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Wasn’t initially thrilled with my pull, but then I changed her clothes and done her hair and I’m obsessed 🫶🏻

Starting weight: 151.5kg
Current weight (15 months post op): 78kg

To anyone questioning or considering gastric bypass: don’t listen to the noise of others- do what’s right for you. I’ve got my life back, I’m 30 and feel like I lost my 20s to obesity, my life revolved around food and my thoughts were totally consumed. I’ve always been a massive foodie but never realised how blurred the boundaries got between comfort eating and emotional eating and just enjoying food.
Obviously nothing is perfect and it has not been ‘easy’ as per se, but it has not been as hard or difficult as I thought.
I really recommend ‘Living with Bariatric Surgery’ by Denise Ratcliffe. I read this before surgery and it helped with shifting my mind set and start to really pick apart why and how I gained so much weight. I do think there is a huge genetic element to it but also a nurture/psychological side to this and the book helped me consider this.
Anyway, here are some photos, the first two were taken this week, I’m on holiday, walking around without getting breathless and getting very wine drunk in France 😂🫶🏻 my husband says I’m a very cheap date now!