Friday, April 15, 2011

Scared and hormonal!

I am still scared that I am going to fail. It has been playing on my mind since I decided to go ahead with the surgery. This is the first time I think I have ever written it down for the world to read. I was inspired by the YouTube video that Lap Band Girl posted today. That guy had a lot of good solid advice. I am choosing to take with me 2 main suggestions. Document my journey. Good and bad. I want this to be an honest account of how this process is affecting me, how it is changing my perspective, how it is changing my view on life. I don't particularly want to document what food I eat everyday etc, but from time to time I will certainly check in to how I am assisting my band with nutrition. The second thing is photos and measurements. Today is 5 months post op. It's gone fast and I feel like I am not achieving the results I should be. I then have an internal debate about my progress being good enough. In my head I know it is ok but my heart knows that I can put in more effort. I will be taking my monthly comparison pic tomorrow and will also do some measurements and update them on my blog. OK so before I let out all my hormonal frustrations I will leave you on a positive note - I felt skinny today. I know I am not skinny but today I FELT skinny. That's an achievement in itself!!!

5 comments:

  1. I have the same anxieties some times to, especially now that my loss is slowing some. I know I have done great so far, but it doesn't change those feelings completely. I know what u mean about feeling skinny some days. I'm far from being skinny, but some days I do feel it!

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  2. I think failure is our biggest fear. I know that i have seen that fear come up again and again on the blogs. It is only natural I think as we have all had so much failure with other diets. We all hope that this is the answer but there is a little piece of us all scared to death that we have been duped into doing yet another diet that wont work.

    Even at goal I have my bad days where that little devil on my shoulder says: sure..i got to goal but will I stay? I am not sure if it will ever go away.

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  3. 16+ kg. in 5 months is AWESOME!! It's a marathon, not a sprint! Just keep at it!

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  4. You are not alone! I think lots of us have these doubts. Despite losing weight quite well, I still worry that I will be one of the ones that it won't work for, that I will lack the control and finishing power to get to goal, that I will get to goal, but not stay there. So many of us have a history of failure when it comes to our weight - it's hard to believe this time it will be different. But you're doing great, and there is NO reason why you won't succeed!

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  5. I hear you. It is very hard sometimes not to compare your weight loss to others (especially those who have lost so quickly!). I'm almost 8 months out and "only" down 35 lbs. But...I know that had I not had this surgery, I would definitely not be down this, in fact, I would probably weigh MORE than I did when I started! So I try to just be happy with what I'm doing. It's hard, but we can't beat ourselves up because we "don't compare" with others!

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