My One year birthday

One year ago today I was having my surgery. I wish I was closer to goal. I have accomplished and learned so much about my body this year. I am a healthier person because of it all. My doc told me to have the surgery or die. And now I know I am going to live to see my granddaughter grow up and I love playing and chasing her around...she is 4. She is the main reason I did this and I am so glad I did. I started out at 317 I now weigh 220 and I have stopped losing weight but I am still losing inches. I guess that is all the exercise. I have gone from a size 30-32 to a 18-20. But what is most important is that I no longer have 1 diabeties 2 gerd 3 sleep apnea 4 incontinance 5 high blood pressure 6 kidney failure(from diabeties) ****er retention(from kidneys from diabeties) I want to thank everyone on this board. I am mainly a lurker but the advice from the grads has been so important. Even when you are encouraging someone else I used that encouragement as my own to get through. And to know I was not in this alone. Here's to what the next year brings

Hi Lynn, that is wonderful. What a year it has been for all of us April babies. That really is the beauty of losing weight , isnt it, at our age, although looks are good, nothing beats the health benefits. hugs from down under Helen