John your back! WELCOME

Hey I hope you had a wonderful summer vacation and I read your profile and I can't believe how wonderfully your doing! OMG 90+ pounds!!!! I'm so happy for you and I hope you get to join us more now that your home. I think you will notice that the boards have slowed down a bit. Maybe because were are all so busy living our new lifes I don't really know. Just a little about how I have been. I'm 3 months out as of yesterday and hit 60 lbs lost. I'm 201 and dieing to hit 199 LOL I went shoping yesterday because everything of my was WAY to big (I"m sure you and most can relate) and I got a 14! I have went from a 49 inch waist to 37 inch. I'm so happy and I love my RNY!!!!! Well I just wanted to say welcome back and a quick update! Hugs Rebecca

Hi there Rebecca, That was so nice of you to take a moment to say hi. I've lost 57 pounds as a part of the preop liquid diet and also since the surgery. I can now say that I'm happy that I did lose that 36 pounds before the surgery process. You certainly are doing just great. 60 pounds is just fantastic. I did check in on all of you each week while my kids were at the library. I think that I recall that you celebrated your 10 year wedding anniversary while I was away...right? That 6 weeks away really did me a lot of good as I walked 8 miles almost every day. I'm back here in Kansas and with the temperatures so high, I only get in my 4 mile walk in the mornings. My wife has lost 30 pounds this summer and I'm so happy to have her as a part of enjoying this process. You keep up the great work you 37 inch waste skinny gal. Glad to be among you again and thanks for the welcome back. John

yea we did celebrate my 10th wedding anniversary in Vegas it was a blast.. Really enjoyed the time away with my hubby. We don't get that kind of time with him in school and working full time. WOW I can't believe that you and your wife have done so good! I have been working out too but not like you. I'm lucky if I get in 1.5 miles but I'm on a time crunch because someone is watching my son. I'll take what I can get LOL. I hope you are able to post more now that your home. Maybe get chat up and running again it seems to have fallen apart LOL we all try but never seem to meet up, or at least I don't make it on time LOL. Well welcome home! Rebecca

So glad to have you back John, you've definitely been missed! Way to go on the loss so far, that goes for your wife too! My parents have often remarked at how different grocery shopping is now because they force themselves to read more labels to help me out a bit. I'm sure they've both lost a bit of weight since I've started this new life of mine.