Hi Michelle O! COngrats! You are dong 5 days already! WOW!! I am truly impressed. I hope you decide to hang around with us. We are a great group and always love new people jumping on! Valerie

Hi Stacie. I use the Unjury unflavored protein powder. I put it in my yogurt and add it to my other protein drink (which I have to gag down because it tastes like feet). I also keep a baggie of it in my purse and sprinkle it on my food when I am out. I am going to check out the Unjury web site for recipes. Thanks! Kelly

Thanks guys I appreciate it. The hardest part for me was that she had her wls on 1/28/05. She died one week later, to complications that were most likely unrelated to surgery. The part that upset me the most was her anxiety about having surgery. I believe that when God calls you home no matter what the time or place, it is your time to go, but it still is a great sadness for me. I know going to the gym really helped me work through it all. I spent 1 1/2 hours obtaining peace of mind over this. Exercise is really a great cathartic for all those stressors to be sure. Hey...don't be ashamed of your weight amounts! All my mentors and inspirations are lifting massive amounts of weight. Mine are meager in comparision, but I am out there giving it my all and that's all that matters, right? RIGHT! Val

Nice Job Valerie, Sorry to hear about your friend. The weight room is an excellent place to channel sadness as well as other emotions like anger. We all need a vice and food was my old vice and the weights are my new one. PS. Wow....Some pretty heavy weights there lady....Someday I am going to get some courage and post my weights...My two year anniversary of my WLS surgery is Friday. I hope post a new picture Friday.

Hi gang! Got some new PR's broken...WOOO HOOO Love it love it. My workout tonight was in memory of a friend I lost last thursday. I just found out about it today, and I decided that instead of giving in to the sadness I was gonna bang out a great one for her tonight! So here goes! Floor presses 45# to warm up 65# x 3 75# x 3 85# x 3 95# x 1 100# x 1 105# x 1 New PR Lockouts from floor 115# x 1 125# x 1 New PR 135# x 1 New PR 145# missed attempt DB bench press (flat) 15# x 6 20# x 6 25# x 6 30# x 6 35# x 4 BB over head press on smith machine 45# to warm up 65# x 6 75# x 6 85# x 6 95# x 5 New PR Dips with 100# offset 3 sets 12, 12, and 10 Tricep pushdowns 50# x 12 60# x 12 70# x 12 80# x 12 90# x 6 x breakdown Then, I ran out of time....had to take the youngest to gymnastics. That was about an hour and 1/2 total workout. I got good and sweaty and I am seeing my strength really start to increase. I had a great workout tonight. Tomorrow is break day then back at it Thursday. Hope you all are having a great week. Hugs, Valerie