top_kat
Well-Known Member
In the words of the song . .
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now!
What a step up! Holy cow!
They'd never believe it...
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now
Today, is weigh in day for me.
And I need to celebrate and share this with people who will truly understand the need to celebrate, who will understand just how different life can be after weight loss surgery.
But today, my weight in day, I have hit a 10 stone loss on the nose.
In August last year I weighed in at this time on my consultation at 24 stone. I had my surgery on the 23rd, so am 3 weeks off my surgeriversary
But today, having lost 5lb this week, have hit my 10 stone loss. Right on the nose and weighing in at 14 stone dead.
I've now dropped below 200lbs. I've not got less than 50lb to go until target (although that target is pushing it lol)
But, while it would have been nice to have lost even 1/4lb more so I could have said "I'm in the 13's" I need to celebrate and reflect. (Yes I know, sometimes enough is never quite enough lol - something else I'm still having to work on)
Life, is no longer just about muddling through. It's about LIVING. Something I don't think I've truly done for so very long. My band, has given me that chance, it has given me the life I've not had.
My target within my first year was 6 stone going on the 1-2lb a week and going on the average patient loses 50-60% of their excess weight...
Well I'm just chuffed that I've beaten that by miles but I'm also now under the 50lb left to go mark too!!
And wait for it . . .in 8 days time I have a date lol my first in about 8 years if not more.
:candledinner: and it makes me feel like I'm 16, and that I don't have to worry about what he will think of me being a plus size 32, 34 or 36 which is where I was at my heaviest this time last year.
:sign0151:
I don't need to worry about my weight (just the awful loose skin! and that is another issue that I'm having to learn to deal with ) but that is a HUGE change for me! I feel excited, but more so, I feel ALIVE
:talk017:
And in 2 weeks we return to turkey on holiday which when we last went to this resort my weight was still on the up and I was about 20+ stone.
Thanks to Anna my band, who will be 1 year old in just under 4 weeks, I not only feel alive, but I am LIVING and for that I will always be thankful. Doing the things with my son I've missed out on, and finally not being the fattest parent. My son was my motivation and continues to be.
Each lb lost is a bonus especially as my restriction is so minimal I could eat what I did pre band in foods and quantity but live by my mantra "just because I can doesn't mean I should"
And while it isn't easy and there are days it can be incredibly hard I LOVE MY BAND
I only wish that my Mum were here to share in this with me, I know that she would have supported me every step of the way. Losing her made me realise life is too short, although it took me several years to really see that I needed to make changes to my own life, and in that time had put on another 4 stone.
I've fallen in love with my gym workouts, I've done 13 out of the past 15 days, swimming and I've just bought my first size 12 top. Just fitted into a pair of 16 bottoms (altho they were stretchy lol) and I still carry my weight around my stomach so I knew it would take time to get rid of that, but I have always been big, I now weigh less than what I did at 18.
All my life I've been bigger than I am now.
I have never known what it is to be "slim" even at school . . . and in the words of the song
"They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now!
What a step up! Holy cow!
They'd never believe it...
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now"
Even I can hardly believe it lol
And to those who weren't friends, to those who bullied me at school they can
except its a lot smaller than it was :8855:
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now!
What a step up! Holy cow!
They'd never believe it...
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now
Today, is weigh in day for me.
And I need to celebrate and share this with people who will truly understand the need to celebrate, who will understand just how different life can be after weight loss surgery.
But today, my weight in day, I have hit a 10 stone loss on the nose.
In August last year I weighed in at this time on my consultation at 24 stone. I had my surgery on the 23rd, so am 3 weeks off my surgeriversary
But today, having lost 5lb this week, have hit my 10 stone loss. Right on the nose and weighing in at 14 stone dead.
I've now dropped below 200lbs. I've not got less than 50lb to go until target (although that target is pushing it lol)
But, while it would have been nice to have lost even 1/4lb more so I could have said "I'm in the 13's" I need to celebrate and reflect. (Yes I know, sometimes enough is never quite enough lol - something else I'm still having to work on)
Life, is no longer just about muddling through. It's about LIVING. Something I don't think I've truly done for so very long. My band, has given me that chance, it has given me the life I've not had.
My target within my first year was 6 stone going on the 1-2lb a week and going on the average patient loses 50-60% of their excess weight...
Well I'm just chuffed that I've beaten that by miles but I'm also now under the 50lb left to go mark too!!
And wait for it . . .in 8 days time I have a date lol my first in about 8 years if not more.
:candledinner: and it makes me feel like I'm 16, and that I don't have to worry about what he will think of me being a plus size 32, 34 or 36 which is where I was at my heaviest this time last year. :sign0151:
I don't need to worry about my weight (just the awful loose skin! and that is another issue that I'm having to learn to deal with ) but that is a HUGE change for me! I feel excited, but more so, I feel ALIVE
:talk017:
And in 2 weeks we return to turkey on holiday which when we last went to this resort my weight was still on the up and I was about 20+ stone.
Thanks to Anna my band, who will be 1 year old in just under 4 weeks, I not only feel alive, but I am LIVING and for that I will always be thankful. Doing the things with my son I've missed out on, and finally not being the fattest parent. My son was my motivation and continues to be.
Each lb lost is a bonus especially as my restriction is so minimal I could eat what I did pre band in foods and quantity but live by my mantra "just because I can doesn't mean I should"
And while it isn't easy and there are days it can be incredibly hard I LOVE MY BAND
I only wish that my Mum were here to share in this with me, I know that she would have supported me every step of the way. Losing her made me realise life is too short, although it took me several years to really see that I needed to make changes to my own life, and in that time had put on another 4 stone.
I've fallen in love with my gym workouts, I've done 13 out of the past 15 days, swimming and I've just bought my first size 12 top. Just fitted into a pair of 16 bottoms (altho they were stretchy lol) and I still carry my weight around my stomach so I knew it would take time to get rid of that, but I have always been big, I now weigh less than what I did at 18.
All my life I've been bigger than I am now.
I have never known what it is to be "slim" even at school . . . and in the words of the song
"They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now!
What a step up! Holy cow!
They'd never believe it...
They'd never believe it,
If my friends could see me now"
Even I can hardly believe it lol
And to those who weren't friends, to those who bullied me at school they can
except its a lot smaller than it was
:8855:
