1 year anniversary

April 28th was my 1 year anniversary! As of April 27th, I only weigh on Fridays, I had lost total of 150 lbs My life has changed so much over this last year. I have been given a life that Ihave never known. Food no longer controls me.......and I want to get out of bed in the morning, I want to go outside, I want to live life to the fullest every single day. I can fit in to a movie theater seat and shop in "normal" clothing stores. Most importantly I feel that I can finally be me and live life. I can now, jump on the trampoline with my daughter I enjoy doing things more than ever, I get up early, even on my days off to get the day started, so I don't miss anything. I am hoping that I can attend more of our LCBB meetings. Support is so important I was suppose to come last Thursday, but my daughter had LOTS of homework and we didn't finish till after 6 pm. I was upset Saturday when I woke up and NO ONE in my family knew that Saturday was my 1 year anniversary. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting balloons and flowers, but a Happy Anniversary would have been nice. Maybe I was expecting too much. To me that day represents a starting of a new life and it would have been nice to have a bit more support from my family. Hope to see everyone soon, I am hoping that when school gets out, i can become more active with the group. Take care and I hope that everyone has a great day Chell

congratulations Chell!!!! Melissa

Alright Chell what a testimony to what we can do with this surgery and the tool it provides us....we are only two days apart.....continue to have fun with your daughter jumping away and getting stronger...great loss!!! Joan M

AWESOME......Happy anniversary. Great weight loss.

Wow Chell! Congrats on that awesome weight loss in a year! What an inspiration for someone just starting the journey!! Chell, did you remind everyone it was your anniversary? I just ask that..to say this..families don't remember....we have to remind them if we want recognition and presents! I want both..lol. Everyone in the world knows it is my birthday because I don't shut up about it..hehe! By the way if you were wondering..my birthday is July 17th..lol. Anyway Happy Anniversary and hope to meet you at a LCBB meeting sometime! Teresa

Chell: Thank you soooo much for your post. What an inspiration you are to me! Congratulations on your "surgiversary". God Bless You! Terri

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SO HAPPY FOR YOU & YOU LOOK GREAT

CONGRATULATIONS MS CHELL ... YOU SAID IT SO WONDERFULLY ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC LIFE IS NOW! WE ARE SO VERY HAPPY FOR YOU! WOW, YOU R-E-A-L-L-Y LOST A MAJOR AMOUNT OF WEIGHT! I'VE LOST 112 #s & WOULD LIKE TO LOSE ANOTHER 28 #s BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN INCHES CUZ NICK & I JUST STARTED WORKING OUT AT THE GYM ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO & I'M ALREADY SEEING MY CLOTHES GET LOOSE. HOPING THE POUNDS WILL FOLLOW & IN THE END, I'LL HAVE LOST NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE ... I'M HOPING FOR 140 #s. WE HAVE SOMETHING KINDA IN COMMON. APRIL 28th WAS MY 18-MONTH ANNIVERSARY, SO WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER, BUT HONESTLY ... AS YOU PUT IT IN YOUR POST, EVERY DAY IS A REAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE NOW. I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS IN MY 30s BUT, I'M SO BLESSED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AT A HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFE WITH MY BELOVED NICHOLAS IN MY 50s THAT I CONTINUE TO THANK GOD, DR BYRNE, THE HOSPITAL STAFF, MY FAMILY & ALL OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS & LCBBuddies WHO HAVE HELPED & SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

Happy surgiversary and congratulations! You look awesome. You have been an inspiration and a good friend to me. It's true about support. There's strength in numbers. Hope to see you at LCBB soon. Eddie

THANK YOU ALL for your kind words I really can't believe that one year has already gone by so fast. I will be very honest, I am very scared of the future with food I have noticed here lately that I can eat more, I am VERY disciplined though, but it is a new feeling and one that I worry about A LOT! Life is good and I can now look towards the future with pride in myself for making the RIGHT decision to have this life saving surgery. People that have never been a prisoner/addict to food have NO idea what life can be like and just how hard it is to live that way. Just one day I want an alcoholic to take one drink....just one or a smoker to have to take one puff....just one....for me it was a no win situation with food, I had to eat, I had to, I had to take one bite everyday, there was NO way around it. I failed misrably ALL my life. I started Weigh****chers at 12 years old! I joined a gym at such a young age that my parents had to sign a waiver for me to join. I had lost weight on my own SEVERAL times to only gian it back PLUS more! As long as I can rememeber, I have had issues with food. I think a lot of it came from the critisism (spelling) I had to deal with as a child, from my mom. I tell ya what parents say to their children can and will scare them FOR LIFE, if their aren't careful. Thank you again for all the kind words and I hope to get to know everyone much better real SOON. Love, Chell