Hi I am a watcher of this page to see what ever one else is up too. I still am so happy to have had my surgery. I have a couple of friends that are 400lbs and when I tell them I had the surgery they cant belive it They ask would I do it again I say yes in a heartbeat. Even with risks it is worth it. I was at a sewing social and one of my friends brought it up. The other said o I have heard such bad thing. They at the time were unawre that I had the surgery and I said with a big :smile: I am the relsults of that surgery. and I would do it again. So I do hope that these two friends goes threw all the hopes and ropes and red tape to get it done. we all Know how that can be. I need to post some new photos. I am at my goal or should I say past it. 120lbs wow size 4 thought I would NEVER see a size 4. doing great. love those little girdles that hold all those flopys in place. Well Take care August of 04 I would love to here from you all up here in Burny Ca. Saralan :hugs:

Hey Linda, I just posted my SUMMER CHALLENGE. I'm currently at 134 and want to get to 125lbs by my 2year post op anniversary of Aug 30. I'll be posting every week and see how everyone else is doing on their summer challenge. What's your summer challenge missie?

Good morning, and welcome to June! I hope everyone is doing well this morning. Although summer doesn't officially arrive until later this month, I think hearing "June" conjures up summer thoughts for most of us. It's here! The first leg of our summer tour (see a couple of posts down about the summer challenge, if this is the first you've heard of this) is making sure we're where we need to be with our water consumption. Here is a link again to a calculator telling you how much H20 you should be taking in: http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm Let's get used to all this water, and incorporate that into our lives if we haven't already, or if we've let it slip a bit, and next week we'll ramp things up somewhat with other aspects of using this tool. In the meanwhile, remember the importance of water in all aspects of our bodily functions, not the least of which is helping flush fat and toxins out of the way! It does so much more than that, as we all know. And it's free! Have great days and stay tuned as the tour continues! Kathryn

Linda, sorry about losing your job. Time to collect uneployement and give your body some much needed rest. With the first check go and buy a disposable camera and start taking pictures all over the place. Of course you in the pictures. Full length pictures is the only way we would accept the pictures. Maybe some with the view of the city and some with la familia. Take care and no more talking about the Pistons. They beat my Lakers a couple years ago.

Wow! I can't believe I need about 87 onces of water a day. I better start drinking a little more than what I normally drink. I have a difficult time drinking water at work because I work in a library. We don't allow people to come inside with drinks. I have to find a solution to that. Thanks for the information.