It's been almost a week, and I'm finally feeling much more like me again! Today, DH went back to work, and I was up and out taking the little one to preschool like normal. Still a little sore in the tummy area, and still have a little gas pain in my shoulder that likes to pop up at night when I'm trying to get comfortable, but all in all, feeling pretty awesome!
Yesterday, I went to 2 birthday parties - one for my 1 year old niece, and one for a friend's 8 year old. It was inevitable: although I'm still supposed to be on liquids, I had a little cake. Very very little, but oh so good!! However, the party for the 8 year old was a cooking party, and the kids all made their own pizzas and fruit kebabs and iced their own cakes (aka: sweat shop party...kid does all the work! ha! Brilliant!!) Well, there were these bowls of cheese...and I thought "oh, one little piece of cheese...if I chew it really really well...how bad could that be?"...yeah...I think it was bad. Well not too bad, but I think I had some pain because of it, and many panicky mental images of my stomach exploding, so today it was strictly liquids. Stupid lack of willpower. Ah well, if I had willpower, I wouldn't have needed surgery, would I? Still, I'm an idiot. From now on, I'm following instructions to the letter...you know...like I should have done in the first place.
Something that makes me a little sad is this: I've lost over 30lbs so far, and nobody has noticed that I've lost weight. Now, I realize that I'm frickin' huge, and that I'm going to have to lose a LOT to even make a dent, but still...was kinda hoping that someone would go "hey...have you lost weight?" I know, silly. But you know, I can FEEL it already in so many things, I want someone to validate me by saying it! Validate me, dammit!!! Even funnier: I know if someone DOES say it, I'm going to be secretly all "oh, they don't even think that...they're just trying to be nice."
I know I know...just back away slowly and try not to make eye contact. lol!
So glad you found the Followers tab to add :-) So I come to your blog and wondered who the thin looking young lady that you put in the profile picture, then realized it was you. What a difference from the main picture you have at the top. So I'll say it--you look fabulous and who cares if no one else notices. You do! After I had lost a bunch of weight years ago, my sister said that people don't want to say anything in case I gain it back like all the other times. They will start to see the thinner you coming out.
ReplyDeletelol!! the key word is "young", Sandy! That picture is from 2007...not much thinner...just leaning forward. It's a great angle! lmao! I will get there though :)
ReplyDeleteGilly,
ReplyDeleteFrom my experiance, most people start to notice a change when we lose somewhere between 30-50 lbs.
So you have lost 30 lbs (happy dance for you)! Like Sandy said, people may not want to say something, incase you haven't lost weight or are afraid to hurt your feelings by implying that you, "need to lose weight"!
So don't worry too much about it. By 50 lbs, it will definitely start to show, where they will have no choice but to acknowledge it!! At least we will be your cheerleaders!!