6 months today

Hi to all. I am doing Great! To date I have lost 100 lbs. I started at 261 and I am down to 161. Weight is coming off a little slower now. I was seen in doctors office yesterday and my nurse told me to expect another 20-30 lbs to come off by my year anniversary. I have gone from size 26 to 12. I never thought I would be this small. As I was growing up I went from 14/16 in youth clothes to 16/18 womens. So I have never been this small. I feel so much better since I've had this surgery. It has been life changing for me, but for the better. My diabetes is gone, my blood pressure problems are gone and I am no longer in stroke range or have to take medication. I have so much energy. I used to wake up on Saturday and Sundays and just want to stay in bed and sleep the day away. Now I wake up and I am ready to go do something. I play with the kids, they workout with me at home. The best thing is, that I have changed the way we eat at home and they really haven't complained about it. So that makes me happy that they don't feel like I am depriving them. I do not allow oreo pop tarts in my house. They seem to be my down fall. I notice the smaller I get the faster I have to buy smaller clothers. I am so thankful for my friends at work. They keep me going and give me encouragement. My husband also gives me encouragement, but the rest of my family doesn't encourage me the way I thought they would. So I've just decided I have to be excited for myself. I would have this surgery again. I encourage anyone that is thinking about it to really consider it, but before you have it, you have to make sure your willing to change your lifestyle. If you don't this is not for you. My wish for each of you is to have the success that I've had. I thank the good Lord everyday for giving me the strength and courage to go through with surgery and the medical team that I have. They are the best anyone can ask for.

Congrats! Isn't this life style change grand! As for the family my husband gets excited and proud of my weight loss and lets me know often. But my kids and siblings are much less vocal. I know they still feel the fear from my complications and are not dealing with it as well as they could so they avoid the topic. I can understand this and can live with it, thank goodness hubby still fears the fear but cares enough to let me know how proud he is of my success. I wish that everyone that needed and wanted this could have WLS or better yet I wish that we were all trained from childhood on up that treats are for special occasions and special occasions do NOT occur daily!

Doing great!! Keep up the good work! There's always a few people with sour grapes when someone else has success in an area they're struggling with. Most americans are now considered overweight, so even people you don't consider overweight are likely focused on how fat they think they are. Stay posiive, and just keep watching that scale go down!! --Dave 350/207/205