VSG Maintenance Group
Pick "just one"......
All of the above!!!Awesome replies!
Mine is really an all-encompassing answer, but, its my favorite thing.
I finally, for the first time in my life....understand....and can appreciate....what its like to live without my biggest crutch. (so, same as, "Freedom").
That means, at its essence, being myself, without all the excuses. Excuses I made for myself and excuses I made for other people/cir****tances/things.
So, my all-encompassing response is really pretty simple: I can be me.
Makes me cry :)
Mine is really an all-encompassing answer, but, its my favorite thing.
I finally, for the first time in my life....understand....and can appreciate....what its like to live without my biggest crutch. (so, same as, "Freedom").
That means, at its essence, being myself, without all the excuses. Excuses I made for myself and excuses I made for other people/cir****tances/things.
So, my all-encompassing response is really pretty simple: I can be me.
Makes me cry :)
Sanity.
Because of the surgery and the serious detox in the beginning phases, it really helped me to see the truth about me that I knew before, but was now, kind of painted into a corner and had to DO something about it, or utilize the tools I had gathered, because there was no starting "tomorrow," I drew that line in the sand the day of surgery. I really appreciate not being some food's ***** and my heart hurts for folks that I watch lead themselves right back into slavery. But we all have our journeys and we learn at the pace we learn, yea? Yea. So thankful to not feedmyself a diet of half truths and "yea...buts" because I needed to justify the inability to white knuckle forever and "be strong enough."
Because of the surgery and the serious detox in the beginning phases, it really helped me to see the truth about me that I knew before, but was now, kind of painted into a corner and had to DO something about it, or utilize the tools I had gathered, because there was no starting "tomorrow," I drew that line in the sand the day of surgery. I really appreciate not being some food's ***** and my heart hurts for folks that I watch lead themselves right back into slavery. But we all have our journeys and we learn at the pace we learn, yea? Yea. So thankful to not feedmyself a diet of half truths and "yea...buts" because I needed to justify the inability to white knuckle forever and "be strong enough."
Wow, I love all these posts! I'm still 20 lbs away from goal, but my life is so much better. It's hard to pick just one thing, but I think I'll say...Being Happy. I was never happy. I felt ugly, depressed, out of control, hopeless, like a total loser. Now I'm happy. I see possibilities in tomorrow and feel like I am in control. It's great.
Highest weight ever recorded: 224lbs. Surgery weight: 194 lbs.
Goal range: 130-135 lbs. Lowest:119.7 Current weight 142lbs Height: 5' 2" almost
Goal range: 130-135 lbs. Lowest:119.7 Current weight 142lbs Height: 5' 2" almost
Getting to know myself and letting other people get to know me for a change too..
If I had to pick just one thing.. there are so many!
If I had to pick just one thing.. there are so many!
I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson
