Happy 6TH surgiversary Norm!!!
Norm,
Congratulations on one hell of a 6 years! I'm soooo glad that I've met you in my journey. I love the fact that you say it as it is and that there are no "excuses" with you, which is just totally awesome!
Thank you for always being there for those of us learning from you! We can always count on you to be there with a kick in the ass, a shoulder if needed (and warranted I should add), a sarcastic wit that keeps us all in stitches, and so many other wonderful things!
Celebrate the day away!!!
Pam
Congratulations on one hell of a 6 years! I'm soooo glad that I've met you in my journey. I love the fact that you say it as it is and that there are no "excuses" with you, which is just totally awesome!
Thank you for always being there for those of us learning from you! We can always count on you to be there with a kick in the ass, a shoulder if needed (and warranted I should add), a sarcastic wit that keeps us all in stitches, and so many other wonderful things!
Celebrate the day away!!!
Pam
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
Norm you are an aquired taste LOL I am glad I finally found out that the flavor when you let it linger is a good one LOL....that sounds awful.
What I mean is, I have learned to appreciate your no holds barred approach and willingness to kick us in the ass when we need it. I am exceedingly proud of you and am very happy to wish you continued success
What I mean is, I have learned to appreciate your no holds barred approach and willingness to kick us in the ass when we need it. I am exceedingly proud of you and am very happy to wish you continued success
Norm--Congrats on all your success!!! You are such an inspiration to me and so many others on the board!!! I appreciate your advice, your insight and your humor!!!!
Thanks for all that you do and continue to do to help all of us here!!!
(And now I know who to go to for shopping advice too!!!!!)
Congrats on your six years of success and wishing you all the best as you continue successing through this journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura
Thanks for all that you do and continue to do to help all of us here!!!
(And now I know who to go to for shopping advice too!!!!!)
Congrats on your six years of success and wishing you all the best as you continue successing through this journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura
Laura
"Two roads diverged in a wood..and I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost
Over 176+ lbs lost since surgery!! :-)
See my profile for my OH Blog!!
Thank you very much for your well wishes.
I'm truly blessed to have you as friends, and I look forward to many happy healthy years in your company.
It makes me happy to know that something I have said or done resonates with someone else and helps them take a step in the right direction on their own journey. It is rewarding to me in a very special way.
There are few and far pictures of me in my pre-op days that are online, I had a huge folder of progress pics that I had hosted on a photo site long ago forgotten. No clue what ever happened to them.
But this picture of me showed up on facebook a month or so ago. This is most likely 4 years or so before my surgery, within a few pizzas and doughnuts my highest weight of 425 lbs.
I don't buy into the concept before/after pictures, because I don't buy the concept of "after." If I'm at "after" today, then what that hell happens tomorrow? But at any rate, here's a glimpe of me as a definite "before." I guess I just wanted to share this with people who haven't seen it before.
Please don't think I'm embarassed or ashamed of the picture. I'm not. It's just not something that I feel the need to share a lot anymore. The novelty has worn off a bit, I suppose. At least in sharing these kinds of pictures and seeing peoples' jaw**** the floor. I've move on the from the "shock and awe" concept of it. It "just is" for me.
But I've never forgotten where I came from. I own that picture. That's not "my past." That's ME. But God willing and through my own efforts, I mean to never go there again.
So again, thank you all, and special thanks to my best friend and wife for kicking off this little to-do on my behalf.
(And yes, before you ask, that IS me having a beer with Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf from the Howard Stern Show)
I'm truly blessed to have you as friends, and I look forward to many happy healthy years in your company.
It makes me happy to know that something I have said or done resonates with someone else and helps them take a step in the right direction on their own journey. It is rewarding to me in a very special way.
There are few and far pictures of me in my pre-op days that are online, I had a huge folder of progress pics that I had hosted on a photo site long ago forgotten. No clue what ever happened to them.
But this picture of me showed up on facebook a month or so ago. This is most likely 4 years or so before my surgery, within a few pizzas and doughnuts my highest weight of 425 lbs.
I don't buy into the concept before/after pictures, because I don't buy the concept of "after." If I'm at "after" today, then what that hell happens tomorrow? But at any rate, here's a glimpe of me as a definite "before." I guess I just wanted to share this with people who haven't seen it before.
Please don't think I'm embarassed or ashamed of the picture. I'm not. It's just not something that I feel the need to share a lot anymore. The novelty has worn off a bit, I suppose. At least in sharing these kinds of pictures and seeing peoples' jaw**** the floor. I've move on the from the "shock and awe" concept of it. It "just is" for me.
But I've never forgotten where I came from. I own that picture. That's not "my past." That's ME. But God willing and through my own efforts, I mean to never go there again.
So again, thank you all, and special thanks to my best friend and wife for kicking off this little to-do on my behalf.
(And yes, before you ask, that IS me having a beer with Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf from the Howard Stern Show)
When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila & salt and give me a call!
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