It is Monday! Im finally in Chicago!!!

Francine,

Thank you!

I am continuing to marvel as I go thru this process at the mindset I developed about myself and the weight over the years...actually decades! I really just started to 'settle' for all kinds of things like clothing I didn't particularly care for, but bought because it fit, taking the ultimate care in my personal hygiene so no one would ever apply the 'fat, lazy, sloppy' adjectives to me, but seldom looked at my body...just did what I had to do mindlessly and moved on, and accepting bad behavior from ppl who passed judgment on my size as if it was a choice!

When my weight goal came up in conversation a light went off in terms of 'why would I settle on the higher weight goal' when this surgery will give me the opportunity to do better? My thinking was I would be 'satisfied' with getting to the higher goal...why push because my old mindset would tell me I wouldn't succeed and even if I did no one would notice so why bother?

So I appreciate the praise b/c that is one of the things the ladies on here do best...praise, support and really LISTEN to one another. I really think it is why I have been able to stay on track these past few months...all my efforts in the past maybe lasted a week!

Thanks for making a difference today...even if the post was last night...lol!