Category: weight loss surgery

Wow!! What an amazing 6 months it has been. It’s really hard to believe that just 6 months ago I weighed 124kg (272lbs) and was wearing size 24 clothes. Today I am 92.1kg (202lbs) and wearing size 16. I am the fitted I have ever been and have so much energy. Kevin and I really noticed it on holidays when we could go ALL day at the theme parks (something we’ve never done before).

I know my weight loss hasn’t been great in the last month (only 1.1kgs) but I know why. I need to get back to eating healthy snacks and not buying chocolate/chips. Apparently around the 6 month mark the honeymoon is over and you need to be more careful with your food choices as you can eat more than the early days. I’ve still got quite a bit of weight to lose so I need to buckle down and get on with it.

Kevin and I were talking about how we’re still overweight and feel fat but when you look at old photos I’m amazed at just how fat I was. I knew I was big but I didn’t realize just how big. Anyway, it’s good to have them to look back on to realize how far we have both come in just 6 short months. Here’s a photo from Mexico in May last year, and on this years holiday. Doesn’t Kevin look amazing. He’s lost over 40kg (88lbs) now.

Okay, a couple of negatives to having lost so much weight. Firstly, we have a rather hard time finding each other in crowds these days. I think our eyes still look for the biggest person :-).  Secondly, though our food bill has gone down, our clothing bill has gone up. Thirdly, quite a bit of my hair has fallen out in the last month. Thank goodness I had very thick hair to start with, now it’s probably just normal. The hair loss seems to be slowing now.  Lastly, I have a lot of lose, baggy skin. I will probably have surgery to fix this later and I’m still happier with the body I’ve got now than the one I had for far too many years.

Anyway, the positives far outweigh any negatives. And the first tworeally aren’t bad negatives anyway. We are both SOOOOOO happy that we had the surgery. It really has changed our lives.

Whosh… there goes another month. It’s now 5th months since I had WLS. Can’t believe it really. I’ve lost another 3kg (I think) for a total of 31.3kg (69lbs). I know I could do better with the weight loss (just need to give up the few “treats” I have every day), but overall I’m pretty darn happy with how I’m going. School holidays start today and next weekend we’re headed off for a 2 week holiday to Surfers Paradise. It’s going to such a different experience and I so can’t wait to ride a roller coaster and see how well I fit in the seats (instead of squeezing in). It’s going to be so fun being a “normal, though still overweight” person on holidays.

Anyway, here I am today – not looking terribly glamorous as it’s an at home day – weighing 93.3kg (205lbs).

Is it truly just 4 months since I had weight loss surgery? It really seems such a long time ago. In the last month I have managed to lose another 3kg, for a total loss of 28.5kg or 62lbs. The weight loss has slowed a little the last few weeks but I know I’ve been having a few more treats than I should have (not to mention all the chocolate…).  We have decided to clean up the whole families eating and I’m not replacing any unhealthy foods as we use them up. I think it’s going to be a bit of a shock to the girls but I’m sure I can find plenty of yummy foods for us to enjoy – just need to be a bit more prepared and do more cooking at home. Exercise is still going well but I’m thinking of shaking things up a bit after Easter – not sure how yet – maybe some classes (which I haven’t done in ages).

Probably the most exciting thing is that I’m now wearing mostly size 16s. Here I am wearing my size 16 jeans last weekend. Can’t tell you how many times I reminded Kevin what size they were :-). It’s great feeling “normal”!!!!