McFoxie

I've been a quiet follower in this site for some time now but this is my first actual post. I had surgery on 5/13/13 (about 2-1/2 months ago) and have lost a total of 60 pounds (including 20 lbs on the pre-op liquid diet that I only did for about 6 days). As most of us here have, I have struggled with weight problems my entire life. I can't remember when, besides maybe when I was about 7 years old, was the last time I was at a "normal" weight. Still I would diet and excercise on and off and lose some, and then regain it all and more, and I did this on and off throughout my life... Eventually I hit my highest weight ever (or so I thought) at 267 and I decided that I would try surgery. For the six months that I was required to be monitored by the nutritionist, I gained and gained until by the day of my surgery, I was 280 pounds! I was getting depressed and sad that I was not able to do things without being exhausted, I couldn't play with my kids like they wanted me too because I couldn't keep up, I couldn't wear the nicer clothing because I couldn't find any in my size - not the things that I wanted, and at night I couldn't sleep anymore because I would wake up gasping for air so many times in my sleep. I was at the point that I would sleep sitting down and even that didn't help.... Today I'm happy to report that I have been sleeved, I am eating as good as I can and as close to the nutritionist's recommendations as possible (although I'm not 100% perfect but I can say 90% of the time I am on point), I am exercising and I have soooooo much more energy and my self esteem is back. I've taken on mountain bike riding and I'm getting into road cycling and I love it. I mostly love how I can actually do these things and not feel like I'm dying and out of breath within the first few minutes like I would in the past. I'm a total of 60 pounds lighter at 220lbs as of yesterday and I feel GREAT. I am looking forward to the next several months to see how much I can progress and honestly, to the rest of my new life, because at 30 years old, I felt like an older person before but now I feel like I'm 21 again. I'm loving this! [sharedmedia=trackers:tickers:8243]

Thanks everyone!!! Still have a long way to go but it's nice to see that it's working. :-)