SO HOW DID YOU DO IN 06?

Hi all just wanted to know how everyone ended in 06?? I ended 06 weighing in at 159, I gained 3 pounds but so what I was not trying to diet this month. I have 30 or so pounds left to go to get goal. this time last year I was at 209, so I am loving my progess. I am in a size 6-8 still can't firgure out how little my boobs are or how big depending on how you veiw the glass. Last night at my church I got a lot of compliments, one lady said I looked like a teenager Really sweet consider I turned 32 the day before but if anyone ask I am 25 plus tax. So how did everyone else do in 06? and What next for 07? later Heather MC

Halloween 2005 I was 267. By New Years I was approx. 240. Today I am bouncing up and down 2 lbs. around 148. Right after my surgery in Nov I was 146. Today I put on my size 10 leather riding pants for the first time. Most of my work slacks are 8s. My tops and coats are M. I would wear a 6 except for the extra skin around my middle, but I am not complaining. My hair is growing back slowly. Now wear a 36C down from overflowing 40DD, and 6/7s down from a 10 in utrough. Down from an 8W to a 7 1/2 reg. I need to have all my rings re-sized. I can wear most of Cody's clothing except her britches. I hike and trail run, and walk when I can't do those. The secretaries at work have told me to stop losing. They think I am borderline sick-looking. I feel great and don't make decisions about weight based on secretaries. Much has happened this year: 1.) WLS, 2.) Cody's death, 3.) hysterectomy. Uncle, I have had enough. I do feel some better since Christmas Day is over, and my most recent incision has healed, finally. God bless you all, Lois

How could I forget the Lab's perforated bowel surgery 2 days after I came home from the hyst'my? And, my father's heart attack 2 days BEFORE the same surgery?? See why I say, UNCLE!? A few of us on this board have really had a year. One the Holmes and Rahe scale I am off the chart! Plan for this year: 1.) Don't sweat the small stuff and my work is the small stuff for the time being. My mental health must be preserved. 2.) Continue building my stamina and endurance hiking and trail running. 3.) Continue my weight loss down to my personal goal of 130. I am already below the surgeon's goal. L

Hey, Heather Mac! You've done a fabulous job. Just fabulous. Synopsis for 2006: Sister diagnosed w/ invasive breast cancer and has bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction followed by 16 weeks of chemo. Father has some follow-up procedures to his prostate cancer and a few more skin cancers (basal cell) removed. Father starts dating a woman. I had parathyroid/thyroid surgery in February which was most successful. My side pain returned in March and still surfaces now and then with an unknown cause. I was hospitalized in June with chest pains. Cause was esophagael spasms from vitamin supplements. I reached goal weight. I surpassed goal weight. I was diagnosed with non-invasive breast cancer on 12/3/2006. Had lumpectomy on 12/27/2006 and am currently waiting on pathology which I'm supposed to get on Thursday. If it stays the same as the biopsy, radiation and hormone therapy next. FIL was hospitalized on the day of my lumpectomy but is doing better now. Dog finally got too sick and we had her put to sleep 12/30/2006. The year ended up on a sucky note actually. Weight-wise, I finished the year at 154 which is 30 lbs less than I ended 2005. I'm 6 lbs below my goal of 160. Plan for 2007: I'm keeping it quite simple... get through whatever breast cancer surgery or treatments I need to and remain standing. Get consistent in my workouts again and reduce body fat while strengthening muscles. That's it! Best wishes to you! Kathy

When I had the surgery July 25th, I weighed 235 pounds (I stand 4'11.5") but started 2006 weighing 240.5, my highest weight ever. On December 31st, I weighed in at 181.5 pounds, a weight I had not seen since 1993. I had hoped to lose 60 pounds by the New Year, so the loss of 59 pounds works for me! I started 2006 wearing 22/24 jeans and I sit here wearing 16W right now. I am ecstatic!

