Had surgery recently - after two failed hernia repairs with mesh for an incisional hernia from hysterectomy eight years ago, I had a bigger surgery called components separation, which means my own muscles have been reconstructed, with only a "scaffolding" piece of mesh. Some fat and extra skin was removed during the surgery from where the hernia had been. Like getting a mini tummy tuck thrown in!
And since I didn't eat much around the time of the surgery, I had already started losing. I really felt motivated to keep off that weight and lose even more so that there won't be pressure on all the sutures and stuff. Prior to my hospital stay, I also had a sinus infection and no sense of smell, so food wasn't appealing. I had given up my nighttime snacking fairly easily.
Then upon coming home from the hospital, I have just pledged to eat differently - less food (but not so much less as to slow metabolism), minimizing sugar, adding fiber and finally getting back to vegetable consumption (I'm a picky eater so this is an area of challenge, but there are some of them I'm okay with, so I'll make do with those).
Long story short, according to the home bathroom scale I'm out of the 180s. Tomorrow I go to the doctor, and we'll see if their scale isn't too far off from this one here. I know it'll add some pounds, but still in my record it will be obvious that I weigh less than I did the last time I weighed on their scale.
Anyway, I feel good! Body image improved immensely when I don't have a big bulge on one side, plus digestion is better, and motivation is sky-high!
I'm either out of the 180s or very darn close
