RESOLUTION ROLL CALL

To resolve to be as healthy and happy as I can be! This means: drinking more water exercising regularly...I think I've found an indoor pool that I can use...the AmericInn in Griswold...I'm going to check it out.

I too need to drink--water, eat--protein, and have fun--excersize. The last one is the one I am really going to work on. I gave up a chance to go sledding cuz, even though I 've lost 62lbs I fretted how I would look on the back of a sled. So that is my 2005 New Years Resolution----------Carpe Diem or seize the day. I am going to live my life like there is no tomorrow and I am not going to care how I look, where I bought my clothes or how much money is in the bank. To me 2005 is going to be the year of living my life to the fullest!!!!!!!!

This is something that I have been putting a lot of thought into lately! I actually made up a list of goals and how to achieve them. My first resolution is to review that list every night before going to bed. My New Years goals are: to better organize my time, become more fit and to be the kind of person that I would like to have as a friend/mother/wife etc... just to be proud of who I am and conduct myself in a way that makes me happy with myself. I have spent so many years loathing myself and my body, that it is time for me to truly be the person I have always wanted to be and now I have the confidence to do it! I know that must sound really sappy but that is the way I feel and although I have come a long way in the body part of of my transformation, I think I still have a lot more work in the personality part! I hope everyone has a great New Year's eve and look forward to seeing many of you in the new year!!!! HeatherS

I'll be starting off the New Year freshly divorced. Hopefully I can make the best out of that situation this year and turn it all into a positive thing. (BTW.. had NOTHING to do with WLS.. in fact, WLS might have saved ME if I had it done a lot sooner.) I feel so positive about the upcoming year and the committments I've made for myself. This year, I'd like to lose the rest of my weight, by my birthday, if I'm lucky. Have the skin removed. Drink more water, less carbs, less popcorn at the movies!!!, and get my vitamins in more often. I'd also like to finish nursing school this year, instead of thinking there's always tomorrow to get it done. I need to do things for ME this year. I'd like to be a better friend to those that are still worthy of what I have to offer. Write more letters and cards. I know there's more.. but that's the condensed version. I'm going into this New Year with a fresh new start.. a whole new life, essentially.. feeling great to have less of "the weight on my shoulders". Take care all! Happy New Year! Michelle

I raise my glass (water of course.....) to all of you. May all your hopes and dreams come true in 2005. 2004 has been amazing for me and it is hard to imagine an even better year but I certainly am going to give it my all. I swore off resolutions along time ago......hmmmm must have been around the same time I swore off diets . However I too have given this much thought recently. Yes I do want to get back to a better exercise schedule and no I don't think I can drink any more liquids than I already do without floating away (120+ oz a day should be enough), I am not too worried about my carb intake as it is pretty low but I do need to be more conscious of the amount of "good" foods I do eat. These are not going to be resolutions though because they are things that I know I must do and will not let them slide by like I did in the past. My resolution though is to be all I can be. To live each day as if it were my last and to tell the people I care about how I truly feel. Sounds trite but I have learned that you can't go back and make things right when it is too late and the person is no longer there. I resolve not to assume that people know what I am feeling, I will tell them. So I will start with all of you. Thank you for being my friends, my sounding boards, my ear to vent to and for being a part of my life. I can't express how much you all have touched my life and made this incredible journey all the more special. Happy New Year my friends. Linda