The 28th is my one year anniversary too. Happy Anniversary to both of us!!! I'm not sure how I will be celebrating. I think that I'll start out by thanking God for a wonderful, exciting, informative, eye-opening, soul-searching, whirlwind of a year. I can't believe that it's a year already. I have to be honest, I have been celebrating all year long In less than a month I will turn 40 so when I hit the 100 lb mark and with that milestone birthday looming, I did what any other person would do, I bought myself a new car!!! So, I think that my 'celebrating' may have to be curtailed for a little while However you mark the occasion, I think that it is so important to not forget where you came from. I think that when we forget, we're bound to wind up there again. I wish you continued success and much good luck with your journey. God Bless, Bob 1 year out, -140 lbs!!!

Congratulations!! Make sure you do celebrate your big day! I went to a nearby resort with my fiance for a night. We had dinner & relaxed in the hot tubs, and stayed at the hotel for the night. For my century club celebration I treated myself to a one hour massage. I highly reccommend either on of these! Kathy

WOW!!! You go girl. You have done great. Keep it up. Karen

well, here it is , one year ( plus a bit) , and i have lost over 100 lbs, not much over, so im carefull not to cvompare, cause then i get kind of depressed , but , yes, i have changed, oh lord how i have changed, i feel so much better, i can do things i hadnt treid due to my weight, i walk the woods, i hunt i am going on a black bear hunt in one week , and am so looking forward to all the coming work with that one ! lots of walking, and if im sucessfull , heavy load to carry back too ! i know hunting isnt for every woman , but it is something i havent done in a few years, just the thought of walking the woods would wind me out :D but not this year, ive been out hunting several times, seen some beautiful deer, and now have a chance to bag a menace bear , while i am saddened by the fact that phoenix is hurt and scarred for life, hes a wonderfull dog ive always wanted to have the chance to hunt a black bear, and never thought i would be so lucky al righht, lest i go on and on about hunting , i would like to thank my doctor Amjad Ali , a very good surgeon , the missouri state insurance program , my Husband , the Darling Neal , for being my support and tolerating this obsession with food and protein for buying me my beautifull painted lady Priceless, i cant wait to get her trained for trail riding wiht you my kids for reminding me why i wanted this so much in the first place, besides my own personal reasons i thank so many here who have been my support and friends during those early weeks of pre and post op fear learning and frustration Beth 10-06-03 340 highest weight 322 day of surgery 218 current 190-soon-- really soon....

Hi all, My 1 year was on Friday the 22nd. Amazing how much life has changed during this time! I find myself looking at pictures of myself pre-op and wondering how on earth I let myself get so big. That wasn't me... this is me, I'm finally free from the fat! (well, most of it anyway) I'm still losing weight, but the scale goes in sputs of activity. I won't lose anything for 2-3 weeks then suddenly 5 pounds drop off. It's like that with inches too. For instance on Friday I was 203 and my size 14s fit fine, now on Tuesday i'm 201 and my size 14s are about falling off my hips! I have some updated pictures and lots of before/after ones. The most recent pics were taken Saturday and are the ones of me wearing a white sweater. Take a look, and beware... some of the before pics are scary! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mariotta77/album?.dir=ecaf&.src=ph Because it's impossible to link photos to my profile from yahoo I'm waiting for the nice folks here at OH to post them for me. Happy anniversary everyone! Life is grand Amy -148