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Getting-used-to-new-me    119

Getting-used-to-new-me
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I don't know if this is an NSV or an SV, but I'd like everyone to Celebrate with me, by knowing that I completed the Spokefest Half-Century (50 mile bike ride in Spokane County WA) on September 7th! That was a huge accomplishment for me.


It started out as "friendly" competition with two co-workers (who haven't had bariatric surgery and are 13 and 17 years younger than me) and myself, riding bikes during our lunch hour, at the beginning of last summer.


Since then we each individually rode the Hiawatha Trail (in the north Idaho panhandle and Montana Bitterroot Mountains), one of us has been downhill mountain biking at the ski resorts nearby, and I rode around Lake Washington, both ways, once south and once north, the weekend before Spokefest.


Then all three of us did the Spokefest Half-Century together. We didn't do it for time or a public placing. We did it as a personal victory.


Since then I've also been riding from my home in to my office on in Spokane WA, a distance of 17 miles. So far I'm up to about 15 - 17 miles an hour by bicycle!


We still bike during our lunch hour, or run, or walk.


I'm simply amazed at the health improvements, (FINALLY!), that this decision to have the gastric bypass has given me!

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Kissifur    244

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Today is my first day back to school following surgery. I am sitting in a desk chair and my stomach is not touching the desk and I can see the chair between my legs!! I want to scream this to every person in the class but telling you guys is far less disruptive lol

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Wallflower7522    328

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I have a friend. She that girl that you think "wow she's so tiny." She is brining me clothes now. She brought me a shirt today, it was too big for her to be fair, but I thought" this will not fit me." It totally fits me. :) I'm still about 40lbs from being as small as she is, but it's pretty amazing because I always thought "I'll never be that small"

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teacherlady2133    258

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I had my blood drawn today... One poke.. First time ever, smaller arms easier draw! So wonderful

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breehuskins    18

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Lol, I feel you. There is so much room between my stomach and the steering wheel.

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layknee    357

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I can't wait for my NSVs

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layknee    357

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Went to a theme park yesterday, and got on my first roller coaster in more than 10 years (12 years to be exact!) fear of being told I didn't fit kept me off every ride for that long.

After the whole day my hubby was like just get on one already. I went alone! In fear of humiliation! And this ride was CRAZY!!! lol and my hubby recorded it! LOL I couldn't believe I fit! I couldn't believe I loved it! Me and hubby are planning a date night back so we can get on more.... Together:)

Surgery date 7/25/12

sometimes I feel as if my main goal is to ride the Harry Potter ride in universal studios Orlando.

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Sunlight61    17

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Decided it was time to clean out the closet, all my clothes had started to drown me and I was putting off replacing items for as long as I could. Well now I'm within 38 lb of my goal weight I decided it was time to shop. OMG I am now in a PXL and some of the tops I bought were a Large. I've not been able to wear these size's since I was a teen. My hubby has also lost 85 lb and we had to replace his clothes to, he's gone from a 44 to a 32/34 waist and a 3XLT to a M to L top. I am currently wearing a size 10 Jean haven't done this since I was 18. We took 15 bags of clothes to the good will store as every item we had was way to big. :)

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Sunlight61    17

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None scale Victory, meaning being able to get into smaller clothes, doing things that would take twice as long before, going for long walks without getting out of breath, taking the stairs two steps at a time. Those kind of things and more.

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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