"Side effects" of WLS

[PatsyKinOH 16]

I went kayaking with my husband twice this week. I'm not even sore, and I was not worried about swamping the boat.

That is my goal! I can't wait to learn and go kayaking around the waterways of Cleveland's Emerald Necklace!

[LetGoJo 27]

Woo !!! How amazing to get in a boat like that - a great non scale victory

[doingit4me2017 93]

On 7/5/2017 at 1:28 PM, Joann454 said:

Taking your life back is pretty cool.

Love this! Yes, Be in charge of your life! Don't let your weight control you!

[TeahTeah 22]

I just cut over 22 inches of my hair off!! I'm loving it.

[PatsyKinOH 16]

I just cut over 22 inches of my hair off!! I'm loving it.

I didn't have as much cut off (only 14") when I started my journey preop, but it was still to my shoulders. Now it's short and sassy! It even looks good after a workout.

[Missy161 395]

This is a great thread! I'm waiting until I hit 40 lbs lost and will get a hair makeover too! Gonna wash that grey out of my hair! I did this surgery so my body would feel as young as my mind does!
Starting weight:223
Surgery weight:217
Current weight:200
Goal weight:135
5'2.5" tall


Hw 223, SW 217 CW 200 GW 140

[klingie84 91]

Looks great...hook me up with the energy lol

[Joann454 1,329]

Looks great...hook me up with the energy lol

I got my energy! Finally! Took 8 weeks I was really starting to get down about it too. How're you feeling these days?

[GingerBananaBelly 88]

I got my energy! Finally! Took 8 weeks I was really starting to get down about it too. How're you feeling these days?

Woo hoo!!! Yay for energy!!!

[klingie84 91]

Got results of blood work and my ferritin n Iron r super low so that explains the no energy...[emoji25]take extra iron too so wtf lol

[GingerBananaBelly 88]

Well, I did it... I cut my hair! Five inches gone. That's one inch for every ten pounds I've lost! What do you think?

[Bohemian101 31]

Your hair looks fabulous! I recently cut mine from mid-back to shoulder too and love it. I don't feel like I need to hide any more.

This is a great thread. It's funny how this surgery affects you in so many ways other than physically. My mind plays tricks on me all the time. Just this week I went to the beach with my son and forgot our chairs. My immediate thought was "If I try to get down in the sand on my beach towel, I won't be able to get back up". Then I remembered that I can get up from the floor now. I also went to dinner on the boardwalk with hubby and the restaurant had an hour wait. The waiting area was outside and I was freezing, so he suggested we walk up the boardwalk a bit to a souvenir shop where I could get a light jacket or sweatshirt. Well my immediate reaction was to say that they won't have anything in there that will fit me, but he made me go anyway. I saw a cute pink zip hoodie but they only had it up to a size large. I said "OMG this is cute but look how small it looks!" He said...."Ummmm that will fit you. You're not 300 lbs any more so try it on." And it did. I almost teared up over being able to walk into any old store and grab something off the rack like a "normal" person. I also find myself constantly wondering if I can fit in a booth, a chair, walk from point "A" to "B", get into or out of a certain position and am still trying to learn this new person I've become. I've realized that I don't even know what style clothing I like because my whole wardrobe has always been whatever fits or best hid my fat. The therapist I had to see pre-surgery suggested that I take weekly selfies to help my mind jive with my body. She said that seeing yourself in a photo gives you a better sense of what other people see as opposed to looking at your reflection in a mirror because your mind will distort it since it's been accustomed to seeing the same person looking back for so long. Good advise - more selfies it is! lol

[Joann454 1,329]

Well, I did it... I cut my hair! Five inches gone. That's one inch for every ten pounds I've lost! What do you think?

Gorgeous! Love love!!

[Joann454 1,329]

Your hair looks fabulous! I recently cut mine from mid-back to shoulder too and love it. I don't feel like I need to hide any more.
This is a great thread. It's funny how this surgery affects you in so many ways other than physically. My mind plays tricks on me all the time. Just this week I went to the beach with my son and forgot our chairs. My immediate thought was "If I try to get down in the sand on my beach towel, I won't be able to get back up". Then I remembered that I can get up from the floor now. I also went to dinner on the boardwalk with hubby and the restaurant had an hour wait. The waiting area was outside and I was freezing, so he suggested we walk up the boardwalk a bit to a souvenir shop where I could get a light jacket or sweatshirt. Well my immediate reaction was to say that they won't have anything in there that will fit me, but he made me go anyway. I saw a cute pink zip hoodie but they only had it up to a size large. I said "OMG this is cute but look how small it looks!" He said...."Ummmm that will fit you. You're not 300 lbs any more so try it on." And it did. I almost teared up over being able to walk into any old store and grab something off the rack like a "normal" person. I also find myself constantly wondering if I can fit in a booth, a chair, walk from point "A" to "B", get into or out of a certain position and am still trying to learn this new person I've become. I've realized that I don't even know what style clothing I like because my whole wardrobe has always been whatever fits or best hid my fat. The therapist I had to see pre-surgery suggested that I take weekly selfies to help my mind jive with my body. She said that seeing yourself in a photo gives you a better sense of what other people see as opposed to looking at your reflection in a mirror because your mind will distort it since it's been accustomed to seeing the same person looking back for so long. Good advise - more selfies it is! lol

I can relate to all of this! So happy for you (and me lol).

[jellybean12 65]

I am a middle aged solo mom and I just started dating a new man. (which is a side-effect unto itself. LOL)

He asked me to sit on his lap to kiss him. So I did. And I didn't worry that I would break him.

That lack of worry that I

-will be too heavy

-won't fit into something

-will hurt someone

-have people looking at me thinking "she should lose some weight"

-etc

is all gone. I don't miss that worry at all.