So I've been doing this about a month and just realized last night that people are actually leaving comments on my posts. Obviously I'm a little slow! BUT!!!! Thank you so much for your comments and support. My friends, family, and co-workers have all been awesome supporting me through this but they just really don't have a clue...about the being fat part, or the struggles, or the sheer joy of actually starting to lose weight. It means so very much to me to have you all here to whine, grip, complain, and laugh with.

We are in the midst of an ice storm, it's gorgeous outside and work and school are cancelled for the day so, during a break in the sleeting this morning, Connor (my 5 year old) and I went out and took his sled down the hill we live on. It was a blast. A-I could actually hike up the hill, repeatedly, it's a road but steep, B-that I felt good enough to actually go out and play, and C-that I had SO much fun, even when we crashed, and I landed butt first in mushy slush, freezing and soaking wet....One of my big deciding factors in getting a band now was my boy, I do as much as I can with him but I felt like I was missing so much...the memories we made today, both of us screaming and laughing as we sped down the hill totally out of control....made every penny I spent on the surgery so worth it, (although I'm fairly certain the neighbors thought we were nuts).

It's a very good day

Awh, that is such a great thing! Congrats!

That story is an NSV (non scale victory) if ever there was!!! Thanks for sharing it!

ITS SO COLD HERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A DAY OFF WORK JUST CUZ ITS COLD LOL..SHEESH..MY HEAT WENT OUT IN MY CAR HAVE TO GO GET FIXED TOMORROW..I HAVE AN HOUR DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK..

I HAVN'T TOLD MY CO-WORKERS, JUST 1 OR 2 THAT I TRUST..NOT SURE I WANT IT ALL OUT THERE..

I CAN'T WAIT TO START BEING ACTIVE :thumbup:

Definitely a NSV! Congrats!

Thinking the same way... My 3 kids are a NIG reason why i got the BAND... my 6 yr daughter is already noticing thati have more energy. And hopefully by the time my Twin toddlers are old enough they will not remember "fat mommy".

CHEERS** here is to having many more of those memories!!