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Revelations/NSVs at Two Weeks



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Wow - tomorrow is two weeks since my surgery on 12/28/05. I can't believe all the changes I've experienced already in such a short time:

10. The most rewarding change? I've already lost 20 pounds!:clap2:

9. I stopped drinking my beloved Diet Coke a couple days before surgery and I haven't had one since. I don't even miss it.

8. I told my co-workers I was retiring the candy dish from my desk when I went on Christmas vacation. It's still gone. I don't miss that either.

7. I haven't eaten fast food in a month. This I still miss, but I'm working on it.

6. I walked the stairs to my basement yesterday and couldn't figure out what was different. Then I figured it out: my knees weren't making noises and it didn't hurt to climb stairs anymore.

5. I'm actually getting satisfied, and even full on things like cream Soups.< /p>

4. I took the steri-strips off my incisions a couple days ago, and you can already barely see them.

3. I have been walking more. And I actually want to.

2. I noticed I was walking taller this morning instead of my normal hunch.

And the number one revelation and NSV after two weeks:

I worked through my first mourning session over food. Last week when I was nauseous :sick and couldn't drink anything, I was really upset. (I ended up in the hospital overnight with an IV and I'm fine now...) I was thinking about how I'd never be able to go out again and have a Chipotle chicken fajita bol with chips (a huge amount of food!), :hungry: but then I thought - why the h*ll would I still want to? That was a 'fat Kathy' behavior and I'm doing my best to stuff her under the bed and eventually out of my life forever. It will be great to get rid of that big ball and chain. :)

I consider myself lucky avoiding 'Bandster hell' so far. I've read that before your first fill, lots of people have a hard time because they're so hungry. I'm going to make sure and schedule my first fill right at 6 weeks.

Pre-surgery, I really appreciated having LBT as a great resource to prepare me. Now I'm looking forward to supporting others who haven't yet gone through it.

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I think starting a diet or new lifestyle is one area where nature is kind. I always find the weight pours off at first and just when that fast ride stops is when the NSV's start, keeps you going a bit longer. You're dong great.

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Hi, Kathy~

It's great to hear another Minnesotan who's doing so well! I'm looking forward to being in the same palce you are...surgery is scheduled for Jan. 24. Congratulations on your successes!

Emily

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