While talking with a friend today, she asked when I had my surgery and I responded "almost 8 years ago on March 6th..." and then it dawned on me that TODAY is March 6th!!  Holy cow, it's been 8 years.  I honestly cannot believe it has been that long.  I can't help but reflect on how much my lift has changed - for the better - since that day at Alvarado Medical Center in San Diego.  I'll spare you the 8-year story, but it's been good.

Just felt a need to share that today is the day.  One hundred and ten pounds remains off my frame...phew.

Amazing,
Kimberlee

Greetings Membership,

I write with a challenge for March: let's bring in 9 more members to our OH Group!!  Why?  We only need nine more people to join our OH Group Page and we will be the 4th largest group in California!!  You know and I know we can do it!

If you have Friends connected with your OH profile and you know they live in the Bay Area, drop them a line encouraging them to join our group for an even better connection with their WLS neighbors.  Thank you for taking the time to encourage your Friends to join.  Beyond that, get hopping on our page by blogging away, scheduling a chat room session and participating on the Discussion Board.  The page is here for you, but only if you use it. 

Be wishes,
Kimberlee

Dear Members,

I hope you enjoyed today's meeting as much as I did.  If you were there, thank you for attending and participating.  I enjoyed seeing so many new faces.  Since we talked about Body Image and the Fat Brain, spend the next month observing your thoughts and actions and see if that darn ole Fat Brain surfaces from time-to-time and/or if your Body Image adjusts (good or bad) or is holding you back from something.  Then again, the Fat Brain could be holding you back.  For example, are you afraid to ride a horse because your Fat Brain is telling you "you're too fat to ride it...you'll break it," or is your Body Image distorted in that you still see yourself at your pre-op heaviest when in fact you are 100+ pounds lighter and could easily climb up onto that horse and ride him/her? 

Enjoy the samples.  If you need information about the samples you received today, especially those that did not have instructions on them, please contact Jaclyn Thomas at [email protected].

If you can remember, when you are done reading the OH Magazines, bring them back next month so other members can read them too.  Recycle, Baby.  Thank you.

I remain humbled, impressed and in awe of how much weight we collectively and individually have lost.  Yet another meeting where our group together has lost over a TON!  Congrats to you! 

See you next month,
Kimberlee MacVicar

Wanted to let you know that OH continues to have a "bug" in its Events page in that when you try to RSVP to an upcoming event, a message pops up telling you the event has passed.  Don't stress about this as registration is not required to attend our in-person meetings.  Please just show up!

Hopefully this will be fixed in the future, but for now, the overhaul of the OH website is bound to have bugs still hidden in places.  Let me know if you find other bugs along your OH journey.

Thanks,
Kimberlee

Maribeth is featured in the current issue of OH Magazine's "Before & After" Section!!  If you have a subscription, be sure to check out this section.  We'll have copies of the issue on-hand at our February meeting so come get your copy!  Maybe Maribeth will autograph yours!! tee hee 

A big Shout Out to Maribeth on her 148 pound weight loss too!

Congrats again,

Kimberlee