I am about a week away from being 7 months out of surgery, but I have had a few health issues lately along with a ton of stress. My bi-polar meds got changed (subtract 300 mg of Seroqual, add 4 mgs of Stelazine, subtract 75 mgs of Effexxor XR, add prn xanax), and I have been getting migraines that make me puke like no ones business.
However, I have started waking up EARLY to exercise. And by early I mean the 5:45 am power water aerobics class at the Y. Yes, I am turning into “that” girl – the one who favors exercise to sleep! While I have not seen the scale change in a few weeks, I have noticed the following:
- My biceps and triceps look and feel buff (now only if the weight loss didn’t leave me with batwings… but that’s what plastic surgery is for!)
- I have awesome legs!
- My wedding ring (which used to be “stuck”, now spins on my finger!
- My bra size went from 50A to 46 B or C! I may not need the boob job after all!
- My jeans are too big again.
- I’m actually looking forward to and enjoying exercise.
- I have become addicted to soy chocolate protein shakes blended with natural peanut butter and a frozen banana!
- I don’t need as much coffee to make it through the day.
But I do have some challenges coming up. This weekend I am heading several hours away to meet one of my bestest buddies for a girls weekend with my kids in a huge Midwestern urban area, where there are tempting treats on every corner, and with my kids tagging along I have a feeling we are going to be taking cabs, not walking like I usually would have done. But my friend is super fit, and knows me better then just about anyone, so she’ll probably not let me cheat too bad. As long as I can make it without another migraine, it should be an awesome time.
I’ll write some bariatric friendly travel tips when I get back. One thing I have done is planned ahead and bought some rice cakes in cedar cheese flavor and vitamin water to get me through the long drive. J
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