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Well I can't believe I haven't posted since 2009....Alot has changed in my life... I lost my mother and divorced a worthless husband and am happy and healthy...well kind of healthy.  I've been diagnoced with severe anemia and menopause has beaten down my door...lol  but other  than than I'm great.

Wow!!!  Can you believe it I'm 13 months post op, at goal and maintaining and having the time of my life.  I'm able to do things I can't ever remember enjoying.  Yesterday I played vollyball with a bunch of teen girls from church...and had more energy and stamina then they did boy do I feel great!!!  Also just everything I do is so much more simple.  It's not a major thing to do things like tie my shoes in a hurry or climb a small flight of stairs.  It's easy!!!  I LOVE my new life....people ask me if I would do the surgery all over again...I have never hesitated in answering..OH YES in a heartbeat.  I didn't have one complication!!!  I highly recommend it, and I really hurt for those around me that are morbid obese but don't have enough drive to do something about it....So we all who have had success need to pray for those that are struggling to make good decisions for themselves....GOD IS GOOD!!!  All the time!!!

Today I'm wearing my husband's pants...I've always considered him to be scrawny...so does that make ME scrawny????? lol  He's a 32/30 and it feels wonderful...He gets a big chuckle out of it too says he has only joint custody of his clothes...But I think he doesn't mind the other benefits...

Well yesterday I shopped......and much to my suprise size 12 is now too big...I'm now a size 10!!!!  Who would have thought a little over a year ago i was in as size 32 or 34.....I am so thankful that I had this surgery!!! 

I've decided that I want to stay where I'm at now I'm very happy with the size I am...size 12 ...so now I start to maintain...If anyone has any suggestions on this I've never done it before so I'm kind of lost so let me know what to do....Last week for example I lost 2 more pounds and wasn't even trying....Looking forward to hearing from you all.....Hope everyone is surviving the new year it sure is cold in my new body!!!!brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr   Florida sounds soooo good right now.

What a difference 9 months can make!!!  I'm nine months out and 23 pounds from goal and feeling so great about myself....God is soooo good!!!  I can't remember being this small....I know I had to have been at some point but just can't remember it...maybe it's because it has been so long...I don' t know....  Only problem I'm really having is that I'm freezing to death...will I ever be warm again???  I wear long johns most of the time LOL ...Looking forward to the New Year and all the good things to come.  Summer should be a blast this year.   I'll be very busy....So Happy New Year to everyone!!!!!  

Today marks a bittersweet victory.  I'm at 190 and getting excited about being in the 80's ..that is the sweet part..the bitter part is my mother is in a nursing home and her health continues to deteroiate daily and it is so hard to watch this and be excited about my new life beginning and her life ending.  I'm the  youngest and I think it is hardest on me.  She still calls me her baby.  Wow a hard thing to swallow.  But chin up better days will come.

Wow things just keep getting better.  I've dropped 2 more pounds and am now at 196.  What is up with all the insecurities though???  I've never been insecure even at my heaviest...I feel like I've turned into a total priss...But I like it...My husband is very proud of me but I'm having such a hard time with accepting compliments...I feel unworthy.

Praise God it is a ONEDERFUL day!!!!  I have finally reached the 100's!!! I'm now at 198 under 200 pounds for the first time I can remember since  high school.  What an amazing feeling!!!!  Thanks to everyone for all the positive notes sent... Have a ONEDERFUL day!!!! 

Well I've never posted here before so here goes....  I started this journey 1 year ago at over 400 pounds...how much over is undetermined as my Dr's scales could not weigh me...nice huh??? Any way my insurance required me to do 6 months medically supervised weight loss... and with the help of my wonderful Dr. Gabrella Olson I was able to drop 100 pounds prior to my surgery which was April 8th.  My surgeon and staff were a wonderful blessing to me.  I followed all his advise prior to surgery and breezed  through with no complications.  I was back to work April 28th.  As of today I'm at  214 pounds and loving life.   Just 14 pounds to reach a goal that at one time seemed an impossibility...I'm very excited about the day that I will be under 200 pounds..it may be only 1/4 of a pound but will be under.