Hi Heather, Well I got a new knee, seems to be doing good so far. I can't do the table pose yet in yoga, and dancing is a little iffy right now. But I can walk pretty good. Last year this time I weighed 208 and today I weigh 148!! I usually weigh 150, but sometimes up sometimes down. I tried on a pair of size 8 jeans the other day for a lark and yeah, they fit!! I was so dang excited. I didn't need them, but of course I bought them because on that day, at that time, the moon and sun and the staras were in the right circles and Venus was in my corner and I could fit into them!!! So yupper, bought them. My boobs are a mess, but it doesn't bother me. At this stage of my life, and I hate to tell you this, but at this stage they don't get alot of attention!!! And I just buy one of those nice expensive bras at Nordstrom and put those droopy girls in to sleep and let that bra do the work!! Instant Perk!! Arms flabby, but that's why they have long sleeved shirts. Tummy is an apron of fat. Now that bothers me. I am going to have plastics for that. Oh, and I think I'm looking a llittle gaunt, maybe, and the chin area could be tucked a bit. I tried using invisible tape, but it didn't work. I have to tell you all, I get very very nervous sometimes that this is all a dream and I will wake up and get on the scale and it will be up to 200, then 250, then .... I have not taken this for granted and try very very hard every single day to do what I'm supposed to do, and pray that it wil continue to work for me. But I'm not ****y on this. I love the support I get from this board, from you Heather, and all the rest. I'm afraid I get more than I give!! Oh, and I'm looking 64 right in the eyes and you know what, it just doesn't bother me one little bit!! (Except when I heard about the lady in Alexandria who was killed and they referred to her as 'elderly' and she was 62!!! No fair!!!) Happy New Year little girl, to you and your sweet family!! love donna

Halloween 2005 I was 410 pounds and very ill, in Aug of that year I almost died do to blood gasses, I had surgery in Oct and as of Dec 2006 Ive Lost 171 pounds I now weigh 239 and have a ways to go but hey Im moving no more diabeties, no oxygen (which I was on 24/7) I have been out more the past year than I had been in 6 years so I say Praise The Lord for this tool in which has not only saved my life but changed it totally. Love it. And pray 2007 will bring so much more weightloss for me along w/ plastics and a wedding.

You all know what a horrible year I had, it sucked bigtime, so I'll bring it to basics. Started the year at 164. I gained from my lowest of 149. I was deeply depressed. Mom had Cancer, dad died died last December 1st, so I was at a lowpoint. Joe and I had a few ripples in our marriage but were getting our lives together. I started back in school and was doing well. Then we took what was suposed to be a magical vacation to Disneyworld. Dylan (my son) got ate up with bedbugs at a Disney resort, flat tire on the way home, Joe got sick the week we got back. Doc misdagnosed him with a stomach virus, brought him to another doc, he ended up with Legionairres' disease and he died after 6 days on a respirator. My world was turned upside down. Moved in with mom, gave away or sold 80% of my stuff and now I'm starting fresh. Mom went into remission in March but it came back on her and now she is in a clinical trial at Duke and getting chemo while she awaits the second phase. In a nutshell, 2006 was one of the worst years of my entire life. Good riddance. My new chapter in WLS began in November. I had a Full TT and a BA/BL. I've decided to fix all the stuff I don't like. So 2007 will be the year of the new me. I hope it was better than last year. I ended the year bouncing around 149-152 and hope to lose a little more after my thigh/buttock lift. But I'm pretty happy here at this weight. I now wear size 8 jeans and a size 6 dress and It blows my mind. I'm gad to see a new year. I desperately want 2007 to be a good one. I'm having more plastics, a trip to Europe and I'm finally rekindling friendships that I thought were once lost. Looking forward to the Richmond conference and seeing all my gals and guys! Jane

Lois

Hey Gorgeous! You have done a spectacular job. It is so good to hear from you. My 2006 was a journey. I was 305 in November of 2005 when I had surgery. Last week at my dr. appt. I weighed in at 160. I just bought a new pair of jeans in a size 8. In between a medium and a large in tops. Lots of changes as far as my energy and health. Some big changes in my self esteem and my personality. I have become a stronger woman in so many ways. 2006 brought some heartache and pain, I lost a few friends, had to have my gall bladder out, lost my grandmother. 2006 also brought a lot of blessings, I got 2 new nieces and a nephew, I found love in a wonderful man and am blessed by having him and his two daughters in my life. I hope to have a lot of wonderful things in 2007, time will tell what the future will bring. Courtney