WOW is all I gotta say! LOL

Hello out there!  It's been a LONG while since i've visited this place.  I"m a NOR-CAL girl and just had my 7 year post op surgiversary yesterday February 19th...Happy to say I am STILL LIVING!

OH asked me to update my profile but darned if I can figure out how to this now that its been so long.  I even tried to post a new pic and of course said it was too big. UGH! I hate computers sometimes! LOL

ANywho...thought someone could help me with this...I'd like to start BEING HERE for others who are just starting their journey....OH said they really need seasoned post op veterans! LOL Is that what I AM? LOL

Happy to say that I am still happy and healthy and yes, I"ve put a bit of weight back on but am also working at getting it back off.

I am a 52 year old grandma but living life much better after WLS and wish ALL OF YOU, new and OLD the best. 

It is LIFE CHANGING If you allow it and WORK IT!!  It may seem easy in the beginning but for the rest of the time it is YOU and ONLY YOU so form good habits in the beginning and you WILL stay successful!

Hope to hear from some of you soon! 

HELP!  ME NO LIKEY THIS NEW FORMAT...or do I just not like change? LOL  Not tecnological change thats for sure! LOL  I"m not so Techno savvay as they say!

SEE YA AROUND!!   Julie :)

Hi Julie,

Welcome back. So glad to hear you are doing well and that you've come home to the Cali forum.
If you go to my OH you can update your profile from there.... I think :-)

Hope you can join the Nor Cal Losers group for lunch one of these months.  We have a great group that rallys once a month for lunch and or an outing.  Lots of fun and friendship and many laughs.

You look wonderful and congrats on your success.

Barb

Ugh..guess I still cant figure it out...used to be we'd go under general but not now!  Guess I wont be updating...I mean its only been 3 + years! LOL

Congratulations on your surgiversary! You are a true inspiration to all of us. We would love to see more of you on our board. New Barb is really good on the computer so send her an PM. She does the Daily Cup of Positive post everyday. She is very kind and very helpful to everyone.

I am looking forward to getting to know you better.

Thanks Ladies..but I swear I TRIED that! LOL  I'm glad to be back!!

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

This is what I use to shrink my pictures. 

Welcome back.  I'm usually a hit and miss myself.  2.5 years out and having fun living life!  Except this week I'm having some struggles and digestive issues which means I have to go back and re-think and analyze what the hell I ate this week that caused this issue.  Not fun.  But necessary.

Welcome back.  And if you need any more help..........just ask away

Maureen

HI Nancy and thanks for writing!  WOw...it IS a small world isnt it??  Even more interesting is that your nickname is SUNRAY...mine is SUNSHINE!!  Even have the tattoo to prove it! LOL

Congrats on coming up to your 2 year surgiversary!!

Yes, I am 7 years out and still have most of the weight off..i'm like you where my body got to a certain point and would NOT let go of any more!  I was ok with that I guess. Ya know how they talk about SET POINT (nothing to do with wls just in general)  I am 52 years old and the weight I stopped at and stayed for a really long time was when I first found out I was pregnant with my now 28 year old son!  WIERD!  LIke my body said...WOAH....I know this weight! LOL  It was truly one of the FEW times I can remember what my weight was!

So fast forward to the  last few years...menopause and depression..I have put on about 25 lbs and hating it!!  I do feel that almost EVERYONE has a bounce back weight and whats really scary is that I know many who have gained alot if not almost ALL of it back.

Key as we know it is moderation and listening to that tummy!  I still get full at times very easily and I have to stop! (this is WHY we had the surgery right? )  SO thats a good thing. 

I also had a real hard time getting it off  like I had NO Metabolism at all...sheesh..I worked like a dog to get that 124 lbs off...not like some where it just falls off.

SO right now i'm trying to get the weight gain off..i'm active and always have been.  Cant imagine if I had not been.  Hubby and I have been doing the Belly Fat Cure diet which is very close to post op surgery eating..high protien...this is just very limited sugar and carbs.

And yeah as luck would have it...I can tolerate ALL sugars..well except icecream...which to me is a dam curse! LOL  Wish I couldnt tolerate sugars..maybe i'd be thinner...but such is life..i'm happy and living healthy and still a 14/16 which in my mind is WAY better than a 26/28 ANY DAY!

RIGHT? LOL  Keep in touch..would love to hear about YOUR journey!!  Who was your surgery doctor etc...take care and thanks for writing and telling me how to up date profile..sounds easy enough but man, I surfed around and stared at that thing and finally said FOREGET IT! LOL

Talk soon!  Julie  =)

Welcome back Julie!  I feel we are almost neighbors, let alone family LOL  I was born and raised in Stockton ;-)

To update your profile:   click 'my oh', look at 'applications'...click on 'profile'...this will take you to your profile page and you can add to what you have previously written.  It really is 'easy'....if anything on computers can be considered 'easy' LOL

I'm coming up on my 2nd surgiversay...would love to hear how you are handling maintenance..or even losing.  I reached a 'maintenance' weight back in August of last year...my body just doesn't seem to want to let go of any more  and I want to lose 10-15 more pounds.  I just can't seem to find the right 'formula' :-(

Hope we hear more from you!
Nancy aka Sunray

Ooops..I think I hit reply on the wrong person Nancy...READ UP ABOVE!  LOL SOmetimes i'm SO BLONDE IT HURTS! LOL

Welcome back Julie. 
I lived in Stockton when my hubby attended UOP back in the day :-)
I am just west of Stockton now out in the delta. 
Congrats on your surgiversary!!
Deb