Sharing a few updates

Hey Chrystal! You are doing fabulous as well! Congrats Buying smaller sizes really IS a trip, isn't it? I'd grown so accustomed to automatically looking at the back of a rack for the largest size carried - I have to stop and remind myself I no longer need to do that! I'll bet you can do a whole lot more with your kids now that you're over 50 pounds lighter! Isn't it just easier to move? I mean...not necessarily exercise but just moving around in general. Geez, why didn't we do something like this sooner!! lol Nicole

Hi, I had my surgery on 3/23/07 I have lost 76 lbs. I went from a 26/28 - 20's!!! I am not having any problems with what I am eating. The problem I am having is exercise!! I am a single mom w/3 kids and I am so busy with them in the evenings that I dont want to go walk. I know that is an excuse so I have a friend that is selling a treadmill and I called her yesterday and I am going to buy it from her. Then there will be no excuses! I feel so much better than I did before surgery. I was taking 5 pills a day for diabetes and 1 for colesterol and now I am not taking any!!!! I have been eating yogert in the morning and usually shrimp or chicken for lunch or dinner. I can not eat eggs but I can eat egg beaters so I cook that on the wknd for a treat. I also eat sugar free pop sicles. I have always been the heaviest one in my family. I was able to give all of my old clothes all 10 garbage bags full to my sister and now I am shopping in my mom's closet. I have bought most stuff at Ross cause I am dropping a size a month. But no complaints from me!! Everyone keep up the great work!!! We are all on the loosing side now!!!! wohoo!!!! Sherry

Hey Sherry, I also went from a size 28 to a 20. I totally can't wait to break from from the 20's - it'll be a real milestone for me. Exercise has been a challenge for me as well. The condo I bought has a small gym real close to my unit so I'm looking forward to some free air-conditioned exercise accommodations lol The thing I never liked about treadmills would be boredom. When you walk around outside or in a mall there's stuff to look at. If you can situate the treadmill in front of a television, perhaps you could walk during an hour-long program and not feel the time go by. I went to Ross the other day looking for some cheap clothes but didn't find anything I liked. I'll have to revisit. I did, however, find plenty of housewares for my new digs - THAT was fun Nicole