Kai-shek

Waking up each morning and thanking God for all I have, although some may see it's not much. Fitting into size 16 jeans and XL shirts for 1st time in over10 years. Being able to tuck my knees into my chest while sitting up in bed. Walking 4 miles with no problem. Looking forward to each and every day! Loving life again!!! And the list goes on and on

I went out last night with some friends and didn't feel like the fattest person in the bar. I felt fairly "normal." It felt great.

My daughter is in college and she came down to visit this week. I haven't physically seen her for several months, she said that I looked "so little"! OMG me little (LOL). I still have about 45 more pounds to go - but I'm gonna take it! I've been overweight almost her whole life (she's 22)!

Had my last fill on 21 October 2014 and managed to lose the last of my weight and I am delighted to say the least. However I have suffered with bad reflux since the fill and as much as I hated it I have just had a 1 cc until. Wish me luck guys I don't want to put any of this weight back.

Had my last fill on 21 October 2014 and managed to lose the last of my weight and I am delighted to say the least. However I have suffered with bad reflux since the fill and as much as I hated it I have just had a 1 cc until. Wish me luck guys I don't want to put any of this weight back.

Had my last fill on 21 October 2014 and managed to lose the last of my weight and I am delighted to say the least. However I have suffered with bad reflux since the fill and as much as I hated it I have just had a 1 cc until. Wish me luck guys I don't want to put any of this weight back.

My main go to diet was Weight Watchers. I think I did 14 iterations of Weight Watchers, if I count all the enrollment booklets I've saved. I know I first went as a 14 year old. As I stood in line in 2012 as a 53 year old, to enroll for the 15th time, having gained back by that September all the weigh I'd lost from my January 1st enrollment, I shook my head and realized that this was never going to work longterm. Why? BECAUSE I ALWAYS GOT HUNGRY eventually.
That was the day I started researching WLS. My first consult was on October 11th 2012, and I was banded March 20, 2013.
What a good decision I made.
Take away, or dim down, my hunger...that's what makes my band work for me. Traditional diets do not do that, no matter how many Soups you eat, or large salads you stuff yourself with in an attempt to make it from meal to meal. My hunger would be there, reved up and waiting, and it only took one little deviation from the WW Program to make me throw in the towel.

Had my last fill on 21 October 2014 and managed to lose the last of my weight and I am delighted to say the least. However I have suffered with bad reflux since the fill and as much as I hated it I have just had a 1 cc until. Wish me luck guys I don't want to put any of this weight back.

Had my last fill on 21 October 2014 and managed to lose the last of my weight and I am delighted to say the least. However I have suffered with bad reflux since the fill and as much as I hated it I have just had a 1 cc until. Wish me luck guys I don't want to put any of this weight back.

I had a real strange one the other day...was out for a few drinks with people from work....sitting in a booth...a friend sitting across from me kept staring and studying my face....
Finally she said, that she never noticed before how "thin and distinctive" my nose has become since becoming skinny????
My Nose? Looked in the mirror and sure enough....not only has my face thinned, but my nose isn't fat anymore!! It is thin!

I am so very happy today, I started this journey on the 21st March 2013 and today I reached my goal weight of 60kgs. I now look in the mirror every morning and I just love what I see.

OMG just changed from fat free milk to 2% actually looking to increase calories to stay at this weight.

I am in competition with no one....I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone....I am simply trying to be better than the person I was yesterday!

IN REGARDS TO EXERCISE.....
You don't have to be GREAT to START, but you have to START .......to be GREAT !

This card and saying was part of my Valentines day gift from my husband. It is part of the Essence collection for Pandora if you wanted to look it up. This was the card that came with the Courage bead. I loved the whole gift, and I found this card to be very inspirational I wanted to share it with you all.

Kind of my personal motto right now, both on Weight Watchers and for Lap Band: Get busy living, or get busy dying.

A few NSV this weekend doing burpees at the gym n running without dying . Having a extremely fit person at the gummtell me how great I'm doing and how far I have come that was awesome . Bought a size 14 trousers at kohls n holy crap they fit . A little snug but in a few weeks will be perfect . N wearing size 16 skinny jeans no more plus size stores for me it's lovely shooing in same section as my best friend who never was a plus size new me problems clothes falling off.

At my highest weight over 330 I was on top of a hundred year old ladder (built to last) about 14 feet in the air attached to a Water tower and broke about 4 of the steps. I do not do well with heights anyways.
In any case I can now get on any ladder and not have a fear that it will break.

Nice! I recently plotted out through the end of May as a way of meeting specific goals by June 1st. That is 103 days from now, LOL. I have set a goal of 2 lbs. down every ten days, hoping to exceed that of course. Keeping myself accountable in a separate journal for that purpose, marking off the days. Going for a small fill tomorrow and looking forward to better weather for increased outdoor exercise. Here's to Onderland and beyond!

My first NSV
I have been reading a lot of nsv in this tread and most of them are happening to me too, the one that really surprise me was this one, I was shopping yesturday and I always wants to buy color bracelets with matching earrings when I shop for my vacation stufs but the bracelets were always to small for me and I always tell my friend that those bracelets are made for skinny people only but yesturday I tried one that it look nice knowing that will not fit like always but IT DID and I start trying all of them and all fit, I was so happy and surprise that i called my husband to check how they look in my hand, It was my first time in years that I was able to purchase one of those bracelets!!!!!

Husband bought me a beautiful ring for Christmas had it sized to a size 5, which I thought would work.. now it's too big..
so back to the jewelry store..

I can take my pants off without evening unbuttoning or unzipping them! They are falling off! Time to go shopping!

Well my hands are "high school skinny".
Saw my senior ring in the jewelry box today and tried it on. It slid right on.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Went for a massage this afternoon and the lady at the desk asked me what size robe I would like and I said, whichever one fits. She glanced at me and said, 'I'll give you a small...that will fit you fine.' I got a little nervous it would be too tight so I said I'd take a medium because I like them roomy. Well...I was swimming in the medium. Next week, I'll take the robe in a small. Imagine that...me in a small. Wow...