There are a few things that I have had to get used to (and still am working on getting used to) since having my surgery. One of the biggest things is my self-image. I still see myself with this pooch that I had had for so many years previously. Sometimes I still feel like the girl who thought she looked good until she looked in the mirror but then I look in the mirror and go, “whoa!” or I try on/put on clothes and I go, “is this really me? Am I seeing me with my eyes or with my mind?” It is a wonderful but surreal feeling.

Another thing I have had to get used to is rebuilding muscles that you never realized you used so much. haha I mean, I’m a lifter! I KNOW that I use my core. But to rebuild these lower ab muscles, holy moly. My doctor has me doing leg lift bends and…let’s just say that I am not bouncing back to that as quickly as I hoped or would like. Dr. Grenga wants me to be able to do 10 in a row with ease…I am up to 3 with a slight break between 2 and 3. I’m working, though! Patience, maybe I need to add that to my list of “things I have had to get used to”, huh? haha

Once more thing I will touch on, eating meals. Not that I can’t do it, I can and do! However, I can not eat as much as I used to and I didn’t eat much then! For instance, one day last week I had a meatloaf sandwich for lunch. Yum! One of my favorites! I was so hungry and only ate half of that sandwich before I felt that I had stuffed myself. It happens quite frequently these days. Now, I’m not complaining but it is something that I have had to get used to. I like to eat so I make the best of it. haha I mean, after all, this is the lifters perfect diet, right? Small meals and snacks (healthy, of course). Yep, works for me. haha

**Let me just throw this disclaimer in here right now because my doctor would probably get me if he were to ever find this, haha, this surgery is NOT a weight loss surgery but now that everything is back in place and where it is supposed to be my stomach is more constricted and it is easier to tell when I am actually satisfied as opposed to waiting until I am full (though as you have seen earlier in this post, I am still getting used to not eating as much as I normally would at one time. haha).**

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