Originally Posted by
sraebaer
Surgery anniversary week! Lost all my weight and kept it off. Gave myself a whole new life, best gift ever. I'm at the point now where I barely remember being fat.
How did I do it?
1. Positive attitude all the way. It was so much fun seeing the pounds drop off.
2. No excuses. Let's see, during these 7 years I broke my neck, discovered I have a brain tumor, lost my mom, moved across the country, and am now recovering from shoulder surgery. (WAY worse than sleeve surgery that's for sure). Not to mention quarantine. So life will come up, don't use it as an excuse to gain back weight. Eating junk won't change anything.
3. Weigh myself daily so if I'm a little up I get more careful about what goes in my mouth.
4. Exercise. Even after shoulder surgery I'm encouraged to walk on a flat surface (incline OK) so I'm out everyday. Hoping to be cleared for skiing and snowshoeing by January. I do miss trail hiking and mountain climbing, but I can wait. Biggest accomplishment as a regular sized person was summitting Kilimanjaro August 2019. And as my mom would have told you, I'm no spring chicken.
The sleeve surgery is an opportunity, not a guarantee. But it can be done without that much work. I still get excited looking at the size in my clothes, considering the tag used to say something like 22.
You can do it too!
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