Ages since I wrote!!

It is so long since I wrote on my blog.

Well, I am almost at 1 year now since my 2nd surgery that took the skin from my arms and legs. It hasn't been easy and there are some days that I can feel every bit of the scars, particularly on my legs and around the middle.

Having the skin taken off is certainly not the end of the journey. Every day I have to make sure I make the right choices with what I eat, and I still exercise every day. I am having to get used to the type of body that I have and that I am not super skinny!! But I am learning to accept the scars and the still imperfections that I have that surgery just doesn't fix!

The surgeon wanted to do the final tidy up of my legs last December but I just wasn't ready for more surgery. I still haven't set a date for it!

I have a much more important and exciting date to work towards!! Andrew asked me to marry him!!!! We are getting married in October!! I love the dress I have picked, and just being able to try on dresses off the rack has given me such a feeling of reward and achievement.

I have also just turned 40 and had a party to celebrate the new me. I loved wearing a black dress that showed my figure! Still not a perfect slim figure, but the figure I am happy with!!

So, in a nutshell that is where I am at the moment. Weight loss doesn't have an end point, well not for me anyway!! The changes I have made over the past 4 years have been for a life change and not a diet! So, as life continues, so do my new attitudes to health, food and exercise!

Oh, one more exciting thing is I ran in the Melbourne Marathon 5.5km event last October and beat my 17 year old nephew!!! (I didn't rub it in though!!!)

A special mention:

Just on a sad note, my darling cat Thomas needed to go to heaven just before Christmas. He was 18 1/2 years old. I still miss him and shed a tear about him not being here anymore. But he had become very sick and had such trouble breathing. It was an extremely difficult and emotional day when I said goodbye. I wouldn't have managed without Andrew by my side.