WOOOOHOOOOO HELLO ONE YEAR !!! Can you believe it ??? The one that sat there whining and complaining about how long the insurance company and surgeon's office was taking.... is now officially ONE YEAR OUT !!!! HOLY COW!! I started this journey out at 5 ft 10 .....308 lbs with a BMI of 44.2 putting me at EXTREMELY OBESE on the charts. BUT OH BABY LOOK AT ME NOW !!!!!!!!! I am sitting here at 5 ft 10 and 162 lbs putting me at a BMI of 23.2... NORMAL! I have lost a total of 146 pounds. ALmost half the weight I was when I started. HALF THE WEIGHT! That is so hard to even wrap my head around.I went from hating trying on clothes. Always hiding behind 3x shirts and sweatpants. I mean what else can a fattie wear that is comfortable besides this?? And now I wear more form fitting clothing... and love love love shopping for lingere, bras, panties.. anything that makes a girl feel and look sexy. You all know what this feels like I am sure. It is like fighting the ultimate battle.. the biggest war ever... and feeling totally fufilled winning the war. Defeating your demons. I have walked by Lane Bryant many times and said to myself VICTORY!!!!!!!!! haha!! I feel like I have come a long long long way and I am sitting at the victory line holding the bottles of water waiting for all you pre ops to come join me. You really do come full circle in this journey. I feel so blessed to have a great support group of friends from the Obesityhelp boards as well as many other wls support boards online. Talking with people who have BEEN THERE DONE THAT has helped soooo many times. I feel lucky to have inspired a few of you along the way in your own journeys as well. I have been told that I have completely come out of my shell and you all can see the much happier me. With all the bad things that have happened in my life recently, that still won't hold me down. Because I have learned one thing since having weight loss surgery, NOTHING can hold me down any longer. If we can fight the battle of weight loss, we can accomplish ANYTHING! Anything in life! I have vowed to never sell myself short, to never let people put me down.. to always look at life with a giggle and a smile and to see the upside of any negative situation. GOD it feels so good to be thinner !! Happy One Year to me !!! New pics are on my www if you want to check them out !

my anniversary is Sept 22. Lisa 279/150/145

No, you're not nuts. I have actually thought about doing the same thing. I only have 13 days now, and I want to be between 130 and 140. I am currently sitting at 152. So, to be able to get to at least 135, I need to lose another 17 lbs. I have lost 107 lbs and my BMI has gone from 44.2 to 26.1. I still have another 5 lbs to make it to a BMI of 25 which puts me in the high normal range. I want to start the reconstructive part now, but I haven't had the energy to start going to all the doctors to start the documentation process. My Gyn, and my doctor who did my surgery have been documenting my files everytime that I have seen them, but I have yet to make an appt. to see my PCP. It is not so much that I don't have the energy, I guess it's dread. Two years ago when I started the process to have the weight loss surgery, I was having to see doctors on a weekly basis to gather enough information to be approved for the surgery, and I know that I basically have to do the same thing for the reconstructive part. My wls surgeon feels that I should start the process and he also feels that if I do it I will lose the additional 17 lbs and be exactly where I want to be. Good Luck Karen 259/152/135

K it SEPTEMBER 1st 2005 and that means 1 thing... we are gettin close to ur 1 yr re births... so who is gonna start us out with this.... COME ON brag about urself... you know that we love to do this now.... (lookin around for some posts.... )

Hi Deb, Thanks so much! Have a great day! Tonya