Whoa -- yesterday my daughter and I went clothes shopping. I am now down 40 pounds and well, my clothes aren't fitting well. I went out for a motorcycle ride the other night and my sweet friend asked if I'd considered new clothes yet? It was a gentle hint that until that moment I hadn't …
Now I understand…
When I started on this journey, my doctor mentioned that in the first 3 months the most difficult thing he saw with patients was getting them to eat. There were a variety of reasons he gave me, the one I focused on was the small stomach. I thought, "that must be tough to get all …
Breaking barriers…
I have officially broken into the 240's. That's 36 pounds gone on my 5-week anniversary of surgery. I started this journey at my highest recorded weight of 285.6 and yesterday at weigh-in I was 249.6. That is just crazy to me. I have to say -- I slacked this week on exercise - but I'm …
Rekindle…
I received a call on Tuesday last week from my cousin, who is more like my sister for sure, Dee that her mom had passed away. Aunt Jan has been sick for some time, first with COPD and then with lung cancer. They only gave her a short time when she was diagnosed last year …
Auto tune…
A new strange adventure in adapting...i feel like I'm living my life in auto-tune. I get a sense of my voice -- my body -- but it's not really accurate. This morning, which is a Sunday -- a day I don't usually weigh myself (I save that for Monday mornings) -- I decided to hop …
Reality…
So far I've talked a lot about how great my experience has been. And that'all true. I have had zero complications -- other than when I go a bite too far and my body alerts me to that fact. But today is about the long-term reality of having WLS. One of the things in having …
One foot in front of the other…
Today I managed to walk more than 3 miles. I thought I might die, but I did it. One foot in front of the other and the miles started ticking away. I am going to keep to about 2 miles on most days and move it up to 3-5 miles on the weekend days, when …
Record Pace…
Today was overall a good day. I started early with another 2 mile walk...only I set a pace record. Literally, 11 days post-surgery. I averaged an 18:46 min/mile pace for the full 2 miles. I was shocked actually. I don't even know where the energy came from. Yesterday I hit 75 gms of protein. Quite …
Building steam…
Today I broke the 2 mile barrier while walking with my neighbor, Alison. I've not been pushing myself since I'm just barely week 2 out of surgery. But today I was feeling it. Probably because I'm on pureed foods rather than liquid. I have more energy, more stamina. I feel good over all. So, when …
Shrinking Shay 