Yes, everyday I live is a wow now! I am happy to get dressed in the morning and I know whatever I pick out of the closet will fit...praise God for my friends at church for giving me all their clothes. Today at work (I am a crossing guard) one of the parent's I wave at daily pulled over and said,"I have wanted to stop severall times but never had time, but today I am making time, what did you do to yourself? You look like a different person? I said I had weight loss surgery 11months ago. She said why you weren't that big were you? I said Oh yes I was, I was almost 300lbs! She said no way! You look so young and totally different. She said I was beautiful" I told her bless you for taking time to tell me. So for today not a bad start to my day!!I am amazed that I just emailed my sister who is one year younger than I and weighs 132 and asked if she could spare a bathing suit for me for Myrtle Beach next weekend. And I told her I was wearing 4/6 and 8/20 and didn't know what size to buy. Her and I wear same size now. When I typed it I thought Lord how can that be at 11months out? I am amzed at how this WLS really works. I praise God for it daily. Oh, another wow, my husband and I were alone in the car (daughter was a youth group) and he put his hand on my leg and said, Hey Skinny, you sure are tiny now" Like the little girl I married".....I started to cry and smiled at him and said...I know isn't God good?.... Keep on everyone we willl make goal and KEEP it off. We are each a success story and encouragement to others watching our lives. Love you all in Christ, Joan M

gosh I have been gone all weekend went to MBEACH our support group got togather & went had a blast we went to the clubs & I got hit on so much made me feel so great that would never had happened last year ,I danced with alot of ppl I would never had the nerve before, some new pics on profile of the party will have to have more put on later just trying to catch up on sleep now lol hope you had a great weekend

Here's a weird one -- I was doing laundry a little while ago and somehow one of my preop pairs of underpants made it into my white load. I thought I had thrown all of those away. (though I do keep what I call my "fat suit" which are the clothes I wore to the hospital) Anyhow, I picked them up and was AMAZED at how big they were. Then I compared them to another pair of what I wear now, and the newer ones (which are getting a little large themselves) were HALF THE SIZE of the old ones. I thought that was the funniest thing I'd seen in a while. It helps to see things like this when you get discouraged about how the weight loss is slowing down. I tend to forget really quickly where I've come from, and this definitely brought me back to reality. Also -- I'm only about 15lbs from a) making it to ONEderland (which, in my adolescent and adult life, I have never seen) and b) hitting -200 (they will happen at the same time, and this also means I will be just about HALF of what I was a year ago). I'm excited. I really want to make this happen before my surgiversary on the 18th. Julie 399/214/160 would be nice, but really I'll be super excited just to see 199.

i feel the same way....i play with the same darm 3 lbs.....since thanksgiving.... i was 179 the monday before turkey day and just a little while ago i was 177 grrrrr Ruth Ann

Hi all, here was my food intake for today. dannon lite n fit smoothie, 1 serving 60 10 0 5 weight control oatmeal, 1 serving 160 23 3 7 Ground beef, 3 oz 264 0 23 14 Baked Potato, with skin, 0.5 small (1-3/4" to 2-1/2" dia.) 64 15 0 2 Margarine, 70% vegetable oil spread, 0.5 tbsp 43 0 5 0 Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded 16 3 0 2 Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 cup cherry tomatoes 31 7 0 1 Turkey breast meat, 2 slices 44 2 1 7 finlandia lite swiss cheese, 2 serving 114 0 0 14 banana bran muffin, 1 serving 129 0 0 1 Milk, 1%, 0.5 cup 51 6 1 4 CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN 976 65 33 57 Sher