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Well today it's time to re-start my food tracking. I had bariatric surgery (gastric sleeve) on 6th September 2018. The decision to have surgery was long and hard won - my Dr recommended it 3+ years ago because I had co-morbidities which were getting worse. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes approx 3 years ago, at the same time I was told my BP and cholesterol were way too high. I went on a radical keto diet, lost a huge amount of weight 50+kg, got down to under 109kg and was having to exercise for 5-6 hours per day to maintain that loss. I was riding my bike 30+km daily after work, in the dark, and/or swimming for hours to try to keep my weight loss happening. Obviously, that was not sustainable - I ended up with injuries (disc degeneration from the bike)and could not continue, and the weight piled back on. Not all, but most of it. I felt utterly defeated.
Fast forward a year or so. I decided to take action and use my superannuation to find my surgery (don't have private health insurance,and couldn't afford it)I tried getting myself on track again -Starting weight was 132.7 on first surgeon's visit, after losing 5-10kg - lost 12 kg on optifast prior to surgery, and had surgery a bit over 4 weeks ago, and now down almost another 12kg. Despite what most people think, it is definitely not the easy way out. I've been given a tool - what I do with it is up to me. Hence starting to track my food/exercise again. I want to make the best of this opportunity and get myself back within normal ranges once and for all. At my highest I was topping 180kg - so prior to surgery I had already lost a heck of a lot of weight -"the hard way" as some people like to put it. Now I need to lose as much as I can within the next 12 months so my body resets itself to within healthy weight ranges, and I have the opportunity to do what normal people do!
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