Oopsseedaisy

This is something I read before I decided to have surgery. It was what helped me decide that this was the right option for me and I wasn’t doing anything less than what I deserve. It still rings true for me today.
 
“This is a huge rant topic for me, so I will spare you all the long ALL CAPPED emphatic response LOL. This is my single question back to anyone who says I took the easy way out: Why should I NOT take the 'easy' way out? Seriously -- this is not a rhetorical question: Why not? Fat is not a moral failure; I didn't do anything Bad or Wrong, and I don't 'deserve to be punished' by doing it the "hard way" over and over and over again. The end.”
 
That being said having the vertical sleeve gastrectomy was and is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I have never felt so good and been so happy. The weight loss has slowed, but it is still coming off every month. I had a small stall again this month where I didn’t lose for two almost 3 consecutive weeks; however I knew that I was still losing because in those weeks I had lost a complete jean size even when the scale didn’t move.
 
 
StartWeight: 273 lbs. **Goal Weight: 157lbs.
Pre-op:--- 6 lbs. lost
Surgery Weight: 267
1 month: 247 -- -- bmi 39.0 -- -- 20 lbs lost
2 month: 238 -- -- bmi 37.3 -- -- 9 lbs lost
3 month: 229 -- -- bmi 35.9 -- -- 9 lbs lost
4 month: 220 -- -- bmi 34.5 -- -- 9 lbs lost
5 month: 212 -- -- bmi 33.2 -- -- 8 lbs lost
6 month: 207 -- -- bmi 32.4 -- -- 5 lbs lost
7 month: 201 -- -- bmi 31.5 -- -- 6 lbs lost
 
Lost since surgery: -66
Lost Total: -72 lbs.
 
 
Overall Goal
 

 
 
Weekly Break Down, lbs. lost
pre-op week: 6 lbs
week 1 -- 8 lbs.
2 - -5
3 - -3
4 - -2
5 - -2
6 - -3 ~2 months
7 - -3
8 - -1
9 - -2
10 --6 ~3 months
11 --0
12 --2
13 --1
14 --3 ~4 months
15 --0
16 --4
17 --2
18 --1 ~5 months
19 --1
20 --3
21 --3
22 +1 ~6 months
23 --0
24 --3
25 --2
26 –1
27 --2 ~ 7 months
28 --0
29 --0
30 --4
 
StartJean size: 24/22
Current Jean size: 14/12
 
*I have lost over ten jean sizes. This is amazing
 
Start Shirt size: 3x/2x
Current Shirt size: xl/L
 
Inches:
 
Neck
Start: 16
Last: 14
Recent: 14
Loss: 0
Total Loss: -2
 
Upper Arm
Start: 15
Last: 13
Recent: 13
Loss: 0
Total Loss: -2
 
Forearm
Start: 11.5
Last: 10
Recent: 10
Loss: 0
Total Loss: -1.5
 
Waist
Start: 49
Last: 39
Recent: 38
Loss: -1
Total Loss: -11
 
Abdomen (belly button)
Start: 55
Last: 45.5
Recent: 44.5
Loss: -1
Total Loss: -10.5
 
Hips
Start: 55
Last: 47
Recent: 45.5
Loss: -1.5
Total Loss: -9.5
 
Bust
Start: 54
Last: 45
Recent: 45
Loss: 0
Total Loss: -9
 
Chest
Start: 44
Last: 37.5
Recent: 37
Loss: -0.5
Total Loss: -7
 
Thigh
Start: 30.5
Last: 25
Recent: 24.5
Loss: -0.5
Total Loss: -6
 
Calf
Start: 17.5
Last: 15.5
Recent: 15.5
Loss: 0
Total Loss: -2
 
 
1st month loss: -19.5 in
2nd month loss: -9 in
3rd month loss: -13.5 in
4th month loss: -6 in
5th month loss: -2 in
6th month loss: -6 in
 
7th month loss: -4.5
 
Total Lost: -60.5 inches
 
 
Christmas Goal:
 
Start weight 207
 




Goal weight 193

 
7 ½ weeks to goal –14 pounds total = 2 lbs. Per week
 
Right on track, halfway through time halfway through weight loss to goal

Hello everyone,
 
I bring to you tidings of joy for the Holiday Season! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!! :smile1:
 
I'm writing you today because I have recently had a revealing moment... or two. A few days ago I was walking around our house and I walked into an area where the kitchen light shines against our dining room wall. As I walked by I noticed a shadow appear on the wall, and one I could not for the life of me recognize. I was SO surprised that I had to walk by again, because in all reality I couldn't believe that was me I was looking at. This figure on the wall was tall, slender and super curvy. I was impressed to say the least. I felt satisfied by what I saw.
 
Let me define for you the word satisfied because this is one I've NEVER used in my entire life when it came to how I viewed myself physically. Not once.
 
Synonyms: content - contented - pleased - happy - glad
 
Yes, this was me at that very moment. I'm going to admit something here and now. I've not one time in my life felt this way regarding ME. My reflection would always throw me back an image I couldn't accept. There was always something more I could do, to improve upon. There was even a time in my life where I was even underweight for my frame and I STILL could not accept ME. I always wanted to lose more, a pound here or an inch there. It was a little insane truthfully.
 
Here I am right now, feeling high from adrenaline and satisfaction - that I am really and truly done with this journey. I put on my first pair of jeans since my final liposuction and they were easy to put on. They slid right up over my thighs without effort. I didn't have to fight them, and I didn't have to wear pants today that were too small in the thigh and too big in the waist. My thighs... oh so lovely thighs... are normal.
 
Normal synonyms: regular - standard - ordinary - common - usual
 
Another word I've never used to define myself.
 
I am me, and I am content, pleased, happy, glad, regular, standard, ordinary, common and I am usual.
 
I am also a finished product. Now only need to keep up with remaining healthy and staying right here where I am. So, EFF YOU SIZE ZERO!! You do not define me, just as much as my scale does not. My health, both physical and mental - and my happiness does.
 

 
 
Source: The End Of My Weight Loss Journey. New Goal: To Stay Here And Stay Fit.