Over one year post op!

Apr 27, 2012

I am very please to be one year post op.  It is hard to believe that I was recovering from surgery a year from now. It seems like it never happened...meaning...let me explain...the whole process seems so long ago...I have a new life now and I don't identify with my old life anymore. Unless I go to the mall and I see the plus size stores and I look at them and think how they used to be the only clothing stores I shopped at. Now I just look at them and think how I never have to walk inside those doors again! I am now 175 lbs and wear a size 10 on my top and a size 8 pant/jean. I am a very fit 175 lbs. I don't have much jiggle anymore. I think that because I became physically active about 2 months after surgery and then lost the weight slowly, that this is the reason I am not looking at myself as a bag of wrinkles. I am 52 years old, so it was a concern that I may have a lot of jiggly parts and wrinkles, but I am very pleased. Of course, there are wrinkles and jiggles, but now too bad. I am also having major vein work done on my legs. I have gone to 4 sessions of injections to close the veins that have a bad appearance. I am having one more before summer. I am just a bruised mess right now on my legs, but I hope to be rocking some serious shorts soon! I have also joined the local T.O.P.S. chapter in my neighborhood, just to give myself some weightloss support to lose the last 25 lbs. I will not lie, but I have slowed down with weight loss and I am relying on exercise and good nutrition to lose the last bit. My family is so supportive and my husband is very affectionate towards me. I am also not afraid to speak to strangers, and be humerous and fun-loving....all things that I was fearful of. I hope to post pictures soon!

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