One Year Surgiversery!

SPatel4
on 1/28/09 10:44 pm - Levittown, PA
So today is the big day! My one year Surgiversary! I remember being scared and not knowing if I will be coming out alive. I do know one thing today that my only regret is not getting the surgery done sooner. My biggest Milestones since I have lost over 98 pounds:  
  • Being Able to see my toes and paint them cross legged!
  • Sitting on the floor and playing with my kids and not feel like a twisted pretzel
  • Being able to ride every roller coaster ride at Six Flags last summer
  • Being able to see people’s jaw’s drop every time I would see them thru the months.
  • Making my parents proud that I did not take this journey lightly and kept my promises to be healthy.
  • My daughter telling me that I am beautiful, I always was but now more so.
  • My husband carrying me over the threshold because he never got to do it when we first got married.
  • Getting off some off my Arthritis medication since I have lost so much weight
  • Being able to share my journey at Dr. Pupkova’s seminar for those who are considering this surgery.
  • Making lifelong friend thru the Barix Boards and the Support Group. I am eternally grateful for my wonderful OH family. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
  • Being Able to wear a bathing suit without covering myself up with a long frumpy cover up.
  • Being able to buy medium sized tops and size 6 pants as of this morning!
  • Going to the Christmas party last year and 4 guys giving me their phone numbers. One of them was 26 years old and when I told him I was married he asked me to call him if it did not work out. LMAO.
    I am so thankful that you have let me share this journey with all of you. It is not over as I want to continue maintaining my weight. In the interim I will be coming on these board every single day for support and just to rant and rave. I hope to be always welcomed here. Thank You for always being there for me.

 
-Shilpa

People comment on my over 100 pound weight loss and attribute it to my WILLpower, but it is my WANTpower: I WANT to be thin and healthy more than anything else! 

 

Lisa H.
on 1/28/09 11:20 pm - Whitehall, PA
YAY Shilpa!! Thanks so much for sharing your successes with us! It has been great getting to know you and can't wait to know much more about you and your journeys.  

congratulations on reaching this milestone!!!  Many more to come!!

My tracker

hers 

(deactivated member)
on 1/28/09 11:26 pm
Shilpa
What an awesome first year and you are only going to keep on successing! It has been my pleasure of getting to know you this past year and sharing laughs. Even when you out me to be first at meetings! 

You have done such an amazing job even whenyou had obstacled thrown at year this year withteh job loss you stayed on track and knew we were all here for you.

I can not wait to see what the furture holds for you! 

**hugs**
Dennis Belk
on 1/28/09 11:27 pm - Philadelphia, PA
Much Congratulations Shilpa!
You have been looking mahvelous for some time and have met your challenges and recognized your triumphs well. Like so many of us you've found a home here and give all that you can. We just can't help ourselves. Support is in our blood and helping and doing well is in our DNA.

All the best to you and may you always find you're successing,

Dennis 
dit657
on 1/28/09 11:37 pm - Boothwyn, PA
Congratulations on your first anniversary! You've had an amazing year and it was great reading about your milestones and successes. I always enjoy reading your posts and maybe someday we'll meet in person. In the meantime keep on successing - you've done a fantastic job!!!

Kathy


'One shoe can change your life'...Cinderella
Pam Hart
on 1/29/09 12:02 am - Easton, PA
WOW WOW WOW!!  What great moments and a fabulous year, Shilpa!!

Congrats on all your successes - through lots of hard work, dedication, and wonderful outlook!  Here's to many more!

Pam
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
New_Beginnings_36
on 1/29/09 12:13 am - PA
Congratulations Shilpa!
Happy One Year Surgiversary!
You've done a wonderful job! Keep on successing!

<3 Stefanie    


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Laureen S.
on 1/29/09 12:39 am - Maple Shade, NJ
Shilpa,

WOW!  and CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSING LIFE!  I am so happy to have shared this journey with you, you are amazing and your daughter gave you the gift of validation, but, it seems to me, you've given it to yourself and may you continue "Successing" for the rest of your lifetime!

Hugs and warm wishes, Laureen


My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . .  It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . .  Laureen

"Success is a journey, not a destination."  Ben Sweetland

tammypa
on 1/29/09 12:54 am - Philadelphia, PA
Congratulations Shilpa!
Celebrate how far you have come this past year and all of your incredible wow moments.
I am so glad to be able to call you my friend. Hope to see you at the next Saturday meeting.
Tammy
Liz R.
on 1/29/09 1:34 am - Easton, PA
Congrats Shilpa!! Here's to the first year of the rest of your life!!

Keep on successing!!

Liz
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