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You won't be alone!  You'll have to come up and tell me it's you!
Hugs, Y

Still not too late to sign up for New York Obesity Help.  I'll be leaving in a couple of days and will be gone until Monday.  Hope to see you there!
Hugs, Y

Good to hear from you Yvonne.  You started helping me before I had surgery, saving me from an overly possesive "angel."   Wow, that was about 2 and a half years ago.  Life is good.  :)  I still weigh the same as I did at my lowest weight.  It never fluctuates more than about 3-4 pounds.  I wish my new job didn't keep me so tied up and off OH but I love it so all is good. 

Best,

Chris

 Thank you, Chris. I appreciate it!

 Hello everyone,

I'm fairly new to OH having struggled through my first year on my own. I'm14 months out of a RnY and have lost 75% of my weight. I have another 20-25 lbs to go and have stalled due to my own laziness. I KNOW what I have to do so I've reconnected with WLS sites to get some support and kick-start my mojos. (I accept kicks in the rear from friendly sources!) That said, if I were to stay at this weight forever, (165) I'd be thrilled to pieces because I feel sooo good and consider myself  "normal" when it comes to how a 56 year old woman should look. I do, however, want a good BMI so I have a widdle more work to do!

Additionally, I've been on many message boards over the last 15+ years and have even created a few. All were based on healthy eating. Go figure!  Eventually I burned out on two things;: sitting on my butt all day and dealing with the infinitesimal group of people who can turn a friendly board into an ugly board. Fast forward to now, I decided to give OH another look and after a couple weeks of looky-looing and posting, I decided to personally request the name of proven, friendly boards since I also started to see some spottiness (snottiness?) on the main board. So, thank you Chris for the referral. I am so pleased to meet you all!

Oh yeah, I am 56 as I said,  a married,  stay-at-home mother of 2 grown kids - 22 & 24 - with one still living at home. I also have two, older step-daughters and 4 grandkids. I live in Orange County, CA and had my RnY on my 55th birthday as a gift to myself. No regrets here!
I love to cook and create recipes. I guess I have a thing about following directions -  I prefer to make my own rules, hence the weighty issues.