7 YEARS OUT AND LIFE IT GREAT!!!!!!

ga_ginger_10
on 3/26/08 10:35 pm - Atlanta, GA

7 Years out………

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being thin, having an athletic build with long blonde hair, I actually prayed for it…….Well, life is a funny thing…….It wasn’t until I was 40 years old and tipped the scales at 400 lbs and had Gastric bypass that I learned how to lose the weight and exercise and maintain my weight. I’m not saying it is easy, it is a lot of work, but it is so worth it!!!!

I now have a full switch, (I know when I am full) all my life I never felt this. I know that as long as I work off what I put in my mouth I can maintain my weight. Although, I know my body is not perfect…….I LOVE IT!!!!! AN D M OST OF ALL I LOVE WHAT I CAN DO IN THIS BODY!!!!! If I want to run, I run, play tennis, I play tennis, dance, I dance, whatever physical thing I want to do I can do it!!!! Never in my life before did I feel this way and I am now 47 years old……

THANK YOU GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST!!!!!!

So, I say to you…..don’t waste the gift (or tool) you have been given, Use it to get where you want to be, get healthy, get off all the meds, get moving, get the life that you have only dreamed about…….If I can do it, so can you!!!!!

Exercise, Eat Healthy, go to Support Group, Think Positive, Visualize where you want to be in a year or two…..only you can make it happen…….Post Gastric Bypass or Lap-Band surgery is not a destination to a particular weight…….it is a journey. A journey that I will be on the rest of my life…….but I am loving this journey and so can you……..Take control of your life and make the necessary changes to be the healthiest you……. you can be…….