the_weigh_iam

Did you have your surgery in December?

Exactly! I’ve lost 60+ lbs and I’m still wearing my size 22 pants! Granted I can fit some XL shirts now, but that’s mainly due to my lady lumps shrinking quicker than everything else. 😿

After surgery, I’ve routinely had the thoughts in my own head that I took the easy way out. I joined weight watchers afterwards to try and get additional resources and support for the journey and I feel so awkward when people congratulate me on my loss. I choose not to broadcast that I had surgery but I let them know ‘I’ve had help’. I still think I took the easy way out because I feel like I never FULLY committed to any diet program (mostly because they ended up not working - not because I didn’t try). I see people that work their asses off (literally) and have the willpower to do it without surgery and I’m still kind of envious - because I know my willpower isn’t as strong. I remind myself at the end of the day - whether the ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ way, I did what I needed to do to get myself healthy based on my resources and knowing myself well enough. I needed my body to tell me what I was eating was not right (dumping) and I needed to see weight loss (results) before I got serious about nutrition and exercise.

It’s absolutely possible and empowering if you can do that. I thought about it but my hospital required someone to be present until I woke from surgery and recovery. Let me tell you - I recommend it. I had a fairly easy recovery but having an advocate for you that is completely coherent and focused was a god send. It also helped that they could read the situation as well - and offer encouragement, distract my mind and help ease the ‘oh crap what have I done’ anxiety. You may have none of that. I was unprepared for how helpless I was and wanted to be.

I’m the same way but haven’t lost as much weight as you. Someone explained to me that the weight we’re loosing is (obviously) from all over but it’s also coming from our muscles and organs - the stuff we can’t see but can definitely feel.

I was just over 300 lbs at my surgery date - 12/18/17 and I’m currently at 240 lbs. it’s hard to not compare myself to others that I’ve watched go through the process as I feel like I’m ‘behind the average’, but I’ve also been battling some issues that have made me malnourished - which can halt weight loss and is making my hair fall out like CRAZY!! The biggest issue I’ve noticed so far is that I’ve haven’t had to get smaller sized clothes yet. It’s hard to wrap my mind around since I’ve lost 60+ lbs but my clothes are still fitting (albeit looser). I think I just really underestimated how large I was since I carried it so well.