It has been ages since I have written anything on my blog! The surgery has been a great success. I am not using any diabetic medication now and there is no sign of hypertension either. I suppose swallowing 11 vitamin tablets a day is worth it in the end!
This is not an easy road at all. People have the common believe that surgery is the easy way out, well let me tell you it is not. It is a very very expensive diet tool. You can decide to use it or not, maybe paying so much money for it is the incentive for actually using it. You need to eat healthy and exercise as with al other weight loss programs. If you don’t you won’t loose weight.
It is a very physiological process. It toys with your head and emotions. You need a strong support system to help you through the rough patches.
I am doing fine. I can eat more than I did in the beginning and almost manages to finish 3 quarters of a little plate of food on a good day. Certain foods odour puts me off, things like bacon and fatty foods that my house mates used to eat immediately after the surgery, triggers the nausea response immediately. I can not watch someone wolfing down their food or eat massive portions of food. It makes me sick to my stomach. I do yoga every day of the week and try doing as much cardio as possible. I
I look like a different person and has gone beyond the half way mark of what I need to loose. Am I happy that I’ve done this….
What do you think…? I’ve gone down 7 dress sizes and buy clothes from a “normal shop”. I am healthy and have loads more energy, although I am very tired at times, it is a different type of tired, not lethargic but drained.
I say roll on… can’t wait to go wedding dress shopping in October!