9 Months Out....before & After Pics

[Lisa :) 231]

I hit the 9 month mark last week and a friend sent me a picture she took of me after our morning run. It was so weird...I kept looking at the picture, thinking, "I almost look normal!!!"

This journey has been so amazing!! It hasn't been easy but it's been totally worth it!!! For more than 10 years I pondered the idea of WLS. I told myself over and over again that I "should be able to take the weight off on my own". I was one of those people that thought having surgery would be a cop out. I could not have been more wrong!! The initial stages of post op were torturous for me. I remember feeling like I was going crazy at about the 3 week mark. I just wanted to chew something and I wanted to kill my family!! LOL!! I had to mourn my love affair with food...probably the hardest thing ever.

Now that I'm past all that, I am here to say that my life is 1000 times improved and the NSV's are endless!! I can fit into a booth at any restaurant now!! I've stopped snoring and no longer have to wear a mouth guard in order for my partner to sleep!! I've completed a triathlon and am doing 2 more in the next 3 weeks!! My plantar faciitis is gone!! I can walk up a flight of stairs and I like it!! Shopping for clothes is fun again!! But the biggest NSV is that I finally feel like I have a "normal" relationship with food!! It no longer controls my life...I no longer live to eat, I eat to live.

So, here are my pics. The first one is from a cruise I went on in Nov 2010...I was at my heaviest weight and I was so uncomfortable!! In November of this year I'll be going on another cruise and I'll be exactly 1 year post op. I'm looking forward to taking the same picture!!

[Territravel 217]

Wow, that's AWESOME!

[traceyinflorida 499]

What an amazing transformation! Congratulations! I can't wait to see the cruise photo at the one year mark!

[Sherry77 166]

Wow girl.... You don't look almost normal, you look amazing! Great Job!

[MegInNOLA 531]

Congratulations!!! You look wonderful.

[Believer 2]

You are waaay past normal. Beautiful! Congratulations!

[Capt Derel 287]

Amazing...its a shock on the inside. I just felt that a few hours ago myself. And its going to be even better as more time goes on. Congrats

[Lissa 2,631]

You look like you, only better! Congrats on the pay off for all your hard work!!

[Piplula 709]

Beautiful !

[RMS 64]

You look amazing. Congratulations!!

[SarSmyle 37]

Congratulations! You look amazing and healthy! :0)

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[Lisa :) 231]

Thank you so much everyone!!!!!

[FluffyDiva345 23]

What an amazing transformation

[brady38 23]

Congrats. You look great

[missmachine 100]

You look awesome!! How much did you lose? Do you have any sagging skin?