We had two new  members  at support group last nite and they both looked great for just being out of surgery on Monday.

Kimkel was doing great.  

Debbie S was also there and looks  amazing.  six months out  and doing great.

We had a good group for a tuesday nite.

The  Bar Harbor group  should be going  in a couple of months.  That will help all of you that are in the  Ellsworth  area.


Take care all  \

Next group is   April  1   and is  a clothing swap.


Patty

Hey there, I haven't been on the boards for ages but have my 1 year follow up coming up in 24 days so I'm trying to get back involved again.  My weight loss really slowed down around 9 months.  I got down to 183 and my goal weight is 165.  This morning the scale read 191!!!  Which really scared me.  I had been away over the weekend and that is part of it but I didn't regain 8 lbs in one weekend.  I know WHY, I have gotten lax about observing the "rules", I don't have as much restriction as in the beginning and I don't dump (sad that I wish I did!).  I haven't been great about committing to exercise either and it's all excuses and I know if I don't make changes NOW then next year I'll be right back where I started or worse.  I refuse to waste this tool I have.  Starting today I have begun writing down everything I eat again, I am drinking water by the gallon and started keeping a journal.  As much as a lot of my issue is bad habits I also know that there is a reason WHY I do what I do so I'm hoping the journal will help me with that.  I think being mindful is really important.  I signed up at sparkpeople.com and they have an 8 week 5K training program that looks really doable.  I am going to do that and see how it goes.  I am taking a weekly yoga class that I love and am looking into what else is available.  On the plus side I feel really good, people really notice the difference and I am loving new clothes.  My goal by my 1 year appt. on April 8th (which I thought about changing to give me more time but then I decided that they are there to help me not to yell at me so I need to go) is to be at 180, I think I can do 11 lbs in 24 days.  I'll try to be better about checking in here.  I hope everyone is doing well.

Tami

    Thank you I look forward to hearing from you. Good Luck tomorrow ~Sasha

Hi Barb,

 Not sure if you remember me, I stopped hanging out on this board a long time ago. I had a full tummy tuck 11/30/10, the jury is still out in my head whether I'm glad I did it - although for the most part I am. Unfortunately it didn't get all that it should have and I have to have some more work done after 6 months - I wasn't emotionally prepared for that. In hindsight, I think I remember Kathy went through this too. I have an appointment 4/5 to work on a game plan for fixing what didn't get fixed. I'm happy with my surgeon, I think mostly I didn't really educate myself on what to expect from reconstruction surgery the same way that I did for the RNY.

My surgeon is Schassberger in Waterville.

 I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

 I can't believe it is here. My surgery will be Monday the 14th at 11:45 at EMMC.  I am pray all goes well.

Kim