Wednesday roll call

Paul L.
on 9/30/08 9:05 pm - Cary, IL

Good morning all. Today I am going down town to a meeting on top of the Standard Oil Building. I know it has a new name, but it will always be the Standard Oil Building to me! My weight seems to have leveled back off but it is still up a small bit. I'm okay with it but I just wish I could break 200 already. I have plenty of resistance and I'm eating right, but my body is just being stuburn! Next Monday night I am starting a class in Reike. I'm not really sure what is involved in it but it seems to be calling to me so I'm going to give it a try. A strange thing happened when I went looking for a teacher in my area. I googled it on the net and the first name that came up was a musician friend I use to be close with about ten years ago. She lived down in the city but has now moved to Wisconsin but does a lot of her Reike work in my area. Strange how small the world seems to be. But she is very in tune with what I'm trying to accomplish. I feel that now that my physical stuff is getting handled, it is time to start working on my energy flow. I've always believed in energy flow and given it a lot of my attention, but I've never had any formal training in it. It's been like trying to balance your nutrician with no actual nutrician knowledge! We'll see how it goes. The course is individual and not extremely expensive. If I end up mastering this disciplin, and it works for me, I'll share more later. Have a great day everybody!

255/170/175

Janet Kwiek
on 9/30/08 9:31 pm - IL

Lap Band on 05/25/07

Good Morning Paul and my IL friends-been a while since I posted-SO busy packing and at work.
Had a great birthday yesterday-I'm amazed and humbled at how different my health and life is since my WLS. Two years, it was not a certainty that many more birthdays were in my future, and now I'm working again and lifting boxes I never even could have pushed. I've gone from 8 insulin shots a day to two and my A1c is 6.2. I'm no longer O2 dependent on exertion-only at night. I can't wait to see what's ahead as I get closer to my goal weight. Thanks to all of you for your support and a big thank you to My Personal Trainer above-His grace and guidance has gotten me through once again. Dawn, I hope your car woes are soon over-your party sounded cool, Pauls pics are a delight.
Paulette, you take care and take care of YOU!!! Lucy it is SO good to see you back to old form-you go girl!!! Chris your picture display and fall decor sound really neat. My house looks like Kansas after the "house began to twitch"!!!!

You all have a great day-Big Hugs-Janet K

Janet H.
on 9/30/08 9:37 pm - Golden Valley, AZ

RNY on 10/30/07

Janet Happy Birthday Yesterday glad you had a nice day

      Success begins with wise choices I make,I will not let noncompliance be my mistake, The surgery I had was to assist me in changes. My compliance is for a success long range, So I will think before I decide to cheat. Remember the goals I want to meet. For this surgery is not something I was force to do It was what I wanted for a healthy life!

Lucy M.
on 9/30/08 9:42 pm, edited 9/30/08 9:45 pm - Conway, SC

DS on 08/25/10

Good morning Janet! Sooo good to hear from you. I'm excited and happy after reading your post this morning. You go too, girlie!!! The day will come with no insulin shots or oxygen.

Happy Birthday to you, Janet and many, many more exciting and fun ones.

I do feel like my old self again. It took the magic touch of Dr. Guske last Friday that got me there. I just adore him!!! I can't wait to see him on October 24th. I'm going to give him something to smile about.

Take care my dear friend!

Hugs,
Lucy

484.8/383.4/241/188/150

Pre-op/RNY day/pre DS day/current/goal- Realize Band 5/15/08; RNY 6/8/05, Removal Band and RNY to DS 8/25/10. RNY & Band surgeon was Dr. Guske.