2 year surgiversary, 1-1/2 maintaning.

i was afraid you'd say that!!!  i hate doing those.....but....the ones i hate are usually the ones i need to do the most!!!  i've been running but it's time to start the weight lifting stuff too! guess i'll start doing weights every other day!  thanks so very much for sharing your story and your pix as well!  you've really inspired this 52 year old grandma to get her butt in gear!

Oooh!  Let Mz LoriG encourage you!

her blog

http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ervet/

And her amazing arm thread!!

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/VSG/3894364/My-arms-you-wh ack-a-doos-LONG/

Go girlie goooo!!

You truly are brave,sont know if i would have been able to post some of those. Thank you so much!

:}  I definitely hear what you are saying, and too, there is a huge difference in saying "this was before" than saying "this is now"  ya know?  Also, one day I realized *in general, not specifically for this* that SHAME ABOUT ME, MY BODY, WHO I AM, HOW I AM HAS NEVER SERVED ME WELL!!  *ding*  :}  Hello lightbulb!

And too, honestly - a lot of the posting of skin stuff I do is because when I was lurking around, folks would say "my skin X thing about my skin" but they never would SHOW us what in the world did they mean by that!  What do you MEAN your thighs are a mess!?  What does that mean!?

Or folks say "and my X looks TERRIFFICCC!!!" but nobody ever showed us their X!!  And me, plastics was not/is not in my future for a buncha reasons, so I wanted to know what the possibilities, positive and/or negative that I was going to need to deal with!!

And too, I could pose so I hid a lot of the unflattering part, but that kinda defeats what I really wanted to do, which was to, in a utilitarian fashion (which is why I am not in my underwear in high heels :}) show possibilites.

Thank you for your encouragment!!

To be honest, it is my stomach that is getting me. my thighs are not too horrible or even my butt or arms, but my belly is very guishy and squishy and hangy.... I am hoping to find some workouts that may help with all the excess..

Well, you never can know is what I have found out!  Hope for the best and make a plan for what you need to do if that does not happen is my motto!!

Your posts sure don't irritate me..pure inspiration is more like it :) I saw your pics many months ago and they have motivated me throughout this journey to keep up with strength training. I can definitely see the difference just from the light resistance that I use!

I love how detailed you are with your posts...thanks so much for taking the time! Us Newbies especially need to see what is possible if the effort is consistent!

Thank you!  My detail sometimes is what irritates the broad stroke folks - Just sum it up already!  :}

I tend to be a broad stroke person, but I found that - if I try and answer all the questions that come up and then include that information, then folks can just mine what they need out of the post, instead of having to wait for me to come back, especially in case OH did not tell me anyone was asking me things!!  :} 

Things are possible that we cannot imagine, and we can have amazing things - when we are willing to work to get them, and keep them!  *working and keeping being operative words!  :}*

Good luck girlie! This really is an amazing and teaching journey!

 I think  U look absolutely AMAZING  Brandilynn  !!!    wow !!!!!  


I never would  have DREAMED  its  possible to make skin shrink  and become so TIGHT  without the  photographic PROOF!! 

U have such a  gorgeous  Bod !  and U built it Urself  !!        how cool is THAT  ?!  


U rock  Gorgeous  chick !!   

Thank you, mzAva!!  I think its pretty amazing too!

My husband is another human who is even more amazed than I am at how my skin goes through changes.  Or he will touch my belly skin one day and say "you are about to shift again" :}  because my skin feels softer/squisher when a redistribution is coming.  Its funny! 

Thanks for your encouragement girliepie!