Update

Ok, it's been a month since the final surgery and things are looking great! The scar is slightly funky, but after a year, should look good. I feel good, and finally got back on Vin Diesel (aka StairMaster) 3 weeks ago. I'm working up to where I was before the surgery. Haven't gotten there just yet, but am getting closer. I'll try and post a picture of the scar for ya'll.

People often ask me, or make comments like:
You're not losing more weight are you?
Are you done losing weight?
Be careful, you don't want to become anorexic!
Stop losing weight!
How much weight are you going to lose?

And the list goes on. The truth of the matter is, I'm not really planning on losing any more weight per se. Once I had the excess skin taken off, the key was to just maintain. However, after recovering from the surgeries, I needed to get back on the exercise horse to do something about my flabby arse.

Now that I'm back on Vin, I expect to fluctuate and probably drop another 5 to 8 lbs. Not intentionally, mind you, but because I do have a little bit of jello on my hips, legs and belly. Once I firm that up, I should be solid. I'm not looking forward to hearing the comments of another 5lb weight loss. It's interesting, but people have been making comments like the weight loss happened overnight. These are people I work with and I've been on this journey since March of 2008. Granted, they didn't/don't know about the banding, but they do know about the careful food choices and the exercising and drinking lots of water, etc. Why suddenly is my weight loss overnight?

I even had a good friend ask me how to lose weight quickly! I busted out laughing and chokingly told her "You KNOW it's taken me 3 years to do this! The weight doesn't come on overnight and neither does taking it off!" I told her to look at all her options and choose something that will work for her and stick to it. We all know that no matter what tools we use to help us on this journey, it still boils down to what we consume, exercise, water and mind-set.

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