HAPPY FIRST SURGIVERSARY, LISA!!!
WOO-HOO!!!! YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY!!!!!!
I'm so dang proud of you!! And I, for one, am really glad you decided to have wls - not for just the obvious reasons, but because it gave me a chance to know a truly amazing woman!!
Do something for yourself to celebrate, please!! You SOOOO deserve it!!!
Hugs and love,
Tia
I'm so dang proud of you!! And I, for one, am really glad you decided to have wls - not for just the obvious reasons, but because it gave me a chance to know a truly amazing woman!!
Do something for yourself to celebrate, please!! You SOOOO deserve it!!!
Hugs and love,
Tia
Tia & all:
Thanks so much for the recognition. In my other life I would have never wanted to be called out, but this anniversary is the most important (okay ~ one of the most important) things that has ever happened in my life. As many of you know, I went to the Dr on Monday for my 1 year check up and it was not good and it was truely deserved. In the past 9 months I have lost only about 40'ish pounds. In total I have lost about 120 since surgery. I am not at goal and I deserved the kick in the pants. For all you newbies or pre-ops realize that the surgery can only do so much. You have to "get your mind right." My NUT told me to write a "good bye" letter to food and she thought that might help. She told me that I was mourning the loss of food. I don't think that's so. I feel disappointed in myself in allowing me to move back toward my old habits.
I have realized that food has taken so much from me in my life. It has held me back in so many ways. There are things that I didn't or wasn't able to do growing up because of my weight. At 44 years old, I am still letting old habits creep back in. The same old habits that made me sit at home the night of the high school prom, or didn't get me a date until I was about 18 years old or made me an embarrasment for many people to hang out with. During the past year, I have had a glimps of what I can achieve with this surgery. I can become a confident woman that is not afraid to put herself out there. Not afraid to try to fit in the booth or walk through a crowd of people without having your stomach bump everyone or having to turn sideways and pray that you will fit. That is the woman that I want to be. That is the woman that I know I can be!
I am truely blessed to have found this site and the people here, because I know that this is the one place that i can come, where people understand what I am going through. Where I can get the support and the knowledge and the kick-in-the-pants that I need to make it through this journey.
Thanks to everyone here that I have met and to those that I haven't, I look forward to meeting you and sharing what I have to give.
Thanks so much for the recognition. In my other life I would have never wanted to be called out, but this anniversary is the most important (okay ~ one of the most important) things that has ever happened in my life. As many of you know, I went to the Dr on Monday for my 1 year check up and it was not good and it was truely deserved. In the past 9 months I have lost only about 40'ish pounds. In total I have lost about 120 since surgery. I am not at goal and I deserved the kick in the pants. For all you newbies or pre-ops realize that the surgery can only do so much. You have to "get your mind right." My NUT told me to write a "good bye" letter to food and she thought that might help. She told me that I was mourning the loss of food. I don't think that's so. I feel disappointed in myself in allowing me to move back toward my old habits.
I have realized that food has taken so much from me in my life. It has held me back in so many ways. There are things that I didn't or wasn't able to do growing up because of my weight. At 44 years old, I am still letting old habits creep back in. The same old habits that made me sit at home the night of the high school prom, or didn't get me a date until I was about 18 years old or made me an embarrasment for many people to hang out with. During the past year, I have had a glimps of what I can achieve with this surgery. I can become a confident woman that is not afraid to put herself out there. Not afraid to try to fit in the booth or walk through a crowd of people without having your stomach bump everyone or having to turn sideways and pray that you will fit. That is the woman that I want to be. That is the woman that I know I can be!
I am truely blessed to have found this site and the people here, because I know that this is the one place that i can come, where people understand what I am going through. Where I can get the support and the knowledge and the kick-in-the-pants that I need to make it through this journey.
Thanks to everyone here that I have met and to those that I haven't, I look forward to meeting you and sharing what I have to give.
Lisa Z.
When we believe, all things are possible!
Sniff.....so eloquent and from the heart!!
I have to add something though - You're also now a woman not afraid to plow through a crowded NYC street after getting bombed on 1/2 a glass of wine!!!! LOL!!!
Love ya, girl and I look forward to seeing you this summer for a repeat of our OC lunch!!
MUAH!!!!
T
I have to add something though - You're also now a woman not afraid to plow through a crowded NYC street after getting bombed on 1/2 a glass of wine!!!! LOL!!!
Love ya, girl and I look forward to seeing you this summer for a repeat of our OC lunch!!
MUAH!!!!
T
LisaCongratulations you have done fantastic! Sorry I missed the day!! I was out of town my brother had surgery and tied up with mother in law in the hospital. I didn't post my surgery anniversary on the board not sure if I will, it was nice of Tia to do that for you it is always better when it comes from someone else. I still have a problem blowing my own horn so to speak. Still going to work on the weightloss group for the eastern shore, let me know if you have a possibility of a site then we can proceed from there.
hugs
Terri
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Terri
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