15 flights of stairs!

I have to share a NSV with yall and i want to be a cheerleader for anyone who is struggling with areas of their lives.

This weekend I was at Myrtle Beach with my church fall ladies conference. We were at the Breakers Resort having a beautiful 3 day weekend. Well it was the last day of the conference and everyone seemed to be trying to use the elevator at the same time so it was SOOOOOOO SLOWWWWWWWWW!!!!! So one of my tiny peppy friends suggested we take the stairs, i was sitting and comfy and just laughed and said nahhhhhhh that aint happening! So about a minute later Ginny (my tiny peppy little friend) suggested again in her peppy high school cheerleader voice COME ON YALL LETS TAKE THE STAIRS!! I reminded her were were in the lobby and the meeting room is on the 15th floor yes you read right it is on the 15th floor............She said (again in her tiny peppy high school cheerleader on helium voice) I know---come on Mrs. Renee WE CAN DO THIS I MISSED MY ZUMBA CLASS THIS WEEKEND i need to get some exercize!!!

Soooooooooooooooo i said Oh ok, we might as well or we will never get there. Being the eldest of our little group i gave in and said if im gona talk the talk i gotta walk the walk. so off we went, tromping up the stairs that went practically STRAIGHT UP. Ginny was humming some crazy sound that was supposed to be zumba music then when i yelled "MY LUNGS ARE ON FIRE" while i was laughing uncontrollably, she started humming very loudly the ROCKY theme, which made me laugh even harder. Every flight closer she would yell (in her tiny, peppy, high school cheerleader on helium and a case of monster energy drinks voice) 5 MORE FLOORS, 4 MORE FLOORS, 3 MORE FLOORS....UNTIL WE BUSTED THROUGH THE DOORS ON THE 15TH FLOOR INTO A ROOM FULL OF ABOUT 75 WOMEN WITH OUR HANDS RAISED, CHEERING AND CLAPPING AND SWEATING AND GINNY WAS STILL CHEERING US ON!!

So i hope to have made you laugh as i share my fantastic non scale VICTORY!!! and I hope to be YOUR cheerleader during this awesome adventure we call WLS!!!!!

Hope everyone else has a story they can share SOON!!!

Renee K

Happy Bander LOVING HER LIFE!!!

Congrats!  Now imagine climbing 15 flights of stairs pre surgery!  Its great that you can do that now.

I could never have done it pre surgery!  Thats what made it so special to me.  I was diagnosed with degenerative joint disease in my hips and back and rhumetoid arthritis in my knees, i was told if i didnt get the weight of i would be in a wheelchair on a year! (that was 3 years ago!)  SO needless to say im a pretty happy camper!!

That makes it all the more impressive.  My mom has severe arthritis in her knees, worse in her left and she has already had 2 surgeries on it.  Her surgeon told her to let him know when she is ready to have her knee replaced.  She doesn't want to do it yet so it helped give that final push to have lapband surgery.  She is hoping that taking the weight off will help prolong the time before she has it replaced and make it much easier to heal after replacement.

Great story, Renee!  Don'tcha just wanna kill those tiny, peppy, high school cheerleader types, LOL.  No, it's wonderful that Ginny KNEW you all could make those stairs and took the lead to get you through it, and with a great sense of humour - what a great and valuable friend!

Indeed, what we can do months post-surgery and what we couldn't do pre-surgery - it's mind-boggling, isn't it??  Here's to many more years of success and lots more stairs!!!