One Year Anniversary! 125 pounds GONE

[bellabloom 2,467]

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Edited May 20, 2016 by bellabloom

[tera1982 194]

I follow you and love your posts, pics, and helpful comments to others. I understand that you had a difficult journey to get where you are and bariatric surgery is an ongoing process for everyone, but know that you are an inspiration to many of us out there! Congrats and thank you!!!

[bellabloom 2,467]

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Edited December 4, 2015 by bellabloom

[caligurl909 5]

Wow your story is amazing and so are you! I had my surgery on April 25 and wonder if I'll ever get down to 120. Right now I'm down to 195... and I recently started feeling hungry more often... and I've been noticing I can eat more things and more of it and that's scary b/c I don't want to fall back into my bad habits.

[Kathy812 794]

Congratulations! I enjoyed reading your story and the pic 's. Doesn't look like you need plastics at all!

[bellabloom 2,467]

Congratulations! I enjoyed reading your story and the pic 's. Doesn't look like you need plastics at all!

I wish that were true. I need it on my stomach and I think my chin. But I'm not freaking out about it. I'll make it happen once money permits.

The fact is I feel like who the heck cares!! I'm so lucky to have the body I have now and I'm happy with the way I look. I'm not perfect but I'm not in my 20s, I am mother and I don't need to be perfect. Its a whole package deal.

Edited December 4, 2015 by bellabloom

[livvsmum 2,369]

You look amazing! Very motivating to me as I'm working to get these last 15 pounds off. I'm sorry to hear about the difficult time you've had medically, but you pushed through and you have amazing results to show for it. Congratulations.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Bella -- so proud of you. You are gorgeous. Love the pix, thanks for those.

And your new eating program sounds just right to me. You are doing well. Makes me happy for you.

Ann

[NewSetOfCurves 1,553]

WOW!!! You look AMAZING! It is stories and pictures like yours that inspired and motivated me to begin my own bariatric journey. I truly believe that maintaining will be easy for the reminder of your life, because you have mentally overcome the mind games that plague us all--mind games that got many of us to the point of obesity and kept us there, quite frankly). I believe that 90% of this journey is a mind game. It is about perception. You can look at it negatively or you can look at it positively. I chose to focus on the positives and ultimately began to realize what you realized:

...I've realized that health and taking care of oneself is more important that anything because our body is our temple and deserves our utmost respect, love and care.

Keep it up, beautiful lady! And keep us posted!