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Hey Jeannie....good to see your smiling face this morning. Long time no see for both of us. I know that when I began my journey you were there for me for us all. Many of your words still travel this journey with me women. Hope that the boxers are good and I know that you really are enjoying this life and what it brings......The Rest Of My Life stuff and all that goes with it. Me I am doing well. Happy I took back my life and had the surgery. I can't believe I have lost 177 lbs. Yes there is days of struggles, but not often. Love ya, Monica

Hey there Ms. Sexy thang.......

Good to see you.......and glad to hear you are doing well.  I am so enjoying this life.....but 4 years out "stuff" looks so damned different than it did ... EVER.  And, I guess that's the point of it all isn't it?

Congrats on being so sexy and happy, it feels dayam good doesn't it?

Love ya back,

J

J,  Sometimes when I'm chewing down another vitamin or calcium I'm thinking YUK, I'm tired of eating these but I hope I'm still doing it another 40 years or so.  Mostly I'm surprised at friends and family who say "you're still drinking all tha****er' or 'you're still not drinking with your dinner' and things like that. Comments like those make me think about the life long commitment I've made. I just hope I keep doing it so I can keep living. Best of luck to you.

J,

Well, our choices to NOT keep doing it are pitiful aren't they? 

From the beginning I've always said, I didn't climb up on that gurney and ask someone to go inside me and replumb my fixtures, risking my life and loves to turn around and undo all that I asked for.  That just seems plain stooooopid to me, so I keep doing it...but sometimes the enormity of "the rest of my life" is just plain overwhelming.......so I try my best to stay in today, right now this moment and today this is just the greatest moment of my life and they just keep getting better, with a few "blechs" thrown in between when I'm "out of my right mind"........

Best to you as well,

J

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread...I'm 35, pre-op, and still trying to figure out how to get my head around "the rest of my life"... Regardless of if I have the surgery or not I'm going to have to do "the rest of my life"...so I guess the decision is 1) Do I want to do it fat, unhealthy and eating what I want when I want OR 2) Do I want to chew like a cow, not drink w/ my meals, be sick to death of protein rich foods...but (hopefully) thin and healthy? Of course...there is the point that "the rest of my life" will probably be LONGER if I have the surgery huh?  I suppose that's a good thing...and I'm convinced I will enjoy those years more if I'm thin and healthy.  I suppose it's like recovery from any addiction...one day at a time...if you look at "the rest of my life" it probably just feels WAY too overwhelming. Heather

B  ~  I  ~  N  ~  G  ~  O !!! Good luck Heather! G