1 Week 18 Pounds

It's been exactly one week since surgery. I am officially 18 pounds lighter than I was 1 week ago. I've been fighting to lose weight for years now but to lose 18 pounds in one week is unfathomable. I would like to take credit for all of the weight loss. After so many years of trying I feel like I am entitled but in reality its all my band. Well my band and Dr. Keshishian and the staff at Delano Regional Medical Center. Without them I probably would have been heavier than I was a week ago rather than light. And with the holiday season coming up I can only imagine what weight I would have hit without getting this surgery. I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but I really do feel like I have a new lease on life. I feel like I have more energy, I'm happier and I just look and feel better all around.

Once I am all healed up and can get to the gym I can't wait to see the results. As the fat falls away and I tone and tighten my muscles I hope to hardly recognize myself. I'm hoping that I will have lost enough weight that I won't be ashamed to be in public in a swim suit this coming summer, and the summer after that I'm going to be in a bikini. When I used to think about the future, I used to worry that things might not work out the way I want them too. Now I have nothing but high hopes.