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I must admit, I'm a "closet" sleever. No family or friends know what I'm about to do because I choose not to share. i feel ashamed that i cannot lose the weight on my own. I've been trying for years only to regain the loss weight & then some. My mother has been petite & tiny all of her life, so shes never understood my plight. If she knew, oh would I hear it... Yup, even at the age of 49, she still tries to be controlling. Our phone discussions are never about life events initially, the 2nd-4th question from her is, "HOW IS YOUR WEIGHT?". {I cringe at this question} My friends are all shapes & sizes. My smaller friends call WLS a cop out. My overweight and obese friends say they're ok with their weight, but they're always on a "diet". Instead of acceptance & encouragement, I'm sure I would receive critcism & hateration...{Hateration= a form of jealously and negative emotion about your situation or circumstance, b/c individual isn't able to obtain/acheive the same success} The "excuse" I plan to use with all (including coworkers) is, I had my gallbladder removed & I'm now watching what I eat with a high protien & low carb diet with excercise incorporated within. Yes....... this is my story & my truth. MY truth shall set me free. Thanks for stopping by...I now feel a little lighter, less burdened.

Going to a party today where I will see people that I haven't since Christmas. My surgery was in January and I have lost 96 pounds. At Christmas my skirt/pant size was a 24. Tops were 24 to 28 or XXXL. My sister bought me an adorable skirt and a sexy slamming blouse. Skirt size ---> 6 !!!!!!!!!!! The blouse is a plain MEDIUM. I cried and so did she. I kept looking at the tag on the skirt like it had to be wrong. What a moment. I feel liberated and I feel like I have finally won the battle. I have no regrets going through with this operation. I am very glad I didn't have the bypass or the band. I feel very healthy. Happy girl!! Have a good day everybody.

I see life as a Changes a bunch of wall you must climb over to get to your goal. I had the goal to lose weight and when i Failed and Failed again I turned to my band and I love it. I had a dream of Being a Zumba Instructor I took the course and now have class that are packed. I am opening my Own studio in September . I wanted to be a personal Trainer I have a list of people who want to work with me. So when I was told about Tough Mudder I knew I have to train for it. This is a 10-12 mile run with an obstical course build in. I am in the process of training for this. Training includes 5 mile runs 3 times a week 8 mile runs 3 times a week once a week i only have to run 2-3 miles. Boot Camp 3 times a week. A madders boot camp is 5 min warm up 2 min of cardo 1 opticcal 2 min Cardo again 1. Obstical one min rest times 5 2 personal training session a week with 1 being high intencedy cardio the other work out the other streath training . I will be doing this in October

Thanks for your note! I'd love to keep in touch & share accomplishments! Dr Kim did my surgery in Celebration. Who is doing yours? I am also ready for the weather to break. I do sales & I'm in & out of my hot car all day. I'm always out of it long enough for the car to heat up again and the leather seats are NOT nice this time of year. I make sure I pack a cheese stick and fruit & bottles of water to take with me. Food on the run is not that easy. I really don't do too much sugar free snack food. The only things I have & am grateful for is: Weight Watchers fudgesicles (not sure what the name is) and sugar free Klondike bars. The frozen treats are great! I was also happy to see the little ice cream carts at Disney have no sugar added Strawberry bars that are super yummy! What part of Central Florida are you in? I'm in Winter Park. Stack up on popsicles and broth for after the surgery! I am still using the protein drinks every day for breakfast. I really like them & they give me a 30 gram boost of protein right off the bat. Good luck & hope to hear back from you soon! Michelle

Another Dr Luna post! Such an interesting topic a of late.. Sheesh!