Passing Me By

On May 2, 2006 I had Gastric Bypass Surgery. In this journal I will be telling of my ups and downs, the good and the bad. Please be warned that this blog may contain very personal things about me as well as some in depth descriptions of many things. If this is something you may not be able to handle, please do not read my blog.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

My Belly Dimples

I had written a while back saying that I would try to get pictures of my belly with the "weight loss dents" and well... here it is!! Not the most flattering picture but hey, soon the fat will all be gone!!


The neat thing in this pic, besides the dents in my belly, is the fact that I have lost enough weight to fit in smaller underwear!! Those blue duckie undies are a size 8!!!! :) lol I'm also wearing an old bra that I havent worn in about 6 years! Wooohooo... I'm really melting away here. I will have Jon take my one month post-op photos and we will post them here in the blog as soon as we take them.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well it is me again, I wish I had said the first letter because I forgot what I said. Hey, can they fix my memory??lol.
I really enjoyed you journal. Remember when writing this I am almost 2 years post op. It brought bad a lot of memories for me, wish I had written all mine down.

Your tummy looked like mine but I did not have the cute duckie undies.
Grieving for food is horrible and it takes alot of grieve. But you do get over it. No it want be tomorrow but it will be soon. I know it is so hard going somewhere smelling and see everyone else eat all or anything they want. Try to remember this is all a process to keep us from going back. Actually all the horrible throwing up does help you learn and stay on the straight and narrow. I told my husband he should have just bought a collar like they but on dogs that shock them, and ever time I came near food just shock me! Would have been cheapier. It seemed like it was all pain and misery. I now know it took all that to get my thoughts and mind changed to keep me from going back to the old way. One day all those yucky snacks and water we have to eat, you will actually perfer them over the greasy or fast food. I promise it is true. If you are like me you will try bite of bad or different things or I should say our old way of eating but you will find you mind build it up to be so much better than it actually is. In america food is everything we use it in our personnel life in our social life everything fun or activity has food in it. Makes it hard to change. If you let it your mind will change. I can now watch people eat all the things I thought I could not live without and it does not bother me. Some times I still get in the oh poor me I am being punished or now fair but usually only when I am stressed. As the months go by and you get looking better and better that helps to. And of course how much better you feel. Yes, it is not easy!! It is a definite choice we have to make and stay with. I think you are growing and right on track. Keep up the good work. Kaitlyn needs her mommy to raise her not some stranger, if nothing else that will keep you motivated. You will be in my prayers. Please keep journaling, this has been a blessing for me to read. I can only imagine how it will help new post ops or pre post ops. You go girl! Take one day at a time and get through it and you will be suprised when you are almost 2 years out. If I can help in any way please let me know. j

June 01, 2006 10:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well it is me again, I wish I had said the first letter because I forgot what I said. Hey, can they fix my memory??lol.
I really enjoyed you journal. Remember when writing this I am almost 2 years post op. It brought bad a lot of memories for me, wish I had written all mine down.

Your tummy looked like mine but I did not have the cute duckie undies.
Grieving for food is horrible and it takes alot of grieve. But you do get over it. No it want be tomorrow but it will be soon. I know it is so hard going somewhere smelling and see everyone else eat all or anything they want. Try to remember this is all a process to keep us from going back. Actually all the horrible throwing up does help you learn and stay on the straight and narrow. I told my husband he should have just bought a collar like they but on dogs that shock them, and ever time I came near food just shock me! Would have been cheapier. It seemed like it was all pain and misery. I now know it took all that to get my thoughts and mind changed to keep me from going back to the old way. One day all those yucky snacks and water we have to eat, you will actually perfer them over the greasy or fast food. I promise it is true. If you are like me you will try bite of bad or different things or I should say our old way of eating but you will find you mind build it up to be so much better than it actually is. In america food is everything we use it in our personnel life in our social life everything fun or activity has food in it. Makes it hard to change. If you let it your mind will change. I can now watch people eat all the things I thought I could not live without and it does not bother me. Some times I still get in the oh poor me I am being punished or now fair but usually only when I am stressed. As the months go by and you get looking better and better that helps to. And of course how much better you feel. Yes, it is not easy!! It is a definite choice we have to make and stay with. I think you are growing and right on track. Keep up the good work. Kaitlyn needs her mommy to raise her not some stranger, if nothing else that will keep you motivated. You will be in my prayers. Please keep journaling, this has been a blessing for me to read. I can only imagine how it will help new post ops or pre post ops. You go girl!Well it is me again, I wish I had said the first letter because I forgot what I said. Hey, can they fix my memory??lol.
I really enjoyed you journal. Remember when writing this I am almost 2 years post op. It brought bad a lot of memories for me, wish I had written all mine down.

