Hey, where are all the Maysters?
Happy surgiversary to us! (mine was yesterday, 05/02 - 2 years out and 130 lb.s gone!
Cyndi, Leader, OH Groups,
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
LOOK AT YOU! WOO HOO! YOU LOOK TERRIFIC! I hope you are feeling well, and feeling good about yourself. Thanks for checking in - I was beiginning to think I had the wrong year! 
Cyndi, Leader, OH Groups,
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Happy Surgiversary to all of you too. Wow...what a great two years it has been. I really get it now. I wondered why everyone stays so faithful to Obestiy Help for a few months or even a year or two. Then they seen to fall off the radar. Well, I think I have it all figured out. People head off to start living life. I've gained a few pounds and I'm in the process of getting those off. My lowest was 191 with a realistic goal of 195. I'm hanging in at about 206 most mornings and I plan to be below 200 again in several weeks. I'm focusing in once again on protein and veggies. I was being strangled by the carb monster and I took my sword and I'm pushing him back....back....back I say.
It is so hard to believe that just two years ago we were so scared to death. That was really scary, but it was a time in my life that I cherish and look back on with many fond memories. The friends I made here were so valuable to me...too bad so many have gravitated so far away.
As an update on Christine, my dear wife who had the surgery just a year after mine, she has managed to drop over 90 pounds and I call her my new girlfriend. She is such a hotty now. I need to get some hot pics of her up on my profile to prove what I'm saying. She got a new job and there are a half dozen people where she works who are getting the surgery. They seem totally supportive at her work for those who want to better their life. What a blessing a good employer is.
Anyway, that is the latest update...happy surgiversary too you...happy surgiversary to you...happy...
John
It is so hard to believe that just two years ago we were so scared to death. That was really scary, but it was a time in my life that I cherish and look back on with many fond memories. The friends I made here were so valuable to me...too bad so many have gravitated so far away.
As an update on Christine, my dear wife who had the surgery just a year after mine, she has managed to drop over 90 pounds and I call her my new girlfriend. She is such a hotty now. I need to get some hot pics of her up on my profile to prove what I'm saying. She got a new job and there are a half dozen people where she works who are getting the surgery. They seem totally supportive at her work for those who want to better their life. What a blessing a good employer is.
Anyway, that is the latest update...happy surgiversary too you...happy surgiversary to you...happy...
John
Start Wt: 347 -- Lowest: 191 -- Current: 216.2 -- Goal: 197
2 MINUTE VIDEO JOURNEY ENJOY HERE ----> http://tinyurl.com/Jonoba07
New in 2010
Regain of 20 pounds has thrown me for a loop - will not let this get the best of me - what am I doing about it?
www.obesityhelp.com/group/Drop10410
John, thanks for checking in.
I also have a weight I'm "hovering" around......I did go really low about a month ago, but I think that was an odd cir****tance and maybe the scale was just cuckoo, because I'm back to my stablized window....I hover between 138 and 140. Still following my "program", still tracking my food, still working out/exercising 5-6 days a week (except for a 10 day window for Passover.)
My goal is to try and be "normal" about all this (whatever that is) but, i've never been "normal" about food or eating, so I'm still trying to discover what that means for me. I believe I will always be tracxking and exercising (as long as I am able - that is part of my "almost normal" arsenal.
I am SO HAPPY to hear your wife is doing well. It does our hearts good to see out loved ones be healthy too, now that we "get it", doesn't it?
To quote the song "live, love, laugh and be happy"! Take care!
Cyndi
I also have a weight I'm "hovering" around......I did go really low about a month ago, but I think that was an odd cir****tance and maybe the scale was just cuckoo, because I'm back to my stablized window....I hover between 138 and 140. Still following my "program", still tracking my food, still working out/exercising 5-6 days a week (except for a 10 day window for Passover.)
My goal is to try and be "normal" about all this (whatever that is) but, i've never been "normal" about food or eating, so I'm still trying to discover what that means for me. I believe I will always be tracxking and exercising (as long as I am able - that is part of my "almost normal" arsenal.
I am SO HAPPY to hear your wife is doing well. It does our hearts good to see out loved ones be healthy too, now that we "get it", doesn't it?
To quote the song "live, love, laugh and be happy"! Take care!
Cyndi
Cyndi, Leader, OH Groups,
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Thanks for checking in....
Cyndi, Leader, OH Groups,
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Can't call me a baby anymore...I'm entering my new childhood.
Good to hear from you.
John
Good to hear from you.
John
Start Wt: 347 -- Lowest: 191 -- Current: 216.2 -- Goal: 197
2 MINUTE VIDEO JOURNEY ENJOY HERE ----> http://tinyurl.com/Jonoba07
New in 2010
Regain of 20 pounds has thrown me for a loop - will not let this get the best of me - what am I doing about it?
www.obesityhelp.com/group/Drop10410
So good to see so many checking in. I've been hovering between 126 and 132 most times. I've had a lot of stress and made it up to 142. YIKES! I'm back down to about 133. I'd like to get back to 130 and kind of stay there. My clothing still fits so that's definitely a plus. I got rid of EVERYTHING except my pants that I wore to the hospital and a shirt. Everything else is gone. :) I celebrate my 2nd surgiversary on the 25th. It amazes me that just two years ago I was bouncing off the walls getting ready to go. And, here I am, down about 140 pounds. Amazing. Life has been full of changes...both good and bad. Those changes continue but being "normal" now, I'm coping with them much better. Sure I'm still an emotional eater but I guess I always will be.
Love to you all!
* Cyndi *
Love to you all!
* Cyndi *
* Cyndi *
*Cyndi*,
You certainly said it all "Life has been full of changes...both good and bad. Sure I'm still an emotional eater but I guess I always will be." That part certainly hasn't changed, but also, what has changed for me is "Those changes continue but being "normal" now, I'm coping with them much better. "
It HAS made a difference. And I have wanted to turn to food, like I did in the past but have always been able to tell myself "no". It's very difficult and I am still at the beginning of learning about my eating issues, but I hope to keep getting smarter and more "normal". I still go to a nutritionist every month (even though my insurance doesn't cover it and the payments "hurt") but it's better than any therapy, just about since my NUT works through so many issues with me.
Keep on keeping on, girl - you look and "sound" wonderful.
The *other* Cyndi
You certainly said it all "Life has been full of changes...both good and bad. Sure I'm still an emotional eater but I guess I always will be." That part certainly hasn't changed, but also, what has changed for me is "Those changes continue but being "normal" now, I'm coping with them much better. "
It HAS made a difference. And I have wanted to turn to food, like I did in the past but have always been able to tell myself "no". It's very difficult and I am still at the beginning of learning about my eating issues, but I hope to keep getting smarter and more "normal". I still go to a nutritionist every month (even though my insurance doesn't cover it and the payments "hurt") but it's better than any therapy, just about since my NUT works through so many issues with me.
Keep on keeping on, girl - you look and "sound" wonderful.
The *other* Cyndi
Cyndi, Leader, OH Groups,
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
Northern NJ Stalwarts
and (the slow-growing) Keeping It Kosher After WLS
"I want my unwarranted optimism back!" Dilbert
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