PAWFULLY HAPPY ... ...

My empowerment collage this day ... pawfully happy ... OMG I found the true meaning of Dean Koontz' quote “Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.” I and going to look up and order his book - A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog... My little Pierre has bought such joy and happiness to my household in just a few days that I can just imagine and anticipate our awesome joy with this little bundle of joy in the future ... This is my empowerment collage this day ... on my walk away from morbid obesity one day at a time, one choice at a time ... I feel complete now ... there is a dog in my life AGAIN YAY.... sooooooooooooo happy... There is nothing new under the sun ... I ALWAYS loved a lap dog ... Before and TODAY! 

I am soooooooooooo loving my new family addition ... my awesome toy poodle Pierre ... at 4 months old he is a bundle of joy and will the a fun part of my life post WLS journey ... OMG we spent the better part of an hour in the yard playing catch ... tirelessly he chased after me and his ball ... I love this furry exercise of motion and love.... 

I am still working on my Winter mural ... hopefully I will be finished before tomorrow....

This is my BEFORE and my TODAY .... I share snippets of my journey ... and my life ... 203 pounds lighter than before and with 5 co-morbidities in remission I am never going back .... I love my daily reminders that I track in my digital empowerment journal ... A Picture a Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away ... I can see it... I can feel it! and I am soooooooooooo loving health and mobility and feeling stronger in my mid fifties than I was in my mid twenties .... I can tear up the pavement in a 20K road race and have the energy to keep on running WOOT ... 5 years and 10 months ago I was struggling to make it up a flight of stairs .... 

This is me at my desk this morning ... compared to before WLS...

Again I sooooooooooo love this quote....

Thanks for allowing me to share .... SNIPPETS OF MY JOURNEY....

Pierre's so cute!!  I wanna go dog knapping but I don't think I'd get him past customs - trans Atlantic dog knapping isn't a great idea, plus DH won't let me have a dawg and I think he'd notice pretty soon, he he!! ;-)

Gracias linda! You can come dog-knapping and I would accompany you back getting him through customs on a visit ... that would be a WIN WIN .... I have to go visit across the pond soon ... it is a MUST DO on my agenda.... How much you want to bet that if your DH meets Pierre he would change his mind about having a dawg??? LOL ... This little tyke has personality and is way too cute... and you bet he is going to be bilingual too LOL

I am at the pre-beginning of the process.  I have a BMI of 40 and suffer from GERD and severe osteoarthritis.  I plan to have the Sleeve.  Your journey is an inspiration to me and you look beautiful!

I too am a dog lover!  I have a Standard black poodle named "Paris" and a Doxy named "Peyton".  Both dogs are very much a part of our family.  You realize "dog" is "God" spelled backwards and a very special gift.

Be proud of your journey and best wishes,

Carol

CONGRATS on your upcoming surgery.... I love love love the names of your poodles ... Poodles were always in our family ... both my sisters, my dad and my mom (RIP) have/had teacup/toy poodles ... My first poodle Champignon I left back home when I came here and know Pierre is an awesome reminder of what awesome smart and loving dogs are ... all dogs... they are indeed a special gift.  I would love to see pics of your lovely dogs...

My friend recently revised to a sleeve from a band an is doing fabulous ... rock your option and make the best of it as I know you will ... I am soooooooooo happy for you!!! Wishing you nothing but the best....

I shared pics of me and my little poo this morning on FB .... here we go ...  I can't wait to get back home today to crash for a bit and to finish my mural ... 

I love my babies too! Such good company. :-)

Btw..........you should add your new puppy to your mural!