Ramblings of a WLS Patient

So here it is, 5 days before my 1 year surgiversary. I have been stuck between 185 and 188 for what seems like forever but as I have looked back at my blog posts in April I was 191. So I guess it has only been a few months. Since January I have lost 17lbs. In the grand scheme of things that is awesome, but in my brain I feel like I should have lost more in the past 6 months. Also since January I have gone from a size 16 pants to a 12, and even some of the size 12 pants I have are a little baggy. All in all I have lost 128 pounds. That is a big accomplishment. I do have about 30 or so pounds to go until my goal, which is between 150 and 160. I knew that as the end of my first year approaches weight loss would slow down. I also knew that the majority of the weight would be lost in the first 6 months of my journey. I give myself another year to get off these last 30 pounds. Heck if I can lose 17 pounds in 6 months I can lose the 30 in a year. I know some of it is loose skin, actually a lot of loose skin. Last night I was dancing around the kitchen and I looked down at my thighs and the skin just sags and sways to and fro between my legs. I think that if the loose skin wasn’t there I might actually have a thigh gap!!!! I don’t think I have ever had one of those.

This whole weight loss is a trip. There are some days I wake up and I have bones sticking out where I didn’t the day before. It seems like it happens overnight. I am sure it doesn’t but that is what it feels like. This morning I woke up and felt my chest and thought I felt a lump. I was panicking for a little bit. I was thinking I was too young for breast cancer. So I kept feeling and poking and prodding and I realized it is the very top of my rib cage.

On the 29^th of June some of the WLS peeps in Washington are getting together for a little meet and greet. I am really excited. I have met some of them, but others I have just talked with online. It will be a lot of fun. It will be nice to be able to see the lady who had surgery the same day I did. My surgery was first and she was the second.

I am going to do a blog post with some of our favorite recipes. Some of them we have found online and have adapted them to what we like. Some we have just come up with. Hope you enjoy them.