Sharonimo
Sleeve to Bypass
Firstly, apologies that I have not been online much during the past few days. Despite still suffering from bronchitis, I am very happy and positive this discovered all of these things this morning:
1. Boots scales say that I am now 21 st 11 lbs (305 lbs / 138.5 Kg) and this is the first time in over two years my weight has been below 22 stone. When I was referred for the surgery back in January 2011 my weight was 23 stone 8 lbs (330 lbs / 150 Kgs). Part of last year I was immobile following a bad fall / knee injury in July and spent 3 months on crutches. (Prior to the fall my weight was 22½ stone, but then being inactive led to my weight creeping back above 23 stone again). I have been walking again since October and just being physically active has led to weight falling off since then.
2. Today is my first day back at work and I knew as soon as I was putting on my work gear that my size 30 clothes will need to be donated to a charity shop fairly soon. And my size 32 big black woollen coat is falling off me like an aircraft hanger! It was big when I got it, but you know how it is when you are size 28+ sometimes trying to find a size 28 / 30 coat becomes difficult. (And why do Evans never sell any decent full length, lined, woollen, proper winter coats? !!!)
So I ended up with this enormous size 32 tent from an eBay seller a year or two ago, simply in desperation at not being able to find a proper winter coat on the high street.
3. When I left my flat to do the 2 flights of stairs (down) to the high street and 500 yard walk to the train station, I found that at this weight I can now do stairs "normally" !!! (Since my knee injury I have been crawling up and down stairs crab fashion, one step, one foot at a time, sideways, holding onto the bannister.)Not sure yet whether I will be able to do stairs normally on the way back up this evening -- think that might be too much to expect yet, but if I can do "down" normally and back up sideways crab-fashion, it's progress.
4. Walking past the row of shops on the way to the train station (Wilkinsons, Ladbrokes and Barclays) I had to nip past two police officers who were DAWDLING! OMG! Arrest them, please! I cannot believe I was walking (not marching, just normal pace walking!) faster than two young, fit, healthy police officers !!!!!! :8855::8855::8855:
It's at times like this, when everything seems to be going well, and we can see signs that just a few very small changes lead to big rewards, I start to wonder, could I do this on my own, without the surgery? Silly question really. If I continued to lose weight at the rate I have managed during 2011 (i.e. 25 lbs off per year) it would take me another 6 years to reach goal and I would be nearly 50 by the time I reached a healthy weight and, of course, I might fall off the wagon at some point (as I obviously have done many times in the past).
So I am now feeling that although I could possibly *almost* crack this "small changes / healthy eating / moderate physical activity" thing on my own -- not mad crash dieting (which is actually the reason why all previous attempts have failed -- yes I have done the "only 500 cals a day thing" (VLCD) or 1200 cals a day (R.Conley) and gymming and swimming 3 or 4 times a week -- but only as part of a "diet" -- never as part of a much slower, less dramatic, SMALL CHANGES permanent lifestyle choice) -- I am hoping that the surgery will provide the golden key to keeping the weight off, and hopefully a modicum of restriction that should prevent any major blow outs or wagon fall offs in future!
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1. Boots scales say that I am now 21 st 11 lbs (305 lbs / 138.5 Kg) and this is the first time in over two years my weight has been below 22 stone. When I was referred for the surgery back in January 2011 my weight was 23 stone 8 lbs (330 lbs / 150 Kgs). Part of last year I was immobile following a bad fall / knee injury in July and spent 3 months on crutches. (Prior to the fall my weight was 22½ stone, but then being inactive led to my weight creeping back above 23 stone again). I have been walking again since October and just being physically active has led to weight falling off since then.
2. Today is my first day back at work and I knew as soon as I was putting on my work gear that my size 30 clothes will need to be donated to a charity shop fairly soon. And my size 32 big black woollen coat is falling off me like an aircraft hanger! It was big when I got it, but you know how it is when you are size 28+ sometimes trying to find a size 28 / 30 coat becomes difficult. (And why do Evans never sell any decent full length, lined, woollen, proper winter coats? !!!)
So I ended up with this enormous size 32 tent from an eBay seller a year or two ago, simply in desperation at not being able to find a proper winter coat on the high street.3. When I left my flat to do the 2 flights of stairs (down) to the high street and 500 yard walk to the train station, I found that at this weight I can now do stairs "normally" !!! (Since my knee injury I have been crawling up and down stairs crab fashion, one step, one foot at a time, sideways, holding onto the bannister.)Not sure yet whether I will be able to do stairs normally on the way back up this evening -- think that might be too much to expect yet, but if I can do "down" normally and back up sideways crab-fashion, it's progress.
4. Walking past the row of shops on the way to the train station (Wilkinsons, Ladbrokes and Barclays) I had to nip past two police officers who were DAWDLING! OMG! Arrest them, please! I cannot believe I was walking (not marching, just normal pace walking!) faster than two young, fit, healthy police officers !!!!!! :8855::8855::8855:
It's at times like this, when everything seems to be going well, and we can see signs that just a few very small changes lead to big rewards, I start to wonder, could I do this on my own, without the surgery? Silly question really. If I continued to lose weight at the rate I have managed during 2011 (i.e. 25 lbs off per year) it would take me another 6 years to reach goal and I would be nearly 50 by the time I reached a healthy weight and, of course, I might fall off the wagon at some point (as I obviously have done many times in the past).
So I am now feeling that although I could possibly *almost* crack this "small changes / healthy eating / moderate physical activity" thing on my own -- not mad crash dieting (which is actually the reason why all previous attempts have failed -- yes I have done the "only 500 cals a day thing" (VLCD) or 1200 cals a day (R.Conley) and gymming and swimming 3 or 4 times a week -- but only as part of a "diet" -- never as part of a much slower, less dramatic, SMALL CHANGES permanent lifestyle choice) -- I am hoping that the surgery will provide the golden key to keeping the weight off, and hopefully a modicum of restriction that should prevent any major blow outs or wagon fall offs in future!
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