March

Wow.  The Month of March is almost over. This is the 2 year mark in my journey to become healthier and get off the dieting bandwagon.  It is not my 2-year surgery date.  My 2-Year Surgery date is June 19^th.  I'm happy to report that I'm wearing size 10 Levi's, I can power walk up and down major hills for more than an hour and not stop (I do try to wind myself so I sweat with my workout), I don't recognize myself when passing by windows and glancing over, and..I've passed the 100 lb mark.  I knew when I made the choice for lapband surgery that this wouldn't be an overnight effort and had been warned by doctors that if I want to lose weight faster, I should get gastric bypass surgery.  I needed a tool to help me, and I felt this was the way.  I knew what I needed to do and how to do it, and that weight loss for me was a head thing. I needed to change behaviors that triggered the food cramming. And yes, I'm still working on those behaviors and always will be working on them.

The biggest part was getting my toxic Sister out of my life. To a certain extent, I allowed her to control me through the visits with my Niece.  While I don't get to see my niece as often as I would like, my sister does NOT have control of the situation anymore. Ergo, I don't lose control over the food as much anymore.  What a release!  I miss my Beanie though.

I also needed to dump my birth control method, Depo Provera.  I had no idea how much a birth control product could hold on to the weight.  While it didn't cause me to gain weight, it certainly made it more difficult to come off.  I tell you, once I stopped getting those quarterly shots and the stuff exited my system, the weight really started to move.  I now use Mirena, which is an intra-uterine device made up of progesterone.  It keeps it localized instead of it moving throughout my bloodstream and it's worked wonders!  No shots, no pills, etc., and good for 5 years!  NOICE.

I'm planning on scheduling an appointment with my band doctor on the 2-year anniversary surgery date to see what he says about the integrity of the band and to get his opinion on this hanging skin that I can't seem to exercise away.  Some of you may have already read the comments between me and Cat regarding the things we can do with excess flesh/skin.  I have a good time grabbing on to mine and twisting it while I'm lying in bed.  I'm hoping the manipulation of the fat will make it go away, but it doesn't seem to work.  My friend Kimmy turned me on to the YouTube PooChi Skit.  I think ya'll can appreciate the humor. And on that note, I'll end today's blog…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2DQC-ghio&sns=em

 

 

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