Surgery two months ago today!

Feb 02, 2009

I thought I would post because today marks two months since my wls.  Since my surgery I am now down 44 lbs, and 60 exactly since I started my presurgery diet on Nov.1st.  I have been able to quit taking one cholesterol med, 2 blood pressure meds, one type of insulin, and two oral meds for diabetes.  It won't be long until my blood sugars are able to stabilze themselves on there own.  I used to use 90 units of lantus a day and am now down to 15 without anything else.  I feel so much better and am walking 3 miles a day, rain or shine without any trouble at all. 
  My starting weight was 275, and now am 215.  Maybe onederland will be possible for me too!  If I never lost another pound the changes in my health have made the surgery well worth it for me.  I will be the first to admit that this is not at all easy, and this wls changes every aspect of your life.  But for me, no matter how much I adhered to every diet, especially after becoming diabetic, nothing I did would get any weight off.  Food is not important anymore, I can use it as a fuel for my body as it was meant to be, not as a form of entertainment.  It is definitely not for everyone, but was a lifesaver for me.

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