Hi all - I only have time for a quick note here right now but I promise to write more soon.
I am travelling really well. The weight loss went backwards a bit over Christmas but I have got back to my pre-Christams weight now and lost another kilo - a total of 18 kilos down! I have had two fills since being banded (a total of 3 mls so far - will give you all the goss on that later) and am getting some restriction but haven't found anything yet that I absolutely cannot eat. It is a bit of a double sided sword really - not missing anything but I find it hard to stop myself from being naughty either. The portion sizes really vary - one day I can only down half a sushi hand roll for lunch - the next I can polish off a whole medium sized spaghetti dinner - totally weird and a bit frustrating at times, cos I never know until after I have taken the first bite!
My body is changing too - but I seem to be between two sizes, so I am still wearing most of the size 18's I had in my wardrobe pre-banding (but the 20's and 22's are packed up looking for new homes!)
Even though appetite wise and size wise, lots of things are very much the same, the big difference is energy levels - and I am actually excercising - OMG!!! And sort of enjoying it OMG!!!!!!!!!! And I even raced my daughter up the stairs at the cinema the other day - just for fun - without even thinking about is as an effort - AND almost beat her, when she was on the escalator and I was on the stairs -OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who IS this person I am turning into??????
Oh well - you will have to wait for the next instalment to find out - and to hear the adults only edition too ;-)
CYA next time, Dizzy
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Friday, 7 November 2008
Lumps, Bumps & Haircuts
OMG I have SOOOO made the right decision about my weight! I am 12 days banded now and absolutely LOVING it! I lost 8 kgs on Optifast, another 4 kgs on fluid stage and am feeling FANBLOODYTASTIC!!!
My skin is clear, my hair is shiny, I actually have a neck, I have so much more energy, my sleep apnoea is already getting better and I can’t stop smiling! It really feels like I have started a new phase in my life and I am so proud of myself for climbing out of the rut I was in.
Hang on, I know it won’t all be plain sailing from here - and I have already had a few bumps with reality along the way – but overall I am so happy with the way things are going that I can still face the bumps with a smile.
The first reality bump was really more of a lump than a bump. My body is generally not co-operating with my plans for its redesign. Yes, I have lost weight, but there seems to be no clear plan about where it is going to come from and when! One day its my ankles, then its my neck, then my thighs, then my bum, then for ages the only difference I can see is my eyelids! But what on earth happened to my belly!!!! Not bloody much I can tell you! So the result is that now I have a whole wardrobe of clown pants – that fit around the waist but flap around everywhere else LOL!!
Last weekend I decided to head off to Autograph to try to see if I can find some pants that look slightly less ridiculous – only to find myself paranoid that the shop assistant will walk in to the change room and reveal my scars and I will have to explain to the whole store that I have defected to the dark side! No need to say, I couldn’t squeeze into the smaller size anyway :-(
So I drag out as many skirts as I can find out of lost and found (the bottom of my wardrobe) and dress up like it is 35 degrees outside (instead of 20 and threatening to rain) and head off for my first day back at work, waiting for the exclamations about how different I look. It is only then that I realise that the skirts now hide the majority of the weight loss and people I haven’t seen for 4 weeks greet me with “Have you had a hair cut?” !!
Well, it has been a bloody expensive and traumatic haircut but it has certainly been the best investment in myself I have ever made. Despite the reality bumps and hiccups yet to come, I am still feeling absolutely wonderful :-)
My skin is clear, my hair is shiny, I actually have a neck, I have so much more energy, my sleep apnoea is already getting better and I can’t stop smiling! It really feels like I have started a new phase in my life and I am so proud of myself for climbing out of the rut I was in.
Hang on, I know it won’t all be plain sailing from here - and I have already had a few bumps with reality along the way – but overall I am so happy with the way things are going that I can still face the bumps with a smile.
The first reality bump was really more of a lump than a bump. My body is generally not co-operating with my plans for its redesign. Yes, I have lost weight, but there seems to be no clear plan about where it is going to come from and when! One day its my ankles, then its my neck, then my thighs, then my bum, then for ages the only difference I can see is my eyelids! But what on earth happened to my belly!!!! Not bloody much I can tell you! So the result is that now I have a whole wardrobe of clown pants – that fit around the waist but flap around everywhere else LOL!!
Last weekend I decided to head off to Autograph to try to see if I can find some pants that look slightly less ridiculous – only to find myself paranoid that the shop assistant will walk in to the change room and reveal my scars and I will have to explain to the whole store that I have defected to the dark side! No need to say, I couldn’t squeeze into the smaller size anyway :-(
So I drag out as many skirts as I can find out of lost and found (the bottom of my wardrobe) and dress up like it is 35 degrees outside (instead of 20 and threatening to rain) and head off for my first day back at work, waiting for the exclamations about how different I look. It is only then that I realise that the skirts now hide the majority of the weight loss and people I haven’t seen for 4 weeks greet me with “Have you had a hair cut?” !!
Well, it has been a bloody expensive and traumatic haircut but it has certainly been the best investment in myself I have ever made. Despite the reality bumps and hiccups yet to come, I am still feeling absolutely wonderful :-)
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