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Hi Tonimarie!

Thanks so much for introducing yourself to anybody who does not know you in real life!

I am so in awe that you have committed to do that run! You are fabulous! Maybe I'll be able to do that one day...=)

Way to go for walking twice a week and for helping your friend to get motivated, too. I need to get back into my routine..I keep saying I will go on the way home from school, but have yet to do that! LOL

I committ that I will go this coming week. I will get my clothes together and go at least twice for at least an hour each! You need to kick my butt! LOL

Thanks for all your help and for being such a wonderful member of SCALE!

Hugs and love,
Heather =)

Thanks Heather for creating this group...you can never have enough support!

Glad to be a member....and willing to help anyway I can to make us successful!

Had my surgery 3/28/08 by Dr Adaniel at Good Samaritan Hospital. I walked into the hospital at 267lbs and am currently 150lbs.

I have had so many wow moments and still do and that is what is amazing.

My current goals are in Nov to run a mile race and in the Spring (Hopefully with some of my support group friends) run a 5K. I am doing the races because I can and to say that I achieved a goal that I wanted to. Currently, I am running 2.25 miles straight and by winter I hope to be at the 3 miles.

I love to also share in this wonderful experience and help others. I am walking with a great friend 2 times a week who was having a hard time getting started again with exercise. I am so proud of her for letting me show her the benefits of exercising and having a good time as we talk and enjoy each others company!

Good eating habits and exercise is the key to my success!

See you Saturday! 

Tonimarie

Welcome, everyone!
I am so glad you have decided to check out SCALE--Second Chance At Life Everyday!

Here's where we can all introduce ourselves...so please, join in and tell us a bit about yourself!

I'm Heather. I'm 29 and had RNY on December 1, 2008. My highest weight was 340 and I was 325 the day I came home from surgery. Thus far, I have lost 161 pounds and have gotten my life back!

I named this group SCALE--Second Chance At Life Everyday because I believe that is what this surgery has done for me--given me a second chance at living! Before surgery, my diabetic neuropathy was so bad that I was taking up to 4 extra strength Vicodin pain pills a day just to dull the pain enough to go on. I suffered infections and blood clots in my legs and could not walk more than a few feet without needing to stop and sit, either because I was out of breath or just in too much pain. I wasn't living, I was just barely existing...

Now, everything has changed! My blood sugars are in the normal range and the pain in my hands, feet and legs has subsided significantly! I can breathe and walk and all those things that most people take for granted!

The best news recently is that I just went back to school to get my teaching degree-it's been my dream since I was a child and now, I will finally make it happen--I am finally ABLE to make it happen!

All I can say is....LIFE IS GOOD! I intend to make the most of this second chance!

I am so pleased to be leading this group! I love supporting other post-ops and I am so glad you are all a part of SCALE!

Now, please introduce yourself....=)