Hi! I had surgery January 29th, 2004. I am doing great. I am below goal. I weighed 131 this morning, my original goal was 145, then I changed it to 135 and now I would like to try to see if I can make it to 129, just for the heck of it. We just got home from a week long trip to San Diego (beautiful city) and I just KNEW I had probably gained some weight because we ate at some wonderful places and it seemed like we were eating all the time. But, I came home weighing exactly the same. Amazing! Before WLS I could have expected to gain a good 10 pounds. I am so happy to have had WLS. It has sooo changed my life for the better. The best thing is that I finally just to feel like me, like this is how I am supposed to look and feel, does that make sense to anyone else? The other me was a skinny person in a fat person's body, screaming to be let out. And to wear normal sized clothing right off the rack. I hated having to shop in the Plus size departments. We can wear MUCH cuter and stylish clothes now...how cool is that. BTW, I am in a size 4 jeans and pants and small top. I was a size 20/22 before. It was never my goal to be a size 4, in fact I was hoping to be a size 10. I had tons of 10's from skinny days of yore. Would love to hear from some of you and find out your results... Suzie in Texas

Congratulations Kris! I hope everything goes as planned and that you have a smoothly and rapid recovery. Please keep us posted and all the best wishes for you friend.... Hugs****Cely

congraltions on your tummy tuck i had mine done in may it will be ok My best wishes to you and have a good recovery! Brenda

I can eat candy to.............. Love it! I drink alot of water every day....... I try to limit the candy and find some sunflower seeds or something better for me to eat............ There are better food choices out there............ Find things with proteins even nuts are good. It is easy to fall back into old habits.............. Keep choosing good eating habits and stick to your docs diet and you will lose that in no time! I know you can do it!

Congratulations to you to, let's pray for each other and all the others having surgery, that everything goes smoothlyI am going back to college in January so it is a perfect date for me; I will have enough time to recover and buy new clothes for schooloh I feel like a little girl going to her first day in schoolbut I am so happy.... Celly