Ooops ... I almost forgot ...XP

  My monthly surgery anniversary on yesterday.... 5 years and 4 months post RNY wow ... time flies and it feels like it  just happened yesterday ... I am loving life with my tool .... especially living without 5 co-morbidities and limited mobility.....

As I lay out my clothes to wear this morning it dawned on me that I went from a 4-5X

 

to this.,... I am wearing today ... Size "0" White House/Black Market jacket and Size "0" Banana Republic slacks  .... I can wear anywhere from a 0-2 and sometimes 4 depending on the style .. my waist is 23.5" this morning and I am maintaining a total weight loss of 203 pounds from my highest recorded weight at my cardiologist's office...

 

MAINTAINING FOR LIFE!!!! I CAN RUN, I CAN SWIM, I CAN DANCE, I CAN JUMP and to think five years and 4 months ago I could not climb a flight of stairs in time to assist my DD who had taken a fall .... WLS ... the best thing I ever did for ME!!!!
 

I goof around a lot more so I like to keep upbeat even in the midst of stressful situations happening in the life of a loved one right now ... I will not forget where I came from ... my priorities are straight ... yesterday I took a personal day to take care of some very important things but I remembered this day 6-5-2012 as my brother's b-day AND the date of my monthly anniversary of my WLS ... I will NOT forget ... because I do not want to ... The fat woman is still very much me ... I loved her minus her obesity related illnesses ... we stand hand in hand today as in before and after ... her deliverance is my release and my release is her deliverance ... from diabetes, and hypertension, and sleep apnea, and hyperlipidemia, and gastroesophageal reflux, and limited mobility and the list goes on....

I keep myself encouraged one.day.at.a.time ... I purpose myself each day to be grateful for a new awakening without joint aches and pains and shortness of breath on any exertion .... I keep it tracked in my empowerment journal ... A PICTURE A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES AWAY...
 
Geez .... I wanted to rock my blond full lace wig today but wore my own hair instead .... the guys at home are a riot ... DH and DS AND DD are class act comedians LOL ... I am lucky I have a sense of humor and I laugh most everything off LOL.... as I put on my awesome piece DD chimes in and tells me to take it off and wear my hair ... says I look like the NJ tanning mom WHAT? ... okay I take it off and am trying to mousse and do something in my short hair which my DS cropped, shopped, scalped and edged up in the back (he is an awesome barber) and HE of all persons tells me he likes the blond piece better because he likes the color and my short hair makes me look like a boy WHAT? ... then DH who I KNOW loves the looonnnngggg black extensions with bangs saw 'the look' I gave him as if saying 'don't start!" and he says "I am going downstairs to check on the ferrets" LOL ..... So I came to work with my short do ... 

...and posted this goofy thread ... to encourage myself and maybe one other person on the journey!!!

Thanks for allowing me to share.

You look amazing!!! You are definitely an inspiration!

 Thank you Jewels! OH and its various forums is an awesome tool to keep me grounded... and in touch with others on the journey just like me... I am glad for the opportunity to share my goofy threads .... thanks for allowing me to share... 

 amazing, you are fabulous!

 Thanks for the encouragement Princess.... 

 

You are an inspiration keep posting to encourage others like me. Thanks 

 Thank you Larry! it is awesome that we can encourage each other on this journey... I love OH for that!

Girl, you look amazing and continue to inspire me!

 You my dear continue to inspire ALL of us ...... thank YOU for being you!

Inspiring to be sure! I think its cute that you change shoes when you change your hair. Rock on with your bad self!
~addie