Happy Sat!

Today is my 11 year wedding anniversary! I am so lucky to have such a great husband. I have actually been with him for the last 16 years, but we didn't get married right away. We did spend about 1 1/2 years apart while he was in Korea and I was checking out making sure he was the one. We always try to do a little something special together. With 8 kids it is tuff to see each other alone very mush. So we are going to stay overnight at the Conrad hotel and plan to go out to dinner downtown. We also have hopes of seeing a stand up comedian that is showing this weekend. I can't remember his name but I hope he's good. We have seen several shows in Boston and loved going so hopefully it will still be fun. I also think we are going to try to find a place downtown to go dancing together. If anyone has any cool places to check out please share. We aren't from here and have never gone out in this place before. I'm so excited, I am smaller now than when we got married!! I bought a new outfit last night at Fashion Bug and it was from the skinny side! It sort of freaks me out, but in a good way. I have really noticed how different people treat me now. Men hold doors open for me and people look me in the eye more and just seem nicer. I know some of that could be in my head but I know some of it is real. It just seems strange, almost like I'm more acceptable now! Has anyone else felt that way, postop? Have a super day, Carmen

Good Morning! Hope everyone is up and out and enjoying this great weather, it is so nice out this morning! Carmen, Happy Anniversary ! Hope you all have a GREAT day!!!I just celebrated my 12th wedding anniversary last month, boy how the time has flown. Sounds like you have a nice evening planned, hope you have lots of fun! I had my 9 month checkup and am down 113lbs, this has been so amazing for me! I am so glad to have chosen this journey and be able to share with all of you not only my experiences but yours as well, thanks everyone who has been there and helped me along my journey- you all are a blessing! My labs came out pretty good- I still have issues with the elevated uric acid level, so rather than lowering my protein even more, I/we decided to go ahead with the maintenance med's instead!I have an OB-GYN appt. Thursday (on my birthday-YUCK-what a gift to yourself-LOL)I am pretty sure we will be discussing a hysterectomy at this time, I will have to wait and see, I will keep everyone posted! I have been really busy with school and all, so I do want to apologize to everyone. I haven't been posting/responding much, but I am here, I do read all of the daily Indiana threads. Hope everyone has a great day/weekend! HUgz Dawn

Dawn, I dont envey you any on that appt u have coming up...You are right that is no way to treat yourself on your birthday. I got the same news back in June...near my birthday. It sucked. I dont want to loose my womanly organs....I havent even been able to have kids yet and they want to yank it all out. I guess this is really the reason I get so depressed...not really the wt loss but it all adds up. I told my dr I couldnt make that decision until Jan. So for now he just put me on bc pills. I always wanted to have kids but didnt meet my wonderful husband until I was 40..now 43 and just now getting into shape where I could be a good mother and keep up with a kid and now I find out I wont be able to have one. Andys parents are in their upper 80's and his dad was the only boy so if Andy and I dont have a son their family name will end. He has no other family that can do the trick. Andy has one brother but hes a priest in the catholic church...so he wont be procreating...lol Or at least he better not be...LOl Ohh well enough depressing talk. I think since I havent been able to sleep all morning since I got off of work Im gonna head to CVS and see if I cant find some buff puffs... I couldnt find them at Walmart yesterday...who knows maybe they dont make them anymore. I used to use them in my 20's when I had acne and Im having it again so I wanted to get some...scrub off all this acne. I think its from all the sweating I do when I work out...all those impurities that were stored up in my fat coming out thru my pores....who knows but thats the story I keep telling myeself. Mariah ps I emailed u too and answered the one u sent me....Thanks for your concern and prayers you are such a blessing and inspiration to me and alot of others in this group. I thank God daily for you and your support. If I can ever do anything for you just let me know.

Happy Saturday everyone! Get out there and enjoy the weather. Fall is rolling in Sunday night. I even plan on getting my swim suit on and go lounge on the lawn chair these two days and get some natural rays! Carmen..Congrats! 11 years. Wow, fantastic! But...8 kids?!?! Please tell me there was some adoption and/or multiple births there. I have my own opinion about how 'others treat me'..and that is I behave differently, therefore they do too. I look them straight in the eye, so they look back. When we were obese, we looked to the floor and hoped no one would notice us...because if they did, they'd notice our weight too. It's hard to tell if someone is trying to look at us in the eye that way. Men where I work is pretty polite and open the doors for women all the time so I hadn't really noticed an improvement in that area since I never noticed a deficiency. I really do believe however that it is our behavior that changed with the weight loss more so that all of the 'normal' population. Just my opinion. Aynway, have a fantastic time tonight! You all have a great day today too!! Sherri

Carmen, Congrats on your wedding anniversary!!! I hope you both have a great time. You both deserve some time together alone. Did u get something frilly on that skinny side of Fashion bug for your special night??? I cant imagine how great that must be to shop on the skinny side. That must have been a huge WOW moment. Mariah