XP- JUST IN CASE THIS IS MY 'WELLEST' DAY...

December came all to quick ... I have a Birthday coming up and Christmas to celebrate ... oooohhhhhhhh shoot! I have been celebrating every.single.day ... life with health and mobility and lacking or wanting for NADA... ohhhhhhhhh I am praising Rophe my healer and Jireh my provider right about now ... with a prayer .. a press... and a praise and sometimes getting totally ignoramus as in 'panamaniac' but knowing I am a blessed mess I am pressing on ..... on my walk away from morbid obesity .... one day at a time ... one choice at a time ... cause I am B.A.D. (BLESSED AND DELIVERED) and I own my past and my present ... I will never forget my former morbid obese self ... her release is my deliverance and my deliverance is her release ...  Almost 6 years post gastric bypass surgery ... keeping all of 203 pounds lost off with no regain and no regrets!!! I CAN DO THIS ... FOR LIFE!!!

Thanking OH for providing the space where I can encourage myself and/or maybe one other person with my goofy empowerment tool that I keep in a digital photo album ...it is my empowerment journal "A PICTURE A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES AWAY" .... it is working for me .... 

These are the faces of my morbid obesity...

AND THIS IS ME TODAY..... posting 2 days before my monthly surgery anniversary 5 years 10 months post WLS ... and I have been on a health and mobility high since .... on the eve of my 54th b-day in two weeks I feel the energy that I did not have at 30 ... and I get all manner of compliments especially from people who don't believe that my adult almost 32 year old daughter and my almost 28 year old some are my children LOL.... I pulled a Tina Turner on my DH just for fun on Saturday ... cause I love to rock my legs in my LEGGs control sheep pantyhoses LOL.... I shared about the total body lift with those awesome garments on here before... the downside up and the upside down hoses...

I enjoy the awesomeness and being able to stoop/kneel/climb without achy/painful joints nor impaired mobility daily... I even crashed on the floor to enjoy a few moments in my family room with Pierre...

Then it was off to work .... started this KRAZY MONDAY morning with an AWESOME cup of Coffee 1/2 decaf 1/2 regular with a scoop of Click Expresso Protein ... it is TO DIE FOR!!!! 

And I made my my EMPOWERMENT COLLAGE FOR THIS DAY ..... THANK YOU OBESITY HELP ... FOR ALLOWING ME THE SPACE TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF THROUGH MY GOOFY POSTS AND PICTURES .... LIFE POST WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY HAS BEEN A BLESSING ... I HAVE 0 REGRETS AND AM TOTALLY GRATEFUL ....

My mom used to say that on our 'wellest' day we are all sick or well enough to die ... such is life ... I lost my otherwise healthy first cousin who grew up with us in Panama as a sister three weeks ago ... she was found dead in her home ... a few weeks after her 50th birthday .... it was a shocker to all .... I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS DAY AND EACH DAY THAT I HAVE A MIRACLE JUST IN CASE IT IS MY 'WELLEST DAY'.....

Thanks for allowing me to share...

  You are a true inspiration....

                                Have an amazing day!

                                                          Cindy~*

Thank you Cindy .... hope you had a wonderful day too ... I am just now making time for my replies and running out to bring doggie and I to doggie school ...

You are such an inspiration and you look so young. I am just starting my journey I hope I look younger in the end. LOL  

I have no doubt that you will feel and look younger too... I can still 'hear' my knees whispering to me "thank you, thank you, thank you for releasing us from all that burden of weight" .... my knees used to hurt so bad its not even funny.... just that made me feel younger right there ... being able to go up and down a flight of stairs without stopping for pauses of breath or gingerly stepping to avoid pain or joints buckling...

Once again, I'm amazed by your success, your willingness to share, and also the fact that you can wear those leopard platform shoes!!

"Panamaniac"...LOL.

Love the platforms ... I can even run in those jokers lol.... PanaManiac ... appropriately labeled by mom and friends because when my long fuse runs out I sometimes and very seldom go totally ignoramus as in unhinged at times LOL... 

YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!  I aspire to be like you so badly.  My surgery date was 3/30/2009.  My highest weight was 300 and my lowes weight was 150.  My current weight is 210 and I beat myself up every day I step on the scale because I cannot believe I have let this weight creep by onto me.  I feel like a failure and a disappointment to myself (and my husband).  My husband says he doesn't care about the extra weight -- but I do.  You inspire me!  I am back on the wagon and I am not going to let this weight gain defeat me.  Thank you so very much for your inspiration!  You go girl!!!!

Thank you beautiful!!!! Don't you dare beat yourself up ... getting back on the wagon makes the difference ... log what you eat/your activity level and take a close look at the contributing factors and take it from there .. YOU GOT THIS!!!! we are not failures at all ... we are sistas on the journey!!!! Wishing you nothing but the best!!!! Your support and encouragement inspired me this day!!!