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I can't believe that it's been 16 months since my surgery and I feel so good.  I've lost a total so far of 156 lbs., I'm down to 197.2, so I've reached my personal goal of being in the 100's.  My doctor's goal for me at first was 171 lb, but at my 1 year check up he said my goal was fine.  I'm still losing, Thank God.  I will lose than gain back some and keep this yo-yoing up. Ha Ha   I can eat anything, nothing makes me sick.  I really watch the sugar content and make things with Splenda.  I need to take my measurements gaing to check them. 
I'm now wearing L or XL  shirts and anywhere from 16, 18 to 20 size pants.  That is from a 4 XL or 5XL shirt and 30-32 pants.  Thank you Jesus.  I've been going to yard sales like crazy this summer and have got some really good clothing deals.  I can new find clothes at yard sales, where I never could before.  I've also sent to Thrift Stores.  I love them.
I can do so much more that I could before.  I now weight about what I weighed when Randy and I got married 25 years ago.  That's right, we celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary last Wednesday.  We went away for a short trip to Amish Country, and really enjoyed ourselves.
I'm so happy that the Lord blessed me with getting this surgery and have success with.  I pray that he will be by my side to Maintain.  I could have not done this without him and my family and many friends.
Enough rambling.  Just wanted to up-date.
Love to all of you,
Annetta

We'll today I'm 1 year out from my surgery and weight 212.8 as of this morning.  I got weighed on Tuesday (my usual day) and I weighed 213.8.  So I've lost 4 oz. since Tuesday. Yea Yea.  
I feel fantastic and look pretty good too.  I'm down in pants from 30/32 to 20/22 and a 4 XL or 5XL top to a XL or a 1 XL.  It all depends on how things are cut.  Also in shoes, I wore a 8 or 8 1/2, not I'm in a 7, 71/2 or 8.  
It's amazing the difference in a year.  I do things that I would never been able to do this time last year and I now do them without thinking anything about it.  I'm off my CPAP machine and I'm hoping to get off my blood pressure med.  My blood pressure last Friday at Dr. Grandia's office was 116/68.  He was really pleased with my weight loss and said he couldn't believe the difference in my face.  If everything goes well I don't have to go back for 1 year.  
I'm not exercising like I should, I need to get back on my treadmill.  I would like to loose appr. 15 more lbs.  To be under 200lbs.
Blessings to all.
Annetta

I hadn't thought I'd post now, but had something I wanted to share.  As of last Monday the 10th of March I am 11 months out, I get weighted on Tuesday's and I was down 4.2 lbs. making me weight 214.2lbs.  I have lost a total of 138 lbs.  I am now off my c-pap and I seen my PCP yesterday and she said that next time she is going to reduce my blood pressure medicine.  My blood pressure is great along with my Cholestrol.  
What I wanted to Share is this:  I am bad about getting film devoloped.  I had some and sent it in.  We got them back this week and they are from Christmas of '06.  I couldn't believe that was me in the pictures.  My husband said it didn't look like me.  I guess when you are that heavy you don't realize or don't want to realize how heavy you are.  Now when I look in the mirror I still the overweight me, so many people say how nice I look.  ectc..... seeing the pictures I can now really see it.
Love to all,
Annetta

As of last Tuesday I'm down 134.8 lbs and weight 217.6 lbs.  Yea Yea Yea
I feel really good and love getting the complimants I get telling me how nice I'm looking,   I finally bought me a pair of jeans at Wal-Mart.  My sister said finally I'm not wearing "Old Lady" jeans.  They are 24 Petite, I think I could have gotten a 22.  I bought 2 sweaters last week at Gabriels, one is a OX and the other one is a XL.  Last weeekend I bought a new top and it was a 16/18.  I think it must have been sized wrong.  But who know.
I'm eating anything, only really small portions of it and no sugar or VERY little of it.   Once in a great while I will eat a regular piece of candy, but not very often at all.  
I still eat 6 times a day.  I do better at work where I can be more on a schedule that at home on the weekends.  I try to get all my meals in at home, but sometimes I just don't get that done.
I go on April 4th for my 1 year checkup.  I won't be a year until the 10th, but that's when they scheduled it.  
On the 14th of February (Valentine's Day) I had Dr. Elston's pulse-ox overnight to monitor my sleeping.  Well this past Monday I got the word that all is great with that and I know longer need my my C-Pap Machine any more Yea Yea.   I hadn't been sleeping with it for quite some time, the pressure was too high and hurt my throat and nose.  
We'll I'll be sure to update soon.
Annetta

We'll I'm now 9 months out from surgery, today is the day but the actual date is the 10th which is Thursday.  
I got weighed today and I'm down to 224.6 lbs., that's a total loss of 127.8.  Thank you heavenly father for all your blessings you have bestowed upon me.  
Today I'm wearing a 1XL shirt that I bought at a yard sale last spring, It is a taylored button up shirt.  I started in a pull over shirt size 4XL or 5 XL.  I'm wearing 22/24 pants.  I feel good and have alot more energy.  
I was worried over Christmas that I might gain a little weight, but actually I lost 1 lbs. one week, 2.8 lbs. the next week and this week 6 lbs.  WOO HOO
If I could loose 25 more lbs. that would be getting me below 200 lbs, and that was my goal for myself.  Dr. Grandia's goal is for me to weight 171 lbs., well have to see.  
I got new underpants a few weeks ago.  I started out in size 14 underwear and I bought size 9 now.  Again Woo HOO Ha Ha
Not much more news, I feeling really good and I eat just about anything, just alot smaller portions and of course I watch the sugar content.  
So far so Good.  
TaTa for now.
Love, Annetta

Yesterday marked my 8 month anniversary.  It's hard to believe that 8 months ago I had my surgery.  I've lost 118.4 lbs. in that time and that's amazing to me.  
I'm feeling good and doing good.  The weight loss has really slowed down.  I may loose one week and then gain the next.  I'm trying to walk on the treadmill at least 3 times a week.  Some weeks I get that done and some I don't.  
I just pray that I can get down below 200 lbs.  That is MY goal for myself.  I'm now weighting 234 lbs. , my starting weight was 351 lbs.  
All for now, I'll update next month.

