Wednesday morning snicker, and RL news (three years post-bariatric surgery)

[thistlechaser]

From a fic I'm reading. The story is good enough that I'm overlooking the multitude of grammar issues, but this just made me snicker out loud:

“Toby” she said silently. “Thank you”
The pure sincerity and gratefulness in her voice made Tobias feel...

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Because I had bariatric surgery, I need to get lots of bloodwork done every year to make sure I'm not dying of some vitamin deficiency or something. Last year I was worried because my A1C (diabetes number) had creeped up a little closer to pre-diabetic, but happily this year it was back to being low.

I'm not sure why, but apparently my bloodwork has always been really, really good (vitamin levels-wise). Repeatedly I've been told that my numbers are perfect, some of the best post-surgery that my doctors have seen. I wonder why that is? I wonder if other people stop taking the special vitamins we're supposed to take for life? I have to admit, I'm getting a little worse about it, I probably forget one day a week. I really need to go back to never failing to take them. It's just a matter of habit! I have to take them three different times a day though, apart from each other, so it's more complex than just swallowing a pill once a day.

...huh, I just realized, I think it's almost exactly three years since my surgery. Amazing that I've forgotten the date, I have to check LJ to see. Yep, 9/15/2014 was my surgery, so next week will be three years.

I'm not at home, so I can't say the exact amount I've lost (140-160 pounds range). Over the last year I've gained back 15 pounds, which is the scariest thing ever. I'm trying very hard to lose it back again (so easy to regain, so hard to lose...).

Is my life better now? Am I happy I had the surgery? It's hard to say. I'm healthier, which is good. I can fly comfortably on planes, which is spiffy. I can walk a lot, which is really nice. It's just depressing to forever be obsessed with the food I eat, feeling guilty and stressed, constantly worried about gaining it back.

The biggest issue I need to work on is exercise. I knew that going in, and it's held true. My greatest joy in life is being online, which means sitting at the computer... I do it all day at work, then at home all night.

Fast food is is a success though. I used to eat it daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day. Now I rarely go. If I go once a month, it's a lot. It's very expensive around here, and the flavor just doesn't generally work for me anymore. I've become obsessed with fruit though, when in he past I was indifferent to it.

Comments

[xxmadsenxx.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on losing so much weight and keeping it off! I'm sure you can lose those 15 pounds in no time.

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

The struggle is real!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It is for sure!

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

Oops sorry I didn't mean to reply to you, just comment on the entry. LJ fail

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm currently battling those 15. :)

[belleweather.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine having to take pills 3x a day. 2x, maybe... if I can do it when I wake up and go to sleep, but even with short-term pills like antibiotics, that middle time kills me. I don't have a consistent-enough break in my day for that.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and not being able to take them together kills me every time. Like I just took the first set (your comment made me remember, thanks!) now I have to get two more sets in before bed... when they're supposed to be hours apart.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

Three years? Wow! Congratulations!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Just about three, yep. Thanks! :)

[loup_noir]

I've fought with my weight my entire life. I'm currently at that "I've got to do something" point. It's the carbs, dammit, and I love them so. It was bad enough when I was just trying to only eat bread a couple times a week, and then the WBH began brewing beer and he really likes me to drink it with him.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, carbs are such a problem. They're so good, and there are so many forms of them! (Thankfully I don't drink, so I avoid that one.) I'm with you though, I try to eat bread just a couple times a week. Cutting them out 100% is just too rough.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah, keeping it off is the hardest part and I find that the way our jobs/lives are set up now, the tendency to sit around is just so freakin' high!

Not sure how you feel about exercise bikes, but we have one and that gave me the best of both worlds because I would sit my iPad on it while I biked LOL. Streaming Netflix AND getting in shape at the same time! (this reminds me...I need to start doing this again, I was really slacking over the summer because HOTNESS)

Anyway, congrats congrats! Those 15 pounds were sneaky but you are still doing a fantastic job of keeping yourself healthy it sounds like. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I used to have an exercise bike, then I ended up having a very big, very heavy laundry rack. :P I've thought about getting one of those you could keep under your desk though...