so we actually DO get to the end of the rainbow.🌈
Hang in! It will be more fun when we reach maintenance level!
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