We all make mistakes and I’m no different. When something new happens or changes are made to my already planned out life it’s hard for me. I’m getting use to this new format on my blog and I thought Tuesday was Recycle, Redo and Renew but it’s not. Tuesday is now “From my heart or about my health update”. Please have understanding with me while my head catches up with all the new. I did say today’s blog would be about that beautiful mirror I recycled from the wardrobe but I’m sorry it will be tomorrow.
Today, Tuesday is a great day to blog about an update on my restored life journey. Best way to put where I’m at is “one day at a time”. There are days is so easy. Easy to eat the right foods, easy to rise at 3:50am and go to the gym, easy to stretch and take my supplements. If I’m honest there are those days that aren’t so easy. I try so hard to put on a smile and walk through my day as if I’m all good. There are days it all gets to me and I buckle like a bridge over rising water. I’m a fighter and I know that I just need to step back on those days and think things through and pray. Plus a good phone call to my bestie Karen always puts things in to perspective. I do love her so much. Without a doubt life is always a blessing the good and the bad.
(These photos from before my arm surgery and the day after)
I’m happy to say that all my surgeries are over and my scar treatments are close to ending. The best photo I can show you to see the difference is my arm. My first arm surgery was in May of 2016, almost 2 years ago. That scar goes way down into my arm pit. In May of 2017 Dr. A reopened the top part of the scare near my elbow to take more skin that was sagging. In the picture if you look at the bottom of the scar that goes deep into my arm pit it’s almost gone. The upper part of the scar that’s near my elbow it still red and purple looking. Over time that part will also be faded. The scars on my breast and stomach are faded to nothing. The scars from the surgery in May of 2017 to my upper and lover back are still being treated. I’m happy with my results. It’s not all perfect but I can live the active life I want without all the pain of the extra skin.
THE ONE BIG QUESTION!!! Daily I’m ask are you done loosing weight now? The answer to that is not simple to answer. These day’s I do weigh myself but the scale isn’t the determiner in my success. How I feel, how my clothing fits and how my blood work comes out determines everything. If I lose weight I want to make sure it’s not muscle. If my jeans feel tight I want to make sure it’s not too much salt intake and if my blood work shows a vitamin issue I want to take care of that. Weighing 304lbs wasn’t a place in life I wanted to be. Really no one wants to be over weight, unhealthy and miserable. It’s so hard to turn that train around and go a different direction. Truly it’s one day at a time, one class at a time and one better choice at a time. Prayer is daily and depending on my faith will carry me to the finish line. I’m just not sure where that is.
