One year ago today was my gastric bypass surgery. Surgery went fine. Although I did not have a very fun recovery, but it is MAJOR surgery. I had stabbing pains while healing, couldn't drink or eat much of the required nutrition, so it was a slow recovery for me and all I remember was saying to myself "I just want to feel back to normal". Well....as the time passed....I got back to my "new normal".
Today, I am 86 lbs less - basically at the goal weight I set for myself. I think if you are +/- 1-2 lbs of your goal weight = goal weight.
I reached my goal weight at about 9 months after surgery and am maintaining so far.
I still am not able to eat a whole lot at any given time. Dairy (except cheese) does not agree with me (bye bye ice cream...booo!). But I can pretty much eat anything - just in a very small amount; which I have now gotten used to. I'd rather be nice and thin then pig out on a serving meant for a family of four! I love to shop for clothes, because I don't wear anything larger than a medium, most things are medium to small. YAY!
I do have cocktail hour a few times a week (just one). I have a very unusual condition as I only "feel a buzz" for a maximum of about 10 minutes; and do not get drunk at all. I think it's because it goes right through me and doesn't have time to absorb! My husband likes it because it makes me "designated driver".
My husbands one year anniversary is next week on the 22nd. We did this together! He reached his goal much quicker than me - he's a guy - no fair! All of our medical co-morbidity conditions are completely gone!
All in all, with some of the challenges it takes to get used to the "new normal" - I'm definitely glad I choose to do this. So if you're reading these forums and thinking about it - you will succeed and love the new you!
Here is our before/after photo (taken in February of 2015 and 2016) I currently weight maybe 5 pounds less than the pic on the right.
One year ago today was my gastric bypass surgery. Surgery went fine. Although I did not have a very fun recovery, but it is MAJOR surgery. I had stabbing pains while healing, couldn't drink or eat much of the required nutrition, so it was a slow recovery for me and all I remember was saying to myself "I just want to feel back to normal". Well....as the time passed....I got back to my "new normal".
Today, I am 86 lbs less - basically at the goal weight I set for myself. I think if you are +/- 1-2 lbs of your goal weight = goal weight.
I reached my goal weight at about 9 months after surgery and am maintaining so far.
I still am not able to eat a whole lot at any given time. Dairy (except cheese) does not agree with me (bye bye ice cream...booo!). But I can pretty much eat anything - just in a very small amount; which I have now gotten used to. I'd rather be nice and thin then pig out on a serving meant for a family of four! I love to shop for clothes, because I don't wear anything larger than a medium, most things are medium to small. YAY!
I do have cocktail hour a few times a week (just one). I have a very unusual condition as I only "feel a buzz" for a maximum of about 10 minutes; and do not get drunk at all. I think it's because it goes right through me and doesn't have time to absorb! My husband likes it because it makes me "designated driver".
My husbands one year anniversary is next week on the 22nd. We did this together! He reached his goal much quicker than me - he's a guy - no fair! All of our medical co-morbidity conditions are completely gone!
All in all, with some of the challenges it takes to get used to the "new normal" - I'm definitely glad I choose to do this. So if you're reading these forums and thinking about it - you will succeed and love the new you!
Here is our before/after photo (taken in February of 2015 and 2016) I currently weight maybe 5 pounds less than the pic on the right.