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One year Surgiversary . . . and a new life!

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WhoozisAnyway    176

WhoozisAnyway
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I haven't been on VST much the past few months, I moved most of my activity over to MyFitnessPal. However, today is my one year "Surgiversary" and I have so much to be thankful for.

I lost 81 pounds, from 274 to 192, and still losing (verrrry slowly now).

I went from sizes 22/24/2X to 8/10/M, bra size from 42DD to 36C/D(treated myself to a fitting today, yay!).

I lost a full shoe size.

I lost high blood pressure, hypothyroid, plantar fasciitis, and Vitamin D deficiency.

I lost pain in my hips when laying in bed.

I lost being out of breath constantly and being drenched in sweat with the slightest exertion.

I lost excruciating back pain that left me with a possible permanent limp.

I gained strength and stamina (from working out at a gym).

I gained the ability to push myself through first Water aerobics, then elliptical, then strength training, then spinning, Pilates and yoga.

I gained (most of) my self confidence back.

I gained more energy than I've had in my entire life - and I'm almost 43!

I gained the ability to buy clothes from any store I want.

I gained the joy of not being too embarrassed to have my photo taken.

I was very lucky and have had zero complications. I've never gotten sick. I credit this to following doctor's orders! I'd still like to lose another 10-20 pounds, but it's ok if I don't. I have some jiggly skin and cellulite, but nothing I can't live with. I couldn't care less about plastic surgery. If hubby doesn't care, then I don't either. I did lose some hair but not too bad. I seem to break out with acne a lot more.

So, that's me in a nutshell. My hubby and I are celebrating with a little champagne tonight, and tomorrow I'll be back at the gym for spinning and yoga, and recording all my food on MFP. VST was an amazing lifeline for me pre and post surgery and I'll always be grateful to all of you for your support, honesty and assistance. Onward and upward!

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LaBelle509    326

LaBelle509
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Congrats!!

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Iniysa    157

Iniysa
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Congrats!!! :)

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SkinnyRicki    34

SkinnyRicki
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Congratulations!!

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ShrinkingBiker    121

ShrinkingBiker
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congrats :)

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Mrs.RRn    2,111

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I bet it feels great to lose those health problems! CONGRATS!!! :)

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amytug    996

amytug
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Awesomeness!!!

Pics?

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Jacqueline Marie    73

Jacqueline Marie
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Congrats!! This is truly amazing! :D

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misslady    130

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That is awesome! Everything I've read says that hypothyroidism is not changed by weight loss. So it did change for you? I have it do I would like to know.

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WhoozisAnyway    176

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That is awesome! Everything I've read says that hypothyroidism is not changed by weight loss. So it did change for you? I have it do I would like to know.

Maybe not for everyone, but mine disappeared. I've tested normal for about 8 months now.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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