Whoah.. I just felt a vein in my arm under the skin. Weird.. Amazing what just 38 lbs can do to you...

I took the shower chair out of the shower as I can stand now without my back being in excruciating pain.

I was able to do dishes without having to stop because of the pain in my back.

I don't have to turn sideways to get thru the bathroom door anymore.

I was able to move the head of the car seat forward one notch.

I have been taking the stairs without running out of breath.

I have actually been getting up and walking around the office.

I went shopping for 2 hours with very little back or foot pain.

I don't have near as much trash these days.

My wedding ring is already too big for me.

I am more often cold than hot!

I don't sweat much anymore!

I use to laugh at the teeny portions of TV dinners like Weight Watchers and Atkins... now it takes me two meals to eat it all.

Career choices that I had been thinking I could never do because of my back pain... are now a possibility.

I have saved lots of money from not eating out as much.

My hubby has lost 10 lbs already!

And most of all... after being controlled by my addiction to food for 35 years... it no longer has that control over me. My life no longer feels dictated by food... I dictate to my food.

What are yours?

11/11/16: HW 380

11/28/16: Duodenal Switch Surgery

11/28/16: SW 374 lbs

12/24/16: CW 342 lbs

Great NSVs! I love that my feet don't hurt as soon as I'm out of bed in the mornings.

Digging being comfortable crossing my legs again (and not needing the assistance of my arm lifting my leg to cross them).

And as you said....loving that food doesn't have the same irrational pull it had on me before surgery.

Happy too that the way I look on the outside is starting to match how strong and happy I feel on the inside.

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