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Topic: Hi everyone!
I am still alive and have a slight update on my profile. My anniversary was on the 10th. I have maintained my weight pretty well ...I keep gaining and losing the same 8-10 lbs. But I'll take that over 393 lbs. any day! Miss you guys.
Diane
Topic: Happy Holidays to all!
Hi there to all my friends here on this Message page and others *****ad this.
How was everyones holidays?
Mine was great. My boyfriend made a Goose 
and it was just too greasy for me to eat. I had the remaining stuff he made, but eating is just not the same anymore.
I am happy and healthy,so thats OK for me. 
Did anyone else have trouble eating?
I went out with family yesterday and watched my neice who is one year post-op eat a big steak. I was so jealous. I just can't eat it. Oh well. Life goes on.
How is everyone doing with their weight?
I am up a few pounds. I was up about 10 pounds but I have taken a few off.
Anyway Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all!
beer: 
to all.
and it was just too greasy for me to eat. I had the remaining stuff he made, but eating is just not the same anymore.
I am happy and healthy,so thats OK for me.
Did anyone else have trouble eating?
I went out with family yesterday and watched my neice who is one year post-op eat a big steak. I was so jealous. I just can't eat it. Oh well. Life goes on.
How is everyone doing with their weight?
I am up a few pounds. I was up about 10 pounds but I have taken a few off.
Anyway Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all!
beer: to all. Topic: RE: 4 Yr Anniversary on the 15th........
Sunny, Hi there. 
My day the same as yours passed me by also. Yes life is different and thank God I am blessed to be here to enjoy this.As you one year post-op I was a bit too thin. I am up about 15 pounds post-op and feel great. I would like to take off 10 of those pounds. Thin feels so good and yes I am enjoying this "someone's elses life" God has been good to me.
Happy Holidays to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorraine
My day the same as yours passed me by also. Yes life is different and thank God I am blessed to be here to enjoy this.As you one year post-op I was a bit too thin. I am up about 15 pounds post-op and feel great. I would like to take off 10 of those pounds. Thin feels so good and yes I am enjoying this "someone's elses life" God has been good to me.
Happy Holidays to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorraine 
Topic: RE: Help... Weight Gain, Depression
Katie,
You are not alone. I am 4 years post op and I have gained about 30-40 pounds back. I sometimes think why did I go through all of that only to gain it all back but it's like my body has a mind of its own when it comes to food. I am now thinking about a prescription appetite suppressant to see what that will do. I was O****il I had a small bowel obstruction last year. I was in the hospital for 12 days then it was like I gained the weight in less than 6 months. Thank God it seems to have plateaued and I haven't gained any more in the last 6 months or so, but I can't get it back off either. I think I'm going to try the Meridia to see how that works. Hang in there and don't give up. I haven't. If I could lose 108 pounds then I know I can lose 20!
Topic: 4 Yr Anniversary on the 15th........
I guess when you are living life to the max, special dates can slip by....that's exactly what happened. Saturday was my four year WLS anniversary. It seems longer, I think. I remember being overweight but it seems like it was "someone else". It's weird.
Just a little history....at one year post I had lost too much weight (weight was 113#) and then I gained a few pounds the following year. I've stayed pretty close to 122-125 for the past couple of years......it's perfect for my 5'5".
I'm blessed.....more than I ever deserve. God has been gracious to me. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannaka, Happy Kwanza........However you choose to observe these special days....do so with a grateful heart.
luvitsunnyv
Topic: RE: Help... Weight Gain, Depression
Hi guys... I don't have my picture up, wish that i would have done that FOUR YEARS ago yesterday. That was my anniversary. I too am very depressed .
I only lost 70(should have lost at least 25 more)and now have gained back about 23 in the past 2 years.
IT is so hard to get back on track. If anyone ever says this is a quick fix#!??
I feel hungry almost all the time. It takes me quite a while to fill up.
Any tricks to get back on track? about one month ago I ate soup and pretty much no carbs for a few days. took off 5 pounds in the first week and then nothing for the next month. I work out three times a week , I know I need to do more.
Please feel free to reply..thanks..
Topic: RE: Hello
Lisa, Hi there!!! How are you? I weighed in this morning and I have gained about 15 pounds in all in almost 4 years. That makes me so sad. I fit my clothes but they are snug. I will be attending the cremation ceremony tomorrrow for my boyfriends mom, and we did just come back from an all inclusive vacation so there is my excuse.
I know no excuses.... so I will start back on drinking my water and cleaning out the house of the bad stuff, and getting back on track.
Keep posting I am here trying hard with you. 
Lorraine
How are you? I weighed in this morning and I have gained about 15 pounds in all in almost 4 years. That makes me so sad. I fit my clothes but they are snug. I will be attending the cremation ceremony tomorrrow for my boyfriends mom, and we did just come back from an all inclusive vacation so there is my excuse.
I know no excuses.... so I will start back on drinking my water and cleaning out the house of the bad stuff, and getting back on track.
Keep posting I am here trying hard with you.
Lorraine Topic: Hello
I hope you are all doing well against the holiday temptations. I am trying to keep dried fruit with me to resist the candy, cookies, cakes, and pies. Wow have the drug reps started pouring them on. Hang on folks we can maneuver through this together.
Kove,
Lisa
Topic: RE: Where is......
Hi all,
Sorry I haven't written in a while, but I've been really sick with this disease. Myalgie Encephalopathy Chronic Fatigue Immune Defincicy Syndrome. It takes all I can do just to run a vacume or cook a meal. My insurance company is fighting my STD claim so no income, and the stress increases the symptoms. Sometimes I'm in bed with flu like symptoms and pain for weeks at a time. Other days I'm a little better like today. Just as fast I can be bedridden again. Poor Joe has his hands full. He stand by me no matter what. What a wonderful man I have. I'd be dead if it weren't for him, that's for sure.
I'm steady at a 2/4 because Joe is making me eat cheese cake, cookies, ice cream, mashed potatoes, and anything he can think of to put the pounds on. I'm up to 127-129. I was down to 120 and could get into a "0". Too thin for a 5'5" 55 year old grandma. I look better at a 4. Just wish I felt better.
Nona in PA
PA. Anyone know of a doctor in my area, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, who specializes in ME/CFIDS? Let me know at my home email: [email protected]
Thanks
Topic: RE: WEDNESDAY
Lisa, Thanks for your condolences Harolds mom will cremated so I am sure it will be tomorrow or Tuesday. These were her wishes and all arrangements we made in 1985 by both her and her husband. He is 88, I don't think he will last too much longer after this. I hope he can survive without her.They had known each other from the time they were 4 years old.
I said and try to stand by my word and try my hardest, that I will get this 10 pounds off that I have gained. My drs appointment is soon and I may wait until the end of the month until I take it off, to weigh in. I guess I can't 
forever huh? I can't believe that my 4 year anniversary of WLS is soon to approach. I have not regret and I am very happy to have made the decision to do this.
Lets talk again and next Monday I will let you know how I did.
Lorraine
that I will get this 10 pounds off that I have gained. My drs appointment is soon and I may wait until the end of the month until I take it off, to weigh in. I guess I can't forever huh? I can't believe that my 4 year anniversary of WLS is soon to approach. I have not regret and I am very happy to have made the decision to do this.
Lets talk again and next Monday I will let you know how I did.
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