70 lbs of gear. I couldn't stand or breath. I can't even fathom I've lost 128. How did I get one foot in front of the other???

The Kevlar weighed 40 alone. Plus the helmet and ruck sack.

I KNOW!!! I carried bags of old clothes up the stairs yesterday, certainly not weighing what I have lost, but MAN...how did I ever carry ME up those same stairs before the surgery?????????

Slowly. :>

That's a question I have asked myself often.

The obvious answer is that it's no wonder we didn't move more when we were enormous! It's no wonder I was walking 900 steps a day (all indoors) instead of the 10,000 a day I now walk. It's no wonder I was eating a normal person's daily calories (under 2,000) and still gaining weight. It's no wonder I was effing miserable!

This surgery has been a miraculous, amazing thing for me. I am so full of gratitude. It's like I walked out of a terrible life into a wonderful, wonderful life.

Bottom line: I think people who have weight loss surgery are some of the smartest, bravest, coolest people around. The alternative was to live miserably and die too young.

Annnnd that's why we were too tired to do anything but sit on the couch. Love the extra energy, joints that don't ache,etc.

@@VSGAnn2014 said it perfectly. I am so grateful too. I feel like I'm getting my life back.

That's a question I have asked myself often.

The obvious answer is that it's no wonder we didn't move more when we were enormous! It's no wonder I was walking 900 steps a day (all indoors) instead of the 10,000 a day I now walk. It's no wonder I was eating a normal person's daily calories (under 2,000) and still gaining weight. It's no wonder I was effing miserable!

This surgery has been a miraculous, amazing thing for me. I am so full of gratitude. It's like I walked out of a terrible life into a wonderful, wonderful life.

Bottom line: I think people who have weight loss surgery are some of the smartest, bravest, coolest people around. The alternative was to live miserably and die too young.

So right. I've tearing out an old flower bed to change the shape. I can bend over, I can even get down on knees and back up again.

It's just amazing how bad that 70 lbs of equipment felt, it felt awful. More admiration for our soldiers.