3 month check up today

I wanted to share something that I have been thinking about alot this morning...I hope that others feel the same way,because it is a nice feeling. Well I had just talking to a friend of mine who I have not seen in a long time, but she seen me at my worst, well I told her how happy I am now and then I found myself saying that I was broken before and I have been put back together and I am fixed now and I will never break again.....I started to cry when I said that and she said So all the times that you had said you were ok with your weight you were just covering it up...Well NO.....I think after years of being overweight you dome yourself to a life that will kill you....and you are a prisoner to the fat that you carry, and feelings that bottle up. So all of us no matter how much we have loss are FREE again....TRUELY FREE....so our emotional eatting and eatting when we really don't need it is DONE....and WE have taken control again... I am free to feel and to life and to be happy....Once again....

I hear you Crystal-lite. It's a nice feeling knowing the weight is coming off, and this time it's not coming back. It's nice being in control. DD PS It's hard to believe we're in our 3rd month already. WOW!

I truly understand how you feel and whole heartedly agree!!!! I feel as if I have a new start and a chance at a "normal" life!!! 3 months woohoo to us!!! lol jen

I think we told ourselves we were okay with our weight because we never felt like we were going to get rid of it. It is amazing the different relationship with food I have now. I do not obsess over it and when and what I am going to eat. I had a little moment this weekend when my body decided to play tricks on me. All of a sudden I was CRAVING a frozen margarita. I was never much of a drinker so I thought where the heck is that coming from. I did not have one but the craving came back the next day. So, I realized my body was trying to get me to be addicted to something else. I did not give in to this craving because not only should I not be drinking at this stage but I also realized how easy transfer addiction can be. It is amazing the willpower I have now. I used to think there was something lacking in me but I just needed the tools to help me overcome. We have come a long way in a short time baby!

Hi Crystal, boy can I relate to what you're saying! I'm only now realizing how bad things had gotten, and how much I was in denial about it in order to get through the day. If I really faced the fact about how bad so many things were, it would have been hard to go on. Now that everything is so much better, I can look back and remember how difficult even the most basic things were. Hooray for our new lives-it's pretty astounding!

All I can say is AMEN! Roz

Hi Everyone, I have not posted on the April team in a little while but It is great to feel good about your weight loss and accomplisments but when you think you have won that is when you are the most vulnerable. You are just successing you have not succeeded just remember that. I have see too many people lose the weight and then gain it back even from this surgery. Be humble and keep your eye on you and your prize but never ever believe you have won. Just my opinion. Thanks for listening and keep up the great work. Robert