Hello, all. My VSG was Dec. 4th, 2013...the day that changed my life.

IF you had your VSG last year December (2013) and this is your 1-year surgerversary month, share your stats and maybe a picture. Also your NSVs!

12/23/2013

235-172 Down 63 pounds. Not as much as I wanted, but let's see what the next year brings. I am still a work in progress. My waist has gone down from 53" to 42".

I have had three closet flushes from a very round 22/24 or 3x to 12/14/16 or Large depending on make and cut.

NSV's

I am in my first pair of jeans with a zipper in four decades.

i can trim my own toenails

I can cross my legs.

I can wear socks that are not diabetic.

My shoes are way too big.

My calves actually look pretty darn hot for 63.

A year ago, I was still very weak from a stroke (one of the seminal events that convinced me I needed weight loss surgery) In this past year, I have progressed from not being able to lift anything or even open a jar, to one pound weights, to two pound weights, to five pound weights....and last week for the first time...ta da...ten pound weights. And that is on a 3x a week schedule. A year ago, this couch potato was growing roots through the floor. Now I can lift the mattress to tuck in the sheets and I can open my own jars, thank you.

I still have balance issues and always will, but my walking endurance has improved from two minutes once a day with support to thirty minutes with support - or close surroundings - twice a day. I have gone from no upper arm strength to being able to do twenty pushups from the second stairstep (cannot get up and down easily from the floor due to a botched knee replacement). Me? Pushups? Who knew?

A surprising result was that even at my age of 63 years and one day, I am feeling sexy again, and my man loves my confidence and lack of inhibition. We are both looking forward to those white skinny jeans the next size down and just waiting in the closet. That is when I will post my next picture. I am waiting on those jeans.

Although some people get off of blood pressure meds right away, my primary wants to wait until my weight is comfortably below my stroke weight of 185, and 172 just isn't it yet. However, I am no longer pre-diabetic. A specialist that I see only occassionally, did not recognize me the last time I was in his office. He thought the nurse had brought the wrong patient's file into the room. Sweet!

@@Miss Mac Happy Birthday one day late!