RachelSA

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I haven’t written anything on my profile in a very long time, but today was my 2 year surgiversary and I wanted to post an update and to write my experiences since my weight loss surgery.   I am currently at 150 lbs. At one time I was down to 140 but have bounced back up 10 lbs since then. And I am ok with this. Yes, it might be nice to weigh 140 again, but I refuse to DIET to get there. My body seems to be comfortable at 150 and I feel great. I no longer obsess about food and weight and have successfully changed my eating habits and fallen into a healthy routine. And my body has settled at 150. I am afraid if I tried to get back to 140 I could screw up my metabolism and end up back in that vicious cycle that got me to 240 lbs. in the first place, and I refuse to do that.  Under 155 for my height is considered a healthy weight, so I will be happy right where I am J   I still hate the gym and do not go. Instead, I play sports. I was an athlete in high school and dreamt of being able to play sports again. I am playing flag football, dodgeball, volleyball, kickball and softball; all through the San Antonio Sports and Social League. I LOVE IT. I get a great work out and I truly love it. I am in better shape than I have been in since I was 19! I am strong and continue to improve my cardio stamina. Being able to play sports again is absolutely a dream come true.   I also have been very lucky that my skin seems to have snapped back pretty well. I have loose skin here and there, but it is very minimal. My boobs took the brunt of it. Some day I hope to have the money for a boob job. But my arms are amazing J I am very proud of them. They have great muscle tone and no hanging skin. NONE. People comment on my toned arms all the time; people who don’t know me or that I have lost a lot of weight. I used to search everywhere for shirts to wear when it was hot out that had sleeves to cover my arms. Now, I want to wear sleeveless all the time.  I have posted new pics of myself in a BIKINI, yes I said BIKINI to show what my skin looks like now. Not bad. I did not do anything special to my skin in order for it to snap back. It is all thanks to some good genes.   I have had MANY, MANY wow moments over the years since surgery. Just today my doctor told me to be careful with my medications since I am a young, thin female. Comments like this STILL freak me out. I’m still not used to hearing things like that. Yesterday, I was waiting tables and running around like crazy since we were so busy and I told a woman that I was going to lose 5 lbs that day from running around and she said to make sure I ate a lot when I got off work because I didn’t have 5 lbs to lose. Weird. Weird, Weird. Who was she talking about??? Me??? Really??? I don’t think I’ll ever get used to comments like this. But it feels so good to hear them. I have fought so long to feel normal.   As far as how I feel physically, I feel totally normal. I almost forget I had surgery. I CAN eat basically whatever I want. But I don’t. I never get sick. I still eat small amounts of food compared to others (non surgery people). But it is not a tiny portion like it used to be. I never feel left out or out of place because of food. Hardly anyone ever notices that I don’t eat much. And if they do, they just think I’m one of those eat-like-a-bird girls. So all in all, I feel 100% normal, and I am so glad. I had so many worries pre surgery that I would always struggle in social situations. But that is definitely not the case.   I also used to think that I would tell very few people about my surgery. But I have ended up telling quite a few. I am not embarrassed or ashamed about my surgery. I look and feel great and am proud of what I’ve accomplished. I don’t go around advertising my surgery, but if someone asks why I don’t drink carbonated beverages, I don’t lie. I tell them what I did. I have only gotten positive responses; surprised most of the time, but positive.  And if my telling someone about my surgery leads to them telling someone else who tells someone else who is contemplating surgery and my experience helps them decide to go forward with it, it is worth it.     I have my life back. I feel great. I am happy and healthy. I am strong. I am confident. And I would do it all over again and again, take out another $21000 loan.  Whatever it takes. It is all worth it.

WEEK	WK.LOSS	TOTAL LOSS	WEIGHT
Oct 5, 2006	Day of Surgery	0	240
1	6	6	234
2	12	18	222
3	4	22	218
4	3	25	215
5	3	28	212
6	2	30	210
7	3	33	207
8	3	36	204
2 months	2	38	202
2.5 months	8	46	194
3 months	3	49	191
3.5 months	7	56	184
4 months	4	60	180
4.5 months	3	63	177
5 months	4	67	173
5.5 months	4	71	169
6 months	3	74	166
6.5 months	1	75	165
7 months	5	80	160
7.5 months	+2	78	162
8 months	5	83	157
8.5 months	4	87	153
9 months July 5, 2007 (DATE TO BE AT GOAL WEIGHT OF 150)	2	89	151
9.5 months	2	91	149
10 months	2	93	147
10.5 months	1	94	146
11 months	1	95	145
11.5 months	+1	94	146
1 year!!!!	0	95	145
1 year 1 month	5	100!!!!!!!!	140

Starting Weight = 240 (10/5/06)
Goal Weight = 150 (Goal attained on 7/11/07. just over 9 months post op.)