A year ago today

I was sooo worried....the fear was unreal..... I was sure it was the end for me..... a year ago today I could barely walk.... I was marely existing....... I am so thankfull I had this surgery!!! I have lost a total of 188 pounds, I still have a little under 100 left, but I am taking it nice and slow!! Congrats to all my fellow surgery friends!!! Gloria

Hi Gloria. congrats on the 188 lbs that is awesome I feel the same way about this surgery. It sure is a gift. My annv. date is the 15th and I want to lose another 7 lbs by then and I will be at my goal that I was looking at from the beginning I was 253 and want to be 130 I will get there some how some way that is for sure. take care Betty

Gloria: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Happy one year! Tanya

Congrats to you Gloria. You are doing wonderful. WE have all come so far.....I still have about 85 lbs to get to my personal goal, so I'm right here with you..... Bright Blessings Mindi

Gloria and all my Nov. family, Congrats on your accomplishments and our surgervisaries! I am having a hard time as of late with ONLY having lost 120 lbs. I know that I should not compare myself to others and that I could not and would not have lost this weight without this surgery, that being said it is still hard emotionally when your eyes and mind are not in sinc with each other! I know too, that we all started out at different weights, but sitting here in a size 24 and still over 200 lbs, sometimes I still feel as if I have not been a success! I am sorry to ramble and I don't mean to I am just having a tough time, it comes and goes!! I am so encouraged to those who have done so well and you are inspiring to me, please don't get me wrong! I am proud of each and everyone of you- it is myself that is the problem!!! Hugz too all and to all a GOOD night! Hugz Dawn

dawn, don't be so hard on yourself, you have done great, you've lost alot of weight, i havn't lost 120lbs, at first , i was upset, but we both have lost alot of weight, that is all that matters, im exercising more, its so easy to slip back to the old way,, don't fall into that rut,, your friend, rhonda 298/182/140?

Hi Dawn, I've "only" lost 120 lbs since surgery almost a year ago (150 total), and i'm still a size 20 and 226 lbs. I'm right there with ya, babe. I'm sure there are days when you're over the moon with how much you've lost, then you start to compare yourselves to others and feel frustrated. Hang in there, and keep doin what you're doin. You've come SO FAR so keep pluggin away and you'll reach your goal! *HUGS*

Gloria, Congrats on the 188 pounds lost. Keep up the good work.