6 months ago today, I was drunk-posting on my laptop from the hospital

Has it been 6 months already?? And I sooooo remember your drunk post. Remeber the night we wre up all night carrying on-- ME WANTS RICOTTA FLUFF!!!!!  That seemed like ages ago, but here you are looking like a new woman, very stunning woman I might add.

First thing I noticed is that none of your buttons on your coat are screaming in pain..........I'm sure you prob have at least one pic like that pre-op lol. Beautiful pic right here I tell ya.

Congratulations Anna...even though you don't like football!  Here's to what's in your future six more months from now! And get in that pool! Nobody is paying attention to your wings!!!

LOL How could I forget? Thanks Shani babe. And I promise to get over the bat wings.

Way to go, Anna!  You and I had our surgeries a month apart, and I am losing slowly too, 1-2 pounds a week, and am also gearing up to begin exercising because I know how important it is. But I hate it.  Maybe it won't be so bad with 60 pounds gone.  Congratulations on your success!

Thanks, Maria. The key, for me anyways, is to get my butt in bed early enough to get up and exercise early in the morning. Because that's the only time that I'm likely to ever actually do it. When I get home from work I am zonkered. I can talk myself into a yoga class because that's relaxing, but for anything else I have to do it in the morning. I have to set the alarm and just get up, throw on some sweats and get to the gym before  I wake up and realize what I've done.

wow, Anna-- just wow, wow, wow.

Also makes me feel like I've made a good decision in my doctor.  A lot of good trouble free DSes coming from Dr. Smith.

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Yep, I've noticed the same thing. I think it does have something to do with his stringent requirements; i.e. the fact that he cherry picks his patients and only accepts those who are likely to do very well indeed. But that's not the whole story either. He is so very meticulous, so methodical and thorough about everything he does, and he has a surgical team that works like a well-oiled machine. And one thing we noticed while in Marietta was that he had the respect and admiration of not only his own team, but of any random medical staff to whom we mentioned his name. Over and over we heard "Dr. Smith?!! Oh, honey, he is the best. You couldn't be in better hands. His patients always do well."

Anna,
You are looking wonderful ! You have lost evenly it looks like ! What a great new pic ! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Ginger!

Hmmm...maybe that's why I can't see in pics that I've lost. I'm still the same shape I was, just smaller! LOL When I look in the mirror I can see myself relative to the size of the mirror and I know I'm taking up less of it.

You look great!  That's a really nice picture too - scenery, sun :}

Thanks, Lisey! My husband has a really good eye for photography. That's a tree in our front yard, and he made me stand in several places around it until he got it just right. I keep trying to talk him into coming to SPQ as my own personal Spud Stud to take pictures of me but for some reason it just doesn't appeal to him!!