It's when I look at photos of what I looked like in Dec, that the "Wow" factor hits me! I am 45 pounds lighter than I was at this time last year, and I just got some new pants today in a size 18 and they were TOO BIG!!! OMG!!! Do you know how long it has been since I was in a size 18, and now some size 16's are starting to fit me. I started out at a size 22. It's pretty emotional to think about and this is just the beginning!

I am in total amazement. There are times where I don't feel like I am losing any weight, but my clothes are getting loose on me and I look in the mirror and can see this smaller person starting to emerge. My diet no longer consists of fast food and sweets and junk food. I will have desert every once in a while, but it's not an everyday thing, like it was a year ago. Even my kids are eating better. My 15 year old daughter has lost about 15 pounds and she is now in a size 10. This surgery has not only changed my life, but is changing my whole family and everyone is getting healthy.

It brings tears to my eyes to think about it. Life is good!

You sound just like me. I was wearing a size 22-24 and until I looked at pictures of myself, did it actually sink in that I had let myself get absorbed into food so badly. Many, many bad things happened in the last 20 years and I ran to food to make me feel better. Those days are over. I can now wear a l6 and that is loose!!! Just think, this is for LIFE. No more dietcenters, weight watchers, nutrisystem, etc. etc. I have tried them all. I had high cholesteral, blood pressure and was 100 pounds over weight. Have lost 60 pounds and feel like a new person. Just turned 50. It is my turn to live. Took care of my mother with Altzheimers for 3 years. Father died in 05, husband died in 99, granddaughter died in 07, niece died in 03. Food was my friend. Not anymore. I'm buying a Harley next year and my new husband is four years younger than me and races cars. We are going to LIVE and have some fun. Good luck to you. You have made the right decision in having this surgery, I would do it again in a heart beat.