4 Month Post-Op Update

3/10 vs 7/20

I haven't really updated a lot recently.. I think my instagram has become more of my blog these days to be honest.  It's so quick and easy to post a picture with a caption that truly captures the moment.  

Any who, I'm a little over 4 months out and down 51 pounds since surgery and 61 including the 10 pounds I lost the week or two before surgery.   I feel GREAT!! I wish I had this surgery sooner!   I took pictures yesterday and couldn't believe the comparison!!  Like my Mom keeps telling me, it's as if a vacuum came and literally sucked the weight out of me and I just started shrinking! Things with my weight loss seem to really have fallen into place when I had this surgery.  It's just SO much easier than it was with my lapband!  No more throwing up..

3/10 vs 7/20

no more getting stuck... no more worrying about whether the food will go down or not.  I feel like I'm back to my normal insides again (as silly as that sounds).  And full? Wow.. a word I never knew the meaning of with my lapband; with my sleeve full is something I know all to well!  It really just tells you when  you've had enough!  It's amazing.. no guessing games, no waiting for food to move.. you're just full!

 I love that I can now put on clothes without feeling that dreaded worry of how it will look on me.  I love that I can put on clothes and not feel that absolutely annoying feeling of being squished in my clothes- ESPECIALLY when I sit down! So, I bought this dress for my vacation next month to the Bahamas.  I bought it online without trying it on.  I bought this style because I knew it was the best style for my pear shaped body.   My fear was the design- stripes along the widest part of my body- it could go one of two ways.  It will either look good or it will look bad.  Well, sure enough I bought the dress and it looked good! My Mom, who is always very honest with me, was jaw-dropped because it looked good on me!  So, below it a picture of how it looked when I first got it on 7/14/15.  I'm hoping to be down 10 more pounds by the time I wear it in the Bahamas next month.  I do have to say, when I saw these pictures, even I was jaw-dropped that I was able to pull it off!

7/14/15