Maintaining

I have decided to start the next step in this journey and that is to maintain.

My amazing husband made a very good comment to me last Friday and it made me realize that I should look outside the box. Sometimes we are so caught up on numbers that we imagined ourselves at, that we get stuck/fixated on that goal. Once he made that comment, it got me thinking and now know that he is right.

I have found my place. I am now standing tall at 5'7" weighing 174. Went from sizes 34/52/6x to 10/34/Medium and feel amazing. Once I get all the skin (neck to knees...lol) removed next year, those sizes will even go down because I can see that the size 10's I have are loose on thighs but because of my panni, I can't go smaller...woot woot...lol

I'm at a perfect weight for ME. I don't care that the BMI calculator is telling me that I'm still overweight. It's NOT about the number for me and I'm soooo happy with my decision.

oh, and hey! Losing 250lbs ain't too shabby wouldn't you agree? lol

Find your place and be amazed that you have found it!

Bonne journée,
Nathalie

22 months - 1 year!

I woke up on one perfect morning, 22 months ago! So determined to do this. Thank goodness I have mama's qualities which, one of them is "extreme stubborness"! (xox mama ahaha) I knew what I wanted and I got exactly what I asked for - gastric bypass, 1 year ago! Best decision I have ever made in my life!

I travelled an amazing distance now that I reflect back. Oddly enough to some of you, I was never unhappy with my weight, my health condition or my looks. Heck, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought I was an absolute babe at 425lbs...lmao...an "extreme self-confidence" quality that my father passed on to me. Weight and health is an awesome bonus but I know that, for me personally, my #1 reason for changing my lifestyle was to never have restrictions again, in every sense of the word when you are morbidly obese - I was done idling, I wanted to live!

The Support! Yes, I could have done this alone but man oh man I wouldn't have wanted to. The support I have had since day one is simply mind-blowing! I have the most incredible family and friend! All the talks about me, the surgery, the weight loss, the clothes, the sizes, the games they play with me when they try to guess if I lost any lbs on Monday Weigh-Ins...lol. I truly hope you know and understand the immense appreciation I have for you. (Je vous aime pas, je vous adore!). My e-friends from the OH forum - you have given me so much of your wisdom, so much inspiration, so much education - life changing! I will forever be addicted to all of you..lol...you are better then food!

Those who are starting this path - contemplating if it's the right decision, worried, hesitating, intimidated - whatever your fears, erase them forever because LIFE after WLS is a million times more WORTH then living before it!


I was born in 1971 in Témiscaming, QC but I was reborn in 2011 in Toronto, ON


À tantôt,
Nathalie