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 ok guys....Year one....weekly postsvwhd updates on our progress and little peeks into each other lives....now...ghost towm   I would to kbow how each of u is dog and whats going with u.  I miss you and I miss our board.  Come back as we are abouut to celebrate 5 yr surgerversaries

Hi Ms. Stephanie...how are you doing?  Me, I'm terrible. It's like I've fallen and I can't get up. I changed jobs and went from working night to days almost two years ago and I'm still having sleep issues.

I've regained 28lbs. and now I'm just damn tired o watching my weight creep back up. I pulled out my journal this mornng and wiped away the dust. I haven't logged anything in my personal journal since 7/6/2010...bad, bad, bad!

New Year, new focus and a new ME!  Can't go backwards, I can only move forward.

Happy New Year!

 Hey Genie:

I know all to well how easy it is to struggle with regain..... i dont know if you remember but around te 18 month to 24 month i started picking up weight and I let it get back up to 190 pds!!!! And my lowest had been 149. Boy was I in a slump....and the sad thing was I was still working out everyday like crazy....but eating  too little and the wrong things....i didnt and fell head first int the sugerville....and thats pretty much where i lived....eating sweets.....and it showed....so i had t have a reality check......and I am still shaking those pounds of but I am no longer near 190 lbs....hovering around 158 days....

I think pulling your journal out is a great first step and keeping up with how you r feeling and whats going on will definitely help.  I am here to support you as i know you r here for me.  Hopefully some of our other surgery buddies will come out as well to celebrate and update us.

Keep in touch and Happy New Year!!!

Thanks Stephanie...I will keep it touch.

Genie

Hi Stephanie.. I just had my 5 year surgerversary on the 12th. I have been soo bad. I try each day to stay away from carbs and junk. Then I eat them I have gained 33 pounds from my lowest . I keep buying the next size up. I was a 4 but now a 10 and Lge or x lge tops. I know what I need to do but just can't seem to get started. I want to get back to my smaller clothes. I am so embarrassed that I even cancelled my surgeon visit for fear he would yell at me.  I have copied and pasted you post to my email and am printing as I send this. So I will have some motivation..
Thanks....
Hugs, Roxanne

oh my oh my this is a much needed post my anniversary was the 17th i too have no good report. I never met my personal goal got pass the drs goal and now i am up 35 pounds from that. I agree with moving forward cnt complain have to work. but i must admit its not that east for me. i know what i want i even get disappointed in myself very often. i know what is needed but find it difficult to do. I am right now sitting at my desk working and forcing water down. water was a big problem beofre surgery so this has always been a struggle. i even got tired of the flavor packets. i am getting back on track with my vitamins and protein as well. I have no one close to me that understands. i have many trying to loose wait and have lost some but no one seems to understand my struggles. i can at this point write a book on weight lost but still struggle with it myself SMH. i want a smaller healthier me i crave for that more than chips but the chips are easier to get an hold off.