Or my life is just that incredibly boring. In reality, those aren’t mutually exclusive statements. I started this blog as a way to record my journey along this lap band path, to document the frustrations, the highs and the lows. But as it turns out (for me anyway), my life just went on as usual after surgery.
I still get up every morning, take my 3 year old to school, go to work, come home and make dinner, enjoy the evening with my family and go to bed. I still do laundry and grocery shopping on the weekends, and I still hate to clean my house. We still attend birthdays, house warmings, and extended family meals. We still go out to eat as a family every Friday night (and let our 3 year old pick the restaurant). It all sounds a little boring I’m sure, but I’m very content with my life.
Obviously, there have been changes to my life since the surgery. First, I’m loosing weight. Not at a tremendous rate, but slowly it’s starting to come off. Since my surgical consultation I’ve lost nearly 37 pounds, and I’m very pleased with the results. Some days I think it should be coming off faster, but I remind myself that I didn’t suddenly wake up at 218 pounds, and it’s going to take some time to get it all off.
Secondly, I can’t eat that much, and I accept that. I’ve had three fills, and think I’m at a pretty good place with the amount of restriction I have. I’m still able to eat the majority of the food I prepare for my family, just smaller amounts… minus the bread.
I also no longer have the severe cravings that I had right after the surgery. As I blogged previously, there was a time when I’d give my right arm for a Dr. Pepper, but those cravings are gone. I don’t really crave fast food anymore either (and I was a daily visitor to the drive thru for years).
But I do still crave chocolate… *sigh*. I guess I couldn’t bear to give up all my vices.
I’m going to try to blog more frequently, I swear. Maybe I should rename this blog to “The Oh-So-Boring Path to Normal”.
