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You can do it Ready! Anyone with your spunk can do anything they want. Just forget last month, forget last week, forget yesterday. Today is the start. Yay Ready!!!!! You rock!:)

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Ready....you are our biggest cheerleader around here!! You're such an inspiring, cool, creative, FUNNY, intelligent, and beautiful person. You always give great advice and support and are a wonderful source of strength. Sooooo....re-read what I just wrote and BELIEVE in yourself and KNOW that you are all of those things!! We all have tough days or weeks. Use that amazing strength of yours to reconnect with the POWER OF YOU!! You are kicking ass on this journey and should be sooo proud of yourself!! We are proud of you!! Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and know that you are an amazing person!!

BIG HUGS,

Amy

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Just joining in the support

Even our WORST day post band is sooooo much better than our BEST day pre band..

you have everything you need right now and in abundance. find what you are thankful for then sping forward....the same grace, tenacity, support ____________ fill in the blank...will see you forward

wishing you serenity

amanda

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For inspiration-- How about taking the outfit you wore the day you had surgery and putting that on. This will show you how far you have come.

For motivation-- Go out to your favorite store and try on something that makes you look and feel fabulous. Then buy it in a size smaller than what fits. I find that I get a huge rush from wearing new stuff that looks good. Something else I do that is a little strange, but I try to bottle up all feelings I get when I feel like I am getting discriminated against because of being overweight and use them in anger when I go to the gym or workout and start to get tired. It keeps me going.

You definitely have the courage in you! You are 10 years younger than I am and I only wish I had the courage to face my obesity head on at your age, rather than waiting so long like I did. I refused to even believe I had gained that much weight at that point and blamed it all on having kids.

You have so much ahead of you and some days might totally SUCK, try not to dwell on them. Do what you can do every day and don't stress about it. Feel free to bitch and whine on here because if anyone understands, we do!!

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(((((RSG)))))

I wish you only the best… Now get out there and do your thing Mama!!

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