I never once thought that I would be admitting this out loud to anyone. Weight is a, well, weighty issue. Usually once you’ve lost a substantial amount of weight you’re ok looking back where you were and talking about how far you’ve come. I’m going to just throw it out there now and use this little space to keep track of my weight loss progress.
Highest weight evah: 286 pounds – the day before the triplets were born
Weight on 5/20/09: 257
Weight day of surgery 1/7/10: 244
Weight today: 225
This hasn’t been easy weight to lose. My surgery isn’t a cure, it’s one of many tools I am using to lose the weight I need to lose. Totally sounding like a doctor, but they drill this stuff into you so you learn to live by it.
I am extremely happy with how things went this past year. When I finally got in for my first consult with the surgeon I was a little pissed off that it was going to take 6 months before I could even think of scheduling surgery. (ok, I was a little more than just a little bit pissed off… I was really pissed off.)
Looking back, I am glad I had that 6 months. During that time I met with my family doctor every month to go over my diet and work towards losing the required weight before surgery. My surgeon’s practice insists that you lose a predetermined amount of weight before surgery because it decreases the size of your liver by a great deal, thus making surgery a lot easier to accomplish without a lot of complications.
Also during that 6 months I met with a psychologist several times and worked through some of my own personal self esteem issues. I still have a lot to work through, but I think I am in a much better place psychologically than I was at this time last year. Then again,a t this time last year I was still hooked up to a wound vac and generally drugged out on painkillers.
It’s been 3 weeks since surgery and my incision where my gall bladder was removed is finally healing enough where I don’t need to hold it each time I move or cry out loudly when the babies elbow me. I just whimper now.
No, there are no pictures today. I just don’t feel like setting it all up. I do have a picture from before and I need to start taking actual measurements to go along with the weight.
I am happy that I got this much done. There are several members of our families who are still harassing me for Christmas cards and photos.
Baby steps, people.
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