my doctor said i'd lose 80 pounds after the surgry i lost 125 and have kept off 110 of that for almost 6 years.

yes your right i am and all of us are successes. never did think of it that way before!
thank you

Well I thought I would check in & let you know I am still alive. About 3 maybe 4 weeks ago I stopped taking all of my perscription drugs ( do not recommend this without Dr's approval) Mine
still does not know I did it. The good news is I have lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks
& feel sooooo much
better without the darn drugs. I was up to 8 they all had different side effects & the side effects are what was making everything worse. I am sleeping better, feel better & am eating a whole
lot less food without that stuff.
Now I go to a new Dr. in March & will have new labs done & see if there are any I might have to
go back on, but, I am not going back to 8 of them.
I haven't read on how everyone is doing yet, I hope all is good. Sorry i have been MIA will try to
check in more often.
 I am also going to my local TOPS & that is helping with support I have never had any of.
Still Love the Marchers

I was on the phone with my Mom and discussing how disappointed I was that I had only lost a pound this week after trying so hard.  That makes three for the last two weeks.  She reminded me that this was what you are supposed to be losing when losing on a normal weight loss plan.  She asked me to go back and reread my own journals.  I was more than a little shocked.  When I weighed 50 pounds more than I do now, I bought what I considered to be the first sexy dress of my life.  When I weighed 20 pounds more than I do now, I went to my brother-in-laws wedding and danced my heart out.  I remember thinking that I was the sexiest thing on the planet.  Funny thing is, I thought that I was at goal when that happened.  I wasn't.  I have been texting on the failed surgery site.   I had to go to see my GI doc for an appt.  I was complaining about my "failed surgery", when he looked puzzled and asked me what I meant by that.  My surgery is considered a roaring success.  The goal by medical standards is to have lost 40% of excess weight and to maintain 50% of that loss at 5 years out.  My weight doc had never given me those numbers, so I looked them up.  The facts were right!  I lost over 100% of the weight I was supposed to lose and have only gained back 16% of what I lost.  I am NOT a failure.  That being said, i will keep on with my new "eat right and feel better" kick.  I need to lose more to help my hip.  But I feel better about me.  Everyone tells me I look fantastic and I have just been blowing them off, as I felt I had let myself and eveyone who supported, me down badly.  I honestly thought they were just saying these things to make me feel better, but they were right.  I was so proud of myself when I had lost down to this size.  How do we lose sight of these things?  What clicks in our heads that makes us go back to beating ourselves up again.  How could I not realize that I am still 250 pounds smaller than I was?  NO MORE, my glass is half full again.  I will lose what I need to, but with a smile on my face and a renewed feeling of accomplishment.  Anyone reading this that feels they have let themselves down, take a step back and reevaluate your situation.  I'll bet you are a lot better off than you think.  Love you all, Crissie

Everybody needs a workout buddy!  Mine's my cat snowball!  I'm going to check out the site, sounds low impact and that's all I can do.  Thanks, Crissie

Can you tell I was bored last night lol...anyway..thanks for the responces...I'll be 47 in March.


had to edit for my great typing...lol almost had to do it again but this time I checked the spelling :)

   third times the charm wouldnt you know after typing that I hit enter and read and damn if I didnt mess up again