Hi You Guys (Ladies I mean)........

sorry long time no talk or see.  I hope each and everyone of you are doing great through your journey and good luck to the ones that are just starting out!!!  To the ones that don't know me I am Dana Frederick, from Charlotte, NC.  I had surgery August 14, 2007 and to the date I have lost 95 lbs.  I am loosing slowly but that is ok, so my doc says.

I miss all you ladies and hope to hear from you all soon.  Who is walking in the "Walk from Obesity" in Charlotte.  I am. So I hope to see you there!!  I have posted new pictures up if anyone wants to take a look.  Love you all very much.  I could not have made it through some of this with reading this board.  Thank you ladies.

Hi Dana,

I've missed you and I'm glad to see you posting again. Please know that it's normal to have your weight loss slow significantly when you are about a year out and if you check with several of the others that are a year out or so, I think you will find that many of us continue to lose ... slowly, but continue for months after hitting that one year mark. You have done a fabulous job so far and I am delighted to see that you seem to feeling as great as you look.

I wish that I was going to be around for the "Walk from Obesity", but alas I will not. Please thinkk of me as you make the journey.

Keep up the good work.

Barb

Hi Barb,
It feels kinda good to have been missed.  There is nothing or noone like my OH family!!!  Thanks for the response.  So I want sweat the loosing slow thing.  I will always think of you Barb!!!  On my journey and everywhere else I go.   I really look up to you, you inspire me to keep going!!  Love ya and you keep up the good work too.  Dana

Hi Dana!  SOOOO good to hear from you!  You look absolutely fabulous!!!  What a transformation!

Hi Shazanne!!  Good to hear from you too!!!  You know what I honestly had to take a second look at you.... You have also made a wonderful transformation!!  Keep up the good work and keep in touch okay!!!   Dana

Hi Dana:

Nice to see you! You look great! We have missed you and glad you popped in to say hello. Don't be a stranger!

Lisa

Hi Lisa,

Hope you are doing well?  You look great yourself!!!!  As I said to Barb, it feels kinda good to know I'm missed.  I want be a stranger this time.  Dana

You look fantastic Dana!!  Glad to hear that you are doing well.  You have done a wonderful job with your weight loss and your pics are great!!  Congratulations!

Hugs,
Donna

Thanks Donna.  You are doing great as well.  Hope to see you soon.

Girl you look awesome!!!!
I am so proud of you!

I get the whole slowly losing thing.  I love life right now (I crossed my legs for the first time last week!!!!)  But it seems like it is taking FOREVER to get a pound off.  As long as I keep losing, I'll be content but at this rate it seems like I'll be losing the last pounds when I'm 95!!

I am walking in the Walk in Concord the week before (Sept 20).  And just gave a phone interview for the Fort Mill Times about the walk.  They have also interviewed Sue Rutland (the bariatric coordinator from Northeast) and are going t get in touch with Reenie, too!  The article will be in the paper next week so I'll try and put a link in to it!

I am really excited because I am donating some gift albums from my B2B business as prizes for the drawings at the walk.  And I'll be displaying there too.   AND .. .drumroll, I'll have both DH and my oldest grandniece and grandnephew walking with us too.  Wheeee!

And a gal from my Weigh****chers group wants to participate too!!!