Hey everyone!!!

Lisa_1967
on 8/5/07 10:34 pm - Rileyville, VA
Good morning to you all!!! I bet everyone thought I had gotten lost....lol! Well, I am still around of course. I have been just really busy on my days off and not much time for the computer anymore....which is a good thing, right? I want you all to know that I still think about you all the time and wonder how everyone is doing and the changes that are taking place with you. If you wonder what I have been up to then here is my update on my life as it stands. I have posted a new picture on my profile of me for last week when my youngest son graduated. Of course he had to go to summer school to get his diploma but he made it and ended up with a 93 average for the English 12 class. I start my new job today at Walmart. I am becoming a Customer Service Mgr. (CSM) I plan on holding this job for awhile and seeing if I am management material then I will decide if I want to take the big step to become an Asst. Mgr. I am still thinking that maybe I want out of this marriage and these steps at Walmart will help me achieve my financial goal to take care of myself....in the event that divorce happens. My oldest son is sitting in jail. He got 12 months but if he is good he will get out in 6 months. I have to go see him on Saturdays most of the time before I go to work. I don't know how it will work out with me and this new job. Hopefully they will work with me like they say they will and give me late shifts on Saturdays so I can go see him and get back to work on time. Finally in 6 days (Aug. 12th) I will be turning 40! Not looking forward to that but at least now I don't feel like I am twice my age anymore. In fact I feel like I am in my 20's maybe. I have about 2 or 3 more lbs to go before I have lost my 100. It seems like the scales are moving so slow now but I know it will happen sooner or later. I am down to 167 or 166....you know how the scales can go up and down on ya. The only thing that I am not happy with is my arms...flabby! I have thought about having them worked on but not quit sure yet. It isn't real bad but bad enough for me to be uncomfortable with them. If I could have the small incision under the arm to tighten them up that would be great but not too happy with the thoughts of a big scar down the inside of my arm. I don't know I will have to decide that later after I know that my weight loss has stopped. Well, in a nut shell that is what is going on around my household. I hope you are doing well which I am sure you are because your pictures look outstanding! We are coming up on our 1 year soon and it is really hard to believe the changes that have taken place. I wish you all well and have a wonderful day! Lisa S.
Patricia S.
on 8/6/07 12:36 am - Glen Mills, PA
Happy early birthday Lisa! Congrats on feeling so young! Good luck on the new job position too! I hope it goes will for you!
Lisa_1967
on 8/6/07 9:24 pm - Rileyville, VA
Thanks Patricia! The job went well yesterday I just hope I can learn all that stuff!!! Lisa S
berts4
on 8/6/07 1:37 am - Rock City, IL
Happy Early Birthday Lisa!!! It is good to get updates. Life is so much busier now than a year or so ago..... I do hope the new job works out for you. Not only will it help if you decide to be independant, but it will just be great to have a promotion! Keep up the good work! Dawn
Lisa_1967
on 8/6/07 9:29 pm - Rileyville, VA
Thanks you Dawn. I made it through my first day as CSM...I have soooo much to learn up there. The service desk is the worse out of the whole job. I have been taking notes with my little book of paper...I just hope if I need to go back and refer to it that I can read it....lol Lisa S
mom2sali
on 8/6/07 1:56 am - London, Canada
It is nice to hear from you and to hear that you life seems to be headed in the right direction. Happy Birthday! Take care and good luck with those major life decisions you have coming in the future. tara
Lisa_1967
on 8/6/07 9:43 pm - Rileyville, VA
Thanks Tara!!! Everything does seem to be getting better in my life. The first 6 months after my WLS was brutal with all the problems my oldest son was putting on me but now that he is in jail and I don't have a court date everytime I turn around, my life is going smoother. Yesterday on my new job I had a few funny things happen...I ran into some old friends from high school. Some of which I hadn't seen me in years...mostly since I had packed on all that weight. They all told me how good I looked!!! Of course I didn't mention to them that I had the WLS because I didn't really have time to chat with them. It just blows my mind that everyone knows me now since I look almost as I did in high school. Everyone seems more friendly for some reason. I have to almost laugh because most of the girls that I graduated with all have big butts now...they have had their children and some are now becoming grandparents and i****ting the "middle age spread" thing. I just hope I can keep this little more youthful body until our 25th class reunion which is in 3 more years. We will see who looks the best then for their age...hehehehehe Thanks again.... Lisa S
Aime B.
on 8/6/07 8:07 pm - Baltimore, MD
40 is such a release on the stressors of your life!! Enjoy being 40. It truly is a great time of life. It will be even better since you have lost your weight!!! I never would have imagined felling this good and happy at 50- nearly 51 now. Happy birthday!
Lisa_1967
on 8/6/07 9:56 pm - Rileyville, VA
I am feeling great for my age and glad I had this surgery done. If I hadn't I don't know what kind of shape I was going to end up in as I got older. I was feeling twice my age with all those aches and pains of being on my feet. Now I just want to walk walk walk! I am enjoying myself and life so much more now. They say that 40 is the new 30...lol, I am feeling in my 20's. Lisa S.
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