Help
Today is my 1 year Bandaversary. I am so shocked at all the changes that have taken place in one years time.
The changes:
Weight: was 238 pre-op and 221 day of surgery. Now 127
Waist: was 38-39 and now 26
Clothing sizes:
Jeans: was size 18(tight) & now size 2
T-shirt Size: was XL-XXL & now Sm-Med (depending on the cut.)
Dress size: was 16-18 now 2-4 (again depending on the cut)
When I started this journey, I really did not expect to be where I am now or lose the amount of weight I have lost. It is hard to explain. Well I had come to the conclusion early on, that I would follow the band rules as much as possible and exercise and maybe this time in my attempts to lose, maybe this time would not be as difficult.
I gave up all sodas, rice, bread, pasta and fried foods almost a month before my surgery. I figured since my Doc said I shouldn’t or couldn’t have them, and gaining 4 pounds after getting the approval and then seeing myself at my best friend’s wedding on wide screen I was done. That was probably one of the most humiliating times I had ever experienced and even though no one made me feel me feel like I was as heavy as I was….. I was DONE! You know when you decide enough is enough, well I called out ENOUGH.
When it has come to eating, I still eat all my proteins first and then eat my veggies. I have always allowed myself a splurge
here and there because I thought if I didn’t I would go a little too far one day. As soon as I was given the OK to go to the gym, I was there putting in as much effort as I could. I found out early on that if I didn’t work-out, I didn’t lose weight. The band is a tool and I learned that I had to put in the effort. Band restriction is great and after a fill I would maintain my weight but to actually lose, I have had to exercise.
So, I hired a trainer at my gym and I feel it was one of the best investments I have ever made. I have had the trainer since the end of July and my work-out schedule has kept changing all along and I know that it has helped.
I haven’t been on as much lately because I was in a bad car accident that totaled my vehicle. Sitting at the computer has not been easy at all. I am still here, still trying to respond when I can get online.
I am now below goal, I think because I have been so stressed since the accident. Eating the past few weeks, has been difficult because I just have not been hungry. It used to be when I was stressed I would eat and eat, and now it is the opposite. I am no longer living to eat, I am eating to live. It does make a difference.
Stress really can cause weight-loss because my husband was also in the accident and he is down 5 pounds from it all. He told me the stress diet helped him get under the 200 pound mark he had been trying to get past, but its not really how he wanted to lose it.
I just want to say, this group has truly been my only real support from the beginning. So many of you mean so much to me and you are my friends. I feel so lucky and so fortunate to have found this forum because I would have been very very lost.
Hugs to all,
Kristi
One last thing, CELEBRATE the little victories. Whether they are scale related or not, they are WORTH celebrating.
Losing inches are just as important if not more than a number on the scale.
317 pounds 
165 pounds 
