update

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have been checking in & lurking. I am glad to hear you are home Jeff, Dr Lowe is wonderful, I'm glad you decided to go with him. Amy glad you are feeling better. Hope everything continues to get better. I miss everyone so much. All the new pics look so wonderful. Everyone is so beautiful, inside & out. I look up to you guys so much. I miss you all too. I feel like I know each one of you personally (some of you I do). I can't wait to see you Larry, I bet you are even hotter than before. Roberta & George, your new pics look great (now you can keep up with those busy little kids) Well, now I have some good news and some bad news. A few of you know my job and money problems. We have finally saved up enough $ to put a down payment on a van. My daughter was at the baby sitters & fell off the bed, she broke her collar bone. That leads me to the good news at work (if thats what you call 4-8 hours a week) I got offered a new position. I have more hours each week, I have set hours, so I know what days and times I always work. There will be someone at home from now on with the kids, so I won't need a baby sitter anymore, plus I get a min of 20 hours a week. The bad new is I work Monday though Thursday from 5 pm to 9 pm & Saturday from 10am to 2pm, so I won't be able to come to any of the monthly meetings. That really sucks (sorry I can't thank of any better word to use) I really miss everyone already, now I will miss everyone even more I am still looking for a full time job M-F normal hours. Hopefully I will find one soon, so I can come back to the meetings. Now a small update on my journey. I went to see Dr. Lowe on mon for my 1 year. I have lost 89 pounds from my first visit with him. That is 78% of my excess weight. Which is really good according to him (the high end because the average is lik 50 -60%) He said if I don't loose anymore, I still had a successful surgery. I stll want to loose around 15 to 20 more pounds though. I am still considered overweight according to my bmi. I am at 159, I want to be 140/145, that would put me at a normal weight.Dr Lowe thinks I can get to my goal, I just need to keep up my excerise and eat 3 meals a day instead of 4, plus keep up my healthy snacking ( I love fruit now). I don't have enough excess skin for my insurance to cover plastics, but I still want them. I wanted a tummy tuck and breast before wls, because of what happened to my body from my 2 beautiful kids. Well, i guess that is enough of my going on. my son went back to school on moonday, so I will have some extra time to post instead of just lurking. Hope everyone stays in good health, keep up the good work. to all jennifer

Hi Jennifer, it is so good to hear from you. I am glad that things are starting to look up. I too have a new job, which makes it difficult to get down to the meetings in Gastonia. George and I are doing well. I have lost 97lbs (from 255.5 to 158.5) I want to get down to 140. I am also starting to really want PS, but that will not be an option for me for a long time. I don't really have any medical issues due to the skin (which is good, but means that I will have to self-pay for my PS, which is a long way off). I will talk to you soon. Don't be a stranger. Roberta