Your tummy looked like mine but I did not have the cute duckie undies.
Grieving for food is horrible and it takes alot of grieve. But you do get over it. No it want be tomorrow but it will be soon. I know it is so hard going somewhere smelling and see everyone else eat all or anything they want. Try to remember this is all a process to keep us from going back. Actually all the horrible throwing up does help you learn and stay on the straight and narrow. I told my husband he should have just bought a collar like they but on dogs that shock them, and ever time I came near food just shock me! Would have been cheapier. It seemed like it was all pain and misery. I now know it took all that to get my thoughts and mind changed to keep me from going back to the old way. One day all those yucky snacks and water we have to eat, you will actually perfer them over the greasy or fast food. I promise it is true. If you are like me you will try bite of bad or different things or I should say our old way of eating but you will find you mind build it up to be so much better than it actually is. In america food is everything we use it in our personnel life in our social life everything fun or activity has food in it. Makes it hard to change. If you let it your mind will change. I can now watch people eat all the things I thought I could not live without and it does not bother me. Some times I still get in the oh poor me I am being punished or now fair but usually only when I am stressed. As the months go by and you get looking better and better that helps to. And of course how much better you feel. Yes, it is not easy!! It is a definite choice we have to make and stay with. I think you are growing and right on track. Keep up the good work. Kaitlyn needs her mommy to raise her not some stranger, if nothing else that will keep you motivated. You will be in my prayers. Please keep journaling, this has been a blessing for me to read. I can only imagine how it will help new post ops or pre post ops. You go girl! Well it is me again, I wish I had said the first letter because I forgot what I said. Hey, can they fix my memory??lol.
I really enjoyed you journal. Remember when writing this I am almost 2 years post op. It brought bad a lot of memories for me, wish I had written all mine down.

Your tummy looked like mine but I did not have the cute duckie undies.
Grieving for food is horrible and it takes alot of grieve. But you do get over it. No it want be tomorrow but it will be soon. I know it is so hard going somewhere smelling and see everyone else eat all or anything they want. Try to remember this is all a process to keep us from going back. Actually all the horrible throwing up does help you learn and stay on the straight and narrow. I told my husband he should have just bought a collar like they but on dogs that shock them, and ever time I came near food just shock me! Would have been cheapier. It seemed like it was all pain and misery. I now know it took all that to get my thoughts and mind changed to keep me from going back to the old way. One day all those yucky snacks and water we have to eat, you will actually perfer them over the greasy or fast food. I promise it is true. If you are like me you will try bite of bad or different things or I should say our old way of eating but you will find you mind build it up to be so much better than it actually is. In america food is everything we use it in our personnel life in our social life everything fun or activity has food in it. Makes it hard to change. If you let it your mind will change. I can now watch people eat all the things I thought I could not live without and it does not bother me. Some times I still get in the oh poor me I am being punished or now fair but usually only when I am stressed. As the months go by and you get looking better and better that helps to. And of course how much better you feel. Yes, it is not easy!! It is a definite choice we have to make and stay with. I think you are growing and right on track. Keep up the good work. Kaitlyn needs her mommy to raise her not some stranger, if nothing else that will keep you motivated. You will be in my prayers. Please keep journaling, this has been a blessing for me to read. I can only imagine how it will help new post ops or pre post ops. You go girl! Take one day at a time and get through it and you will be suprised when you look up and you are almost 2 years out. If I can help any any way please let me know. jaye8005@yahoo.com

June 01, 2006 10:49 PM  

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