I did it!!!!!!!

Good Morning Dear Friends: It is early and I am up and elated. I have made it to my goal weight of 150. My BMI is 22.8. Now it is on to learning to maintain this weight. BUT first a new mini goal of 147. I think I would like to use the scales in the doctor's office w/o pushing the weight over the 150 notch. A big thrill for just a couple of pounds. That would be my pc's scale, my surgeon has a scale that can weigh cars. Until I figure out maintenance I think I'll continue to lose a bit anyway. Anyway, WLS has been a wonderful tool for me to attain this goal, and I am just delighted. Thank you all for the support and encouragment you have given me on this journey. You have helped make this journey interesting and fun. Love, Louise 5'8" 231/150, a loss of 81 pounds sizes 20/8 BMI 22.8

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have 26 more to go and I'll be at 150. I'm hoping I'll be there by Christmas . I haven't weighed 150 in 35 years or more. I'll think I've died and gone to Heaven !! I'm so happy for you. Good luck on your new life !! God bless you. Judy

Congratulations!!!!!!!! That musts be such a wodnerful feeling. At goal in only six months! Good job. -Donna

Who Hoo!!! You go girl!! What a feeling! Leslie

Amazing! Superlative! A great model of perseverance for all of us! A round of big time applause for a woman who took charge of this project and made it "really successful"! Terry Ann

That is fantastic! You have earned every bit of that success! I am confident that you will do just as well in maintenance (as soon as you figure out how to STOP losing!) You are our maintenance canary! BRAVO! Joy

Louise, I am SOOOOO happy for you! You have given me a new sense of optimism that this is really going to happen, I CAN really get to my goal weight if I keep on keeping on, just like you! Go out and do something special for yourself today, maybe even something a little daring, something you never would consider doing as a heavy person. Thanks for the lift! I truly am so very, very happy for you. Best, Maureen

Dear Maureen: Thank you for a very sweet response. DH and I are renting an apt. in Manhattan for 2.5 months plus taking our grandkids (3 and 8 yo on a cruise). Manhattan is a walking town - one walks everywhere - to museums, theater up and down the subway stairs - it is only by losing all this excess weight that I would have considered this type of vacation. We grew up in NYC but to live in Manhattan is to be at the center of everything. On Sat. DD and I are going on a scavenger hunt at the American Museum of Natural History, and on Sunday DS and I are taking a bike tour of Manhattan. All this is thanks to WLS. You keep on working at your goal and you'll soon be there. Love, Louise