Not that this body would ever be in one anyhow. There is nothing like buying new clothes to make you feel great. I've reach a point where I've cleaned out the closets and got rid of clothes that were OH so BIG on ME!!!:clap2: And going to the store and buying smaller sizes. I started out a 24-26. I just never really looked at myself as being as BIG as I was--talk about a eye opener.

I'm down to a 18 now and the weight loss is also coming off, still slow but I've come to live with it.

Started going more to the gym more and really fill great about myself when I get everything done that I want to do and still the inches if not so much the pounds melting away. There is nothing like that feeling (much better than eathing that is for sure).

My husbands family haven't seen me since the end of the year and we have a big family get together coming up at the end of July.

What a surprise I was to them all. We had such a great time. Until the Fri night before the NY family was leaving I came down with some upper gastric pain. I had been eating still sm amts but of food that I don't normaly eat so I thought that was the problem. It lasted for 2 days and by Sun I was back to my old self. (note to myself stay away from those kind of foods) We were leaving on Mon to make the 5 hour drive back home when BAM it came back again. I didn't tell anyone because it would just make the ride home harder for me to be asked all the time "How do you fee" etc. So after driving for 5 hours we got home then I told David what was up.

Went on the lap band web site to see if it could happen to be slipped band. Then put a call into Dr. Bass. He felt it was due to being too full and wanted me in his office in the morning. Well by 1a I was climbing the wall is hurt so much so off the to ER and 14 hours later with many test's done I was going to have Gall Bladder surg.

It was HUGE so I couldn't have it done lapie so 16 staples later I'm home for the next 6 weeks recovery. Dr. Bass had to do another unfill for me. Thanks to not having much of apetitie. I've lost another 9.5lbs witch bring my total to 66.5 lbs gone since I started this journey back in Sept.

I only have another 5.5 lbs to go to be under 200 lbs. Which is something I havent been in over 21 years.

congrats! WOW on your awesome weight loss -- you did an awesome thing telling your doctor 'immediately' about the pain --- I had gallbladder issues many years ago and suffered thru a pregnancy (unknowingly) so I am happy to hear you have had it taken out - recovery isn't fun but you will feel so much better now....

What a great way to start my day ... I was feeling a little bit down and I just read your blog. I'm standing in my kitchen thinking what a great thing for you to put down on paper. It tough, it's hard but the rewards are so wonderful. Thank you for that! And it's not the size 18 pants - it's the size 18 attitute towards life! It actually helped me not to care that I made my coffee 100% decaf today - I'm really trying to get that out of my system before surgery. I wish you were here so I could give you a giant hug and we could chat about how much I hate DECAF!!!!!