Looking at my OWN PROFILE...over 2 years post op

Hello to all my OH friends It has been a LONG time since I have posted anything BUT I still constantly read profiles and daily messages on this board....I am still touched,amazed and some times amused at the things that are shared on this board and even after all this time I still find I learn something new from time to time..Since the board has had its problems it has been a while since I have updated or even looked at my profile....Today I FINALLY was able to log in as a member and check on my profile....It was really strange to re-read it from the beginning and remembering as if it was just yesterday.....It made me so much more thankful for a healthier body and a calmer soul.....I literally thank God every day for healing my body of the horrible obsession I had with food....Like I said in my profile "Food is no longer my BEST FRIEND however its not the ENEMY either" ....Over 2 years out and I can see where this journey gets tougher as the body gets more and more used to the readjustment....I am maintaining my weight and eating well except I am not exercising...I know I should...I wish I remotely like too BUT I dont....so that is the only reason why I havent gone down more in poundage....I need to make that change and I will.....when the spirit moves me but right now I am feeling good and the food addiction I have had is under control .... Years ago Thanksgiving was something that I LOVED because I would stuff myself with every thing I could and think it was o.k....it was ALL about the different foods that were normally somewhat off limits to me during the year....The problem was that it didnt end on Thanksgiving the eating continued for days...weeks...then there was Christmas....and you guys got the picture.....and then the dreaded New Years and the start of the diet dilemma...Oh GAWD those were the days.....Today.....I see things so much differently....Tomorrow is about seeing family, enjoying the family and some good eats....Thanks to WLS for all the BIG changes and the little changes too....Tomorrow will be like every day.....I will feel BLESSED to be able to be with my family and friends and to be free of the prison that I was in when I was so obese May each and every one of you feel BLESSED today and every day.... Have a safe, happy and healthy Thanksgiving with all love and peace always Stacey then/now

You expressed the sentiments of every successful wls patient. I too am thankful to be out of the prison of food addiction. Just to see food as nourishment for my body and not something to do for pleasure has made a major change in my life. Holidays no longer hold the dread of more weight gain, but rather than anticipation of seeing family and friends. I actually like to see people now that I don't worry they will judge my huge body. Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to give Thanks for now days.