Mary, I know you are on an enotional high right now. I am so happy for you. It is going to be hard to get that smile off your face now. I haven't had a true WOW moment yet but I came close when I bought my first size 14 jeans from a regular store- NOT Lane Bryant or Avenue or Fashion Bug Plus, and they actually fit (still a little snug) but I can wear them. Delainya 321/171/150

My WOW moment came today at our property. The builder rep was walking thru our home with us and she & Hal were walking thru the building studs spacing that are in the walls dividing the rooms (the house has framing but no dry wall etc yet). So I kind of laughed and said ... you really don't think I can fit thru this do you???? They both said of course. So I decided to take a risk (emotional risks because of the chance of being embarrassed) and try going thru. Oh my goodness, I fit thru without a problem!!!!!! What an awesome feeling. Another positive is that I've lost more weight and now am down 125.5 lbs. The exercise is paying off and eating more protein. Anyone else have some WOW moments to share with us? Mary 305/180/125????

There was a big issue getting a copy from Amazon for me, too, so I went on Ebay and got mine; turns out the person selling them on Ebay was Paula herself I didn't ask what the problem with Amazon was, but I'm assuming limited publisher stock and demand; maybe they've reprinted now. Got it at a MUCH more reasonable price than the list book price (under Amazon too). I also have the Teri Holzclaw book (as well as "Become You" ). and the David ____ (forget his last name) recipe book where he's a chef that had WLS; All the books are good that I've read so far, of course, I'm not following all of them all of the time, but everything I've read and remember so far is pretty good. The "It's not... but there is a magic pill" is a compilation/workbook of two previous books that she had; from what I saw of one of the other books, I would rather have those than the workbook, but the ones that you can find are VERY VERY expensive, and they are extremely hard to find. I'm a regular ebayer and also look for books on abebooks.com (American Book Exchange I think) which is a bookseller listing service, and I've only seen one copy ever of ONE of the books, and they wanted some ridiculous price for a thin paperback. I got the one I looked at through InterLibrary Loan which I highly recommend to evaluate any books, either pre-op or post op (It's also good to recommend to pre-op friends, if it's a book that you use, because then you don't run the risk of LOSING THE BOOK! LOL ). Dealing with all the issues is the harder part of this, and both Paula's book and all of Teri's books DO deal with "dealing with the issues".. Hope this helps. ....Nick PS. And oh, a little bit of other news (grin) I finally hit the century club. (grin)

I think that movie is called "Meet the Flockers" and my 17 year old son went to see it and he said it was hilarious. I LOVE going to the movies. In the summer we go to the drive in every weekend. Joanne

PS My butt still hurts too! PPS- i need to update my picture one of these days kelly