As of yesterday I am 7 months out, the actual date the 10th is Saturday.  I got weighed and I lost 4 lbs. in the past week for a total of 113.8 lbs.  I now weight 238.6.  I am feeling reall good, and pray that the weight keeps coming off.  Thank you Jesus.  
No news here,  I'm doing pretty good in getting my protein in each day.  I have been trying to eat a protein ball with each meal and snack to up my protein intake.
I am now wearing comfortably a 22/24 pants and a 2 XL tops.  I had bought at a yard sale earlier this summer a 1 XL top and it no way fit then.  I tried it on a couple of times since and it's getting to fit better.  Last week it now button's, but it's too "tight" for  my taste.  Hopefully it won't be long and it will fit.  It's a button up type shirt.
Ta Ta for now.
Annetta

When I weighed myself this morning, I have lost 4 lbs. this past week.   Two  weeks ago I didn't loose any and then the next week I had gained 2.8 lbs.  I had stopped keeping my food journal, thought I'd try not keeping it for a while and see how things went.  Well in the two weeks I "Failed", so after last week and gaining 2.8 lbs. I started keeping it again.  It's a small job compared to all I'm "loosing" Ha ha.  So far I've lost 109.8 lbs.  YEA YEA
I am able to eat anything, I really watch my sugar intake.  It has to either be no sugar or very low sugar.  I drank a cup of s/f cappiciano with a packet of Equal and some creamer and it made me sick last Sunday.  I had drank a cup on Saturday and have drank it before, but this time it make me really hot and sick to my stomach.  I'll have to watch that.
This past weekend my mother-in-law made me a s/f pumpkin roll and pumpkin cookies.  It was delicious.  When I can eat a little of that I don't feel deprived. Ha Ha  I just really watch and don't eat much of it.
I think the reason I've lost 4 lbs. this past week it because I've uped my protein intake and drank more fluids.  I have to really watch eating cheese though, because I was sick on Saturday all day with my bowels not wanting to move.  The weekend before the same thing happened.  I'm going to my PCP tomorrow and I'll discuss this with her.  I'm down to 242.6 / beginning weight was 351.00.  A total of 109.8 gone forever.  (I'm in a 22/24 pants now from 30/32, and a 2 XL top from a 4XL or 5XL. Yea Yea Yea

Yesterday I weighted myself and had lost 1.6 lbs. in the past week.  My weight at home is 245.6.  I had an appointment at Dr. Grandia's yesterday and I weighed 244.5 there.  I have lost a total of 106.8 lb.s according to their scales.  Yea Yea Yes
I've had a couple of  "WOW" moments this past week.  On this past Friday Randy and I stopped at the gas station and a girl there asked if I had been sick?  I said no why, she said her boss had seen me and could tell I'd lost weight and thought I'd been sick.  I told her NO, that I'd had WLS.
Then yesterday in Dr. Grandia's office, a woman in the waiting room asked me if I was having the surgery?  I said I had already had it and had lost 105 lbs..  She said "I thought you didn't look big enought to have the surgery"  I could have hugged her. Ha ha  I know I have alot more to loose, but those little comments (good comments) really make a person's day.
My eating is going well.  Nothing makes me sick.  I just really watch what I eat and the portions.  I just hope and pray I can and will continue to do as I'm doing to loose more weight then maintain the loss.  With the encouragement of my family and friends and with God's help, I WILL to this.
TaT TaT for now.   Annetta

Well this morning I weighed myself and I am down 7.2 lbs.  This is the most I've lost  at one time since the first couple of weeks of surgery.  That makes me down to 247.2. Happy Dance !!!!!!!!
This is going to sound funny, but I could tell last week that I probably hadn't lost any weight, and I thought I'd probably lost weight this week.  I just can "tell" it.  I surly didn't expect 7.2 lbs. Yea Yea Yea
I am feeling good.  I'm now eating beef, popcorn, corn ect..    I can now have diet pop also, but I haven't tried it yet.  I haven't been doing too good with getting my protein in.  I told my husband I need to make more protein balls and have some at home and some at work.  I can't take the protein in milk ect... but I can take it in protein balls. Go figure and there is 10 grams of protein per ball.  
I'm having a yard sale tomorrow and Thursday to sell my larger clothes, so I can buy some new ones, smaller ones. Yea Yea   I'm can now wear a 24 womens pants, (depending on how their made) and a 2 xL top.  Maybe even a 1 XL top (again depending on how their made).  Sandra said this morning that she can tell that I've lost more in my hips.  I hope I will start loosing in my stomach and hip area.  I don't think I can loose more in my face, neck, shoulder area.  I'm sure I still can, but I'd like to loose it in my stomach and hip.   All for now.   Annetta