My Journey

It’s officially been almost 4 years since my vertical sleeve gastrectomy. 

My weight is back up to just 7 pounds under my highest weight when I started my weight loss journey in 2017. 

Since 2017: 

I got married, I bought a house, I’ve been promoted twice and now am comfortably in salaried position in my company, my wife and I are family planning, I have four cats and two dogs. My life has changed drastically from the 24 year old woman I was when I started dedicating my life to bettering my health. 

I’ve always been honest on this blog. I felt it was my only place I could be honest and the truth is that I failed.  In 2018 when we moved, I was stagnant around 270s. I couldn’t get past the plateau for months upon months. Then I got up to 280 and got discouraged. I stopped going to the gym. I gave up on trying to eat the best way I knew how. I hated where I lived and I hated my job. I lost both my grandparents in 2019. I was severely depressed.

I have an eating disorder. Food is the only constant in my life and it brings comfort. 

I sustained 280s until the pandemic hit at the beginning of 2020. 

Mid pandemic I started going to therapy.

As of today, 3/3/2021 I’m 320 pounds. 

I only know my weight though because my wife and I signed up for a new membership at a fitness club instead of a standard gym. We got a full health and fitness assessment with a personal trainer. 

I’ve been tasked with keeping a food journal and we have an appointment on Friday with a personal trainer and we are joining a group class on Monday. We’ve made a commitment to go 5 times a week. 

From left to right: 

I have been doing a lot of strength training up until this point but I think it’s time to buckle down and kick this weight loss plateau in the booty with lots of cardio. 

Today I went harder than ever before, burned 247 calories, hit nearly 3 miles. Finally reached 270 lbs. Can’t wait to see 260-something. 

HW: 327 lbs

-28 lbs to the day of surgery

Day of VSG: 299 lbs

Goal Weight: 295 lbs

Goal Weight: 290 lbs

Goal Weight: 288 lbs

Goal Weight: 285 lbs

Goal Weight: 280 lbs

Goal Weight: 277 lbs

Goal Weight: 270 lbs 

Goal Weight: 266 lbs (-4 lbs away)

Goal Weight:263 (-7 lbs away)

Goal Weight: 260 (-10 lbs away)

Face to face comparison from August 2017-October 2017 

-53 lbs between the pictures 

9/27/17

Waist: 40

Hip: 54

Bust: 48

Right Bicep: 18.5

Left Bicep: 18.5

Thigh: 32.5

Calf: 22

55 DAYS 

11/14/17

Waist: 39.5  (-.5)

Hip: 53 (-1)

Bust: 46 (-2)

Right Bicep: 18 (-.5)

Left Bicep: 18.5

Thigh: 31 (-1.5)

Calf: 21.5 (-.5)

I sort of dropped off the face of the earth because I don’t feel like I’ve made significant progress to feel proud of. 

I’ve lost 27lbs since surgery on September 13th.