Hi Amy! You look amazing! Wow - gorgeous and beautiful. I am sure your hubby is thrilled. A size 4!!! Awesome. You should be very proud of your accomplishments. Thanks for posting updated pics. You look wonderful. Hugs, Robin

OK MARCHers...today and tomorrow - get over with it. Eat whatever it is you think you can't eat again for 6 months...get all the bad stuff out of your house that has been left pre and post Christmas. Give it to a soup kitchen or the trashman...whatever it takes. Cleanse out your house and get ready to cleanse out your bodies! Wednesday - get jiggy with it! I don't particularly like New Year's resolutions because they work so well the first few days and then they go by the wayside. Remember pre-surgery - didn't we all make the resolution to lose weight...didn't we say - "this will be the year"...didn't we say - "we will exercise"???? Yeah, ok, maybe it worked for a week or two, but before long we were back into our old routines, gaining back the few pounds we lost during the first few days of January, letting all that money go down the drain when we joined a gym or Curves or whatever. So thankfully we all made the decision to have WLS...and wham, bam, thank you ma'am....all that wonderful weight fell off. It was so easy at first...ahhhh...the good days! Well ladies and our few gentlemen....we maybe have been messing around with food a little more lately and either haven't lost weight or perhaps gained a few pounds. OVER, OVER, OVER....let's get jiggy with it! Do whatever it takes beginning Wednesday (or today if you wish) and let's plan our plan...let's put it in motion...and by golly - let's see where we are in 2 months right before we hit our 2 year surgery-versaries!!!! Let's see who maintains the next 2 months, let's see who loses the next 2 months...and let's chart our progress much like we did in the beginning. Perhaps STYLZ will begin again her "WDYET" series, Ruth Ann will keep up exercise motivated and Stephanie Smiles, Rick and myself will continue our motivational posts. Surely to goodness with the 5 of us as preliminary motivators - along with all the comments we solicit from all of our MARCHers - will continue to unite our group in friendship, provide support for all of us and we will continue our successful journeys. So in closing...get over with it today and tomorrow and get jiggy with it for the rest of January and February - at which point we will re-evaluate at the beginning of March and see where we need to go and what we need to do!!! Let's everyone try to post at least once a week with your progress, thoughts, concerns, needs, goals and TOGETHER let's DO IT!!!! Hugs to all....Barbara

Jeani, You are doing great. Congratulations on the upcoming addition to your family. It sounds like you have a lot to be thankful for during this last year. Thanks for checking in. It's good to hear from some of the "old timers". Have a great New Year. Life is great, Rick

Hi Everyone! I don't post often but I do read and love the posts! Starting Weight: 314 pounds Surgery Date Weight: 294 pounds Weight Today: 163.5 pounds Total Weight Lost: 150.5 pounds Weight Lost Since Surgery: 130.5 pounds Total Inches Lost: ??inches - wish I would have done this! Starting Size: 24-26 Current Size: 10-12 - med/large

ouch.. after surfing around on the ST. George site, I found this little blurb about getting healthy.. Why is Be Healthy Dixie Important: Over half of all Utah adults are overweight or obese. Only one out of five Utah adults eat five or more fruits and vegetables each day. Almost 50% of Utah adults get insufficient physical activity. About 17% of Utah adults report no leisure time physical activity. In 2006, 22.5% of all elementary students were at an unhealthy weight More boys were overweight at every Grade. I***** 16.9% of 3rd Graders were at an unhealthy weight. In 2006, 21.8% of 3rd Graders were at an unhealthy weight. This represents a 67% increase. If the number of elementary school students at an unhealthy weight continues to increase at the current rate, in ten years a total of 30.3% of elementary school students will be at an unhealthy weight. Maybe we can stay an extra day and show em what our exercise is all about!