Alert......Alert......GOAL MET!!!!!!!

17 MONTHS, AND 181 LBS GONE, GONE, GONE!

I feel so blessed, so, so blessed that I have a chance of a normal life.   Look at all the things I can do now that normal people take for granted:
WEAR A 2 INCH HIGH HEEL
CROSS MY LEGS
GET IN AND OUT OF MY BATH TUB
SIT IN A RESTARAUNT BOOTH
SIT IN AN AIRPLANE SEAT (WITHOUT A SEATBELT EXT)
SHOP IN ANY CLOTHING STORE (EXCEPT PLUS SIZE)
SIT ON AN OTTOMAN AND BE ABLE TO GET UP WITHOUT ASSISTANCE
SIT ON CHAIRS THAT DON'T HAVE ARMREST
GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR
GET UP OFF THE FLOOR WITHOUT HELP
SEE MY FEET
TIE/BUCKLE MY SHOES
COMFORTABLY SIT BEHIND MY CAR STEERING WHEEL
AND SO, AND SO ON AND SO. 

Thank you God, thank you Dr. Enoch, thank you OH!

09/18/08  day of surgery   350 LBS
02/22/10  goal met             170 LBS

Wish I could upload my photos but it keeps saying they are too large (pixels)!

I forgot to add a couple important things:

SLEEP APNEA, GONE, GONE, GONE
CHOLESTROL NORMAL
BLOOD PRESSURE MED REDUCED 3X'S
FEET NO LONGER PERPETUALLY SWOLLEN
AND SO ON, AND SO ON, AND SO ON!

More . . .

Get on and off exercise equipment easily
Do 30 minutes on the treadmill, at 3.5 mph, without breaking a sweat!
Hike without sweating
Grocery shop without sweating
Shop at regular stores
Buy what I like instead of what fits
Buy cheap clothes
Shop from catalogs (though I miss MIB t-shirts)

. . .

Thank you OH too!
9/05/08 - ~321 lbs
3/3/10 - 150 lbs

THIS LIFE IS GREAT!

I failed to update this in February 2011, but my weight at that time was at an all time low of 147, from at surgery weight of 350........  Regretably I just recently gained to  7 lbs (up to 154)  and am working on getting back to 147.

I have decided that 150 is my threshold to get back on track so I am working on getting off  7 lbs.   Gaining weight can be very scarey for us WLS graduates because no one wants to go back to where they were.  It is so easy for 4 LBs to become 8 and 8 to become 15 and you know how the story ends.................

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE..................GOAL 170LBS SURPASSED!

SURGERY WEIGHT    350
CURRENT WEIGHT    155 (5"8".5)
GOAL WEIGHT              170