14 Weeks Post-Op

I skipped a post last week because really, there's not much to write about.

I'm so happy.  I'm so happy to be on this side of the journey.  I'm so happy to be experiencing success.  I'm so happy to feel proud of myself.

I am so thankful that I have experienced very little if any side effects.  Yes, I am losing hair now but I have so much, it's not a problem.  I've been so lucky.  I have found my groove...and it feels good.

I actually miss exercising when I haven't done it in more than 48 hours.  I love that.  I love the feeling after a good workout.

We're flying out to Cape Cod next week...and I'm actually curious how an airline seat will feel.  70 pounds ago, it wasn't fun to fly.  I actually bought a seatbelt extender to carry with me on flights because I was too humiliated and mortified to ask the flight attendant for one.  I don't think I'll need it now.  THANK GOD.

I hover around 450 calories per day.  It sounds low but really, it's about perfect.  I can count on a pound of weight loss if I stay around that number without exercise.  If I fit a workout in, I can stretch the calories to 600 or so and still achieve a pound per day.  This also depends on how much water I've had, what time of the month it is and if I've had too much salt...but for the most part, I'm losing a pound per day.  So exciting.

I wore some pants yesterday that fit great.  The waist was comfortable, the butt didn't sag.  They were a little gem I found when I cleaned out my closet a few weeks ago.  All day long I thought I thought I had on a size 22 - which is still a win because I was a tight 24 pre-op.  It wasn't until I changed out of my work clothes and into my workout clothes yesterday evening that I saw they were actually a 20.  Again, so happy.  That means another round of closet clean out could happen because I just kept all my 22's and now I may be too small for them.  Such an amazing feeling.


So there ya go.  Life is good.  I'm winning the weight loss battle.  I never thought I'd be able to say that...and I 110% credit the success to the surgery.  I never would have been able to succeed without it.