Here it is already, Month 5! Time is flying by! I have now lost 125lbs and I can hardly believe it. Everyone always wants to know how I am doing, tells me how good I am looking, etc. I love that people are starting to notice a difference in me, both physically and mentally. A couple of weeks ago, one of the ladies that I work with asked me how much weight I had lost. At that time, I had lost almost 120lbs. She said to me, just so you know, you have lost ME! No way!?! That puts everything into perspective. I couldn't imagine having her ride on my back all day every day... and essentially, she has been for a lot of years and I didn't even realize it!
This past month has been very busy for me, with lots of non scale victories (or NSVs) happening every day. When you start out morbidly obese (ok, here it is, I said it out loud!) and you are at the point I am in the journey to weight loss, the simple things turn into big deals. Like last month when I listed all the really great things I could do now, there are lots of similar new experiences that I have had since then. Simple things, for example being able to sit comfortably in a regular folding chair, I never would have done that before my surgery! Well, before I went on vacation to the cabin, I promised Landon that we would take a ride in the paddle boat. He was so excited and we did just that, a couple of times!! He kept saying “Gigi, isn’t this FUN!” Last summer and the summers before, I couldn’t do that. I was too big. And that was NOT fun! This past weekend, I was swimming in my parent’s pool. Steve and I got to horsing around and I decided that I was going to jump off the diving board. I haven’t jumped off the board in probably 15-20 YEARS, but we were being goofy, so I got up there and did it! IT WAS REALLY FUN!
This summer there are a lot of changes going on in my life (including the bathing suit keeps getting bigger). I hope that there are lots of positive changes going on in your lives and that you take each moment as the gift it is. There is a quote that says “Yesterday can’t be changed because it’s history, Tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why it’s called the present.” Use your gift, treasure it, and use it to change your life.
This past month has been very busy for me, with lots of non scale victories (or NSVs) happening every day. When you start out morbidly obese (ok, here it is, I said it out loud!) and you are at the point I am in the journey to weight loss, the simple things turn into big deals. Like last month when I listed all the really great things I could do now, there are lots of similar new experiences that I have had since then. Simple things, for example being able to sit comfortably in a regular folding chair, I never would have done that before my surgery! Well, before I went on vacation to the cabin, I promised Landon that we would take a ride in the paddle boat. He was so excited and we did just that, a couple of times!! He kept saying “Gigi, isn’t this FUN!” Last summer and the summers before, I couldn’t do that. I was too big. And that was NOT fun! This past weekend, I was swimming in my parent’s pool. Steve and I got to horsing around and I decided that I was going to jump off the diving board. I haven’t jumped off the board in probably 15-20 YEARS, but we were being goofy, so I got up there and did it! IT WAS REALLY FUN!
This summer there are a lot of changes going on in my life (including the bathing suit keeps getting bigger). I hope that there are lots of positive changes going on in your lives and that you take each moment as the gift it is. There is a quote that says “Yesterday can’t be changed because it’s history, Tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why it’s called the present.” Use your gift, treasure it, and use it to change your life.
