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October 2001 Well here it is already 2 months out and I feel great! Nothing at all hurts in my stomach area anymore. I can sneeze, cough, roll over, sleep on my side or stomach, plant in the garden, and exercise and it doesn't even feel like I had major surgery. I did learn a lesson this month about plateaus. I had 3 weeks where the scale didn't really move, and I was getting totally depressed over it. I had prepared myself for plateaus but I didn't expect one to start only 6 weeks after surgery. I had read of too many people who lost 20+ in their second month and here I was more than halfway through the month at only a 5 pound loss. But the last week of this month everything went *whoosh*. Suddenly the loss jumped up to 12.5 lbs. So I learned two valuable things: 1) don't fret about plateaus no matter when they happen. It doesn't do any good and it will start coming off again! and 2) get the scale out of the house. Without the scale, I can't fret about 3 weeks with no loss. I'll find out my loss at the end of the month when I go over my neighbors to weigh myself. So if I had a short plateau, I won't know it. :) Earlier this month I took a trip up to the mountains and did a lot of climbing and walking. It was great to be able to walk up hilly areas and not get winded. It felt super! And I'm starting to feel a lot better about having my picture taken. I also spoke at the beginning of this month at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Obesity Support meeting. For some wacky reason I enjoy public speaking and I had a lot of fun! So anyway, I'm not really disappointed with only a 12.5 lbs. loss this month because I lost inches. I've been back on my regular exercise routine: Richard Simmons Tone 'n Sweat / Tonin' Uptown / Tonin' Downtown weight training during my lunch hour, and then walking 2 miles either outside or on the treadmill every night, skipping only the nights I feel extremely tired. (I may be getting tired from low iron levels. Next month's checkup will tell the tale.) I have to say at this point I really love how my clothes feel on me. Gone are the red lines at the end of the day from a too-tight waistline on my pants. Gone are the sweaters stretched to the max. And lo and behold I can cross my legs fairly easily now! Hey, it's these little things that make a big difference. The only thing I don't like too much is that my scar has stretched and turned dark red (see pictures if you don't get queasy looking at scars). It sure looked a lot better right after surgery. The cocoa butter doesn't seemed to have helped so I've moved on to rubbing vitamin E on it every night. It's a lot more messy but we'll see if it helps start fading it. Gosh, with all the staple marks still red I think my scar looks like the line with slashes all through it that kids draw on Frankenstein's neck! |
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