Why *I* Bothered

 Wow - size 16 or no 16, you rock this DS.   And for what it's worth - I do believe you would leave me in a trail of dust.   Holy cats, you do a lot in a day.     

Julie, I don't work like this EVERY day, LOL! I just take these fits when i want something done, and I want it done NOW.

I've been staring at these stepping stones for a couple of months now, thinking what best to do with them, plotting and planning, and I'd REALLY meant to get my BFF to do the heavy lifting. He kept putting me off, and I just decided I COULD do it myself. So I did. (*grin*)

 Yeah, when I get on a roll, I'm the same way.  I was bound and determined to restore every bit of woodwork in the 96-year-old house house of DH's grandparents that we have fixed up and moved into, and steel-wooled my way right into a serious case of tennis elbow, LOL.   I was forced to take a break from it, and now I have two darned windows that still need to be redone and it's driving me crazy!

 Your success and what you have gained back in mobility and stamina and health, while wearing a size 16, by far exceeds being a size 4 and being totally miserable every day of your life laboring and lamenting over every bite of food you put in your mouth! Hell, you are the definition of success!

 You inspired me on '08, and I still love your take on things. I'm another one that didn't need to be a Barbie, I just needed to have a life back. 

Gardening with the dog - one of my favorite things.

Don't you wish you could train them to dig where you WANT them to? Sadie would be better than a tiller, if I could just DIRECT her. (*grin*)

I have learned to let the dogs choose thri paths FIRST, then do my gardening around them. That way we're all happy.

Good for you sweety. You have the right attitude.
you put me to shame.
junebug

MG you are me or should I say I am you.  Just the other day I spent about 9 hrs cleaning my yard ugh!  Could I have done it three years ago?  Absolutely not!  At 270 I would have been coo coo to try that one.  **** can we have dinner together except for the cake because I do dump from that I found that out the hard way. No our weight loss was so not a waste and anyone who feels that way did not follow the yellow brick road.  Shame on their asses!  Its a tool that comes with directions and anyone who didn't make sure they had the directions before and afterwards its their fault.  Do your research I always say. And I wear a size 14 I don't ever expect to get into the single digits but hey what the hell I am good with that.

LOL! I think my BONES are bigger than singles-digit clothes. (*grin*)

Apparently my point was lost on even you, it was why bother to have wls if you aren't willing to change whatsoever, if you aren't willing to give up some things that made you fat in the first place, if you get a second chance and get somewhere much thinner and they start all over the **** that made you ******g fat.  That was my point, why ******g bother?  WLS isn't a miracle, you can out eat a DS or a RNY any of them if you want too.  You have to choose what you want from this and what you are willing to sacrifice, and if lying on the table and death being one of the outcomes isn't an option for you, then get up and try something else.  No one should have wls and expect its going to do all the work and you don't have to do anything or give up anything.  You can expect to regain if you don't change or diet or whatever when the magic wears off.  That is, was and always will be my point, not that I give a ******g rats ass what anyone has to say about my posts.  Never have and never will.

Oh yeah have a spectacular day, I plan too, photography it is for me.