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Hello everyone...It's been awhile, just stopped by to say hello and let you know how I'm doing. Well I'm still losing weight, but not as fast now...that might be because I am not working right now , and I'm not as active,so I'm going out for a walk..the only complaint I have is so much my loose skin on my stomach,thighs and arms. I've heard that the only real way to get rid of it is thru surgery, so I'm going to contact a plastic surgeon soon. Other than that I am so enjoying being able to walk and move and not have to ride in one of those little cars that they have in the stores. My son even noticed how much better I was walking because we were walking to the store and I was moving so fast I passed him up, He said, "dang ma, you walking fast", and I thought, Hey, I am walking fast... Woww!!!...Thank You Lord!.....take care everyone, I'm going walking.

Hi everyone!  It's happened!...I have officially lost 100 pounds!!!!!!!  ...I am so grateful to God for this blessing!!.....Now I need to know how to get that gold badge that I see other 100 lb. losers show on their pages. Can anyone help me with that?  The only thing I know how to do on this site is post blogs...I'm still learnig how to navigate on this site....I never learned how to set the weight loss graph or how to post my pictures, well, not in the right places...lol....I need help!!!!..Be blessed all.

Hello everyone. It's been a little while since I posted, just laziness on my part. I've been on the site, just didn't post. I'm still losing weight but not as fast as before. I had a goal to be down to 250 pounds by my birthday and I reached it on May 11.  My birthday is the end of this month. yesssssssss!!!! I am now almost down 100 pounds, only 6 more pounds to go and I'll be there. Whew!....Why does it seem like these 6 lbs won't move? I'm sure they will tho....just not as fast as I want them to. My stomach is starting to look like a wrinkled prune, so I'm thinking of contacting a plastic surgeon about a tummy tuck. I have dropped 4 dress sizes and I think  I could wear an even smaller size if not for my stomach. I need the waist room, but not the thigh room, so my pants are always to big in that area.oooo I hate that!  lol......well, take care everyone...God Bless..

Hello everyone.....on this Easter Sunday I thought I would stop by and wish everyone a HAPPY EASTER!!!....I'm still on the losing side...hmm...wow, never thought the word losing would ever be a good thing!....but it is when talking about my weight loss....It's hard for me to believe that last year at this time I was a whopping 340 pounds and  now, just 5 months after my surgery, I'm  85 pounds lighter....only 15 more pounds and I can say like some of you that I reached the big 1-0-0......It was my goal to be down to 250 pounds by my birthday in June, but I am thinking now that  I will most likely pass the hundred pound loss by that time.. I  thank God for that because if not for my surgery I would probably still have a lot of the aches and pains that I used to have and would probably still be on the diabetes, hypertension , and heart meds.....whew!...It feels so good to be lighter. The only problem now is that I'm in need of a new wardrobe, but you know what?....that too is a problem that I never thought would be a good thing....lol...take care everyone...and the best to all of you....hugggs!

Hello everyone. I'm still around, just to lazy to post anything....but I thought i'd better get back on line and let you know how I'm doing, just in case someone has been reading my posts....lol.....well, since my last posting I am now down  by 75 pounds and doing rather good. Thank God. I finally learned how to eat slower, and I now know what I can and cannot tolerate as far as eating goes, but sometimes I just don't have an appetite, so I have to make myself eat at times. I am feeling so much better too.
I can now walk faster and not have to sit down after a few steps. yippeeeeeee!!!!!!..... and this may sound funny, but maybe some of you have done this too. since losing so much I sometimes lay in my bed and explore my body...lol....what I mean is I sometimes look at myself and do certain movements and discover that, Hey, I couldn't do that before. Or I might see something on my body that I never saw before, for instance, I looked at my arm and actually saw a visible vein. Now that may seem like nothing to some of you, but to me it's amazing!.... you see, my arms and hands have always been thick, so I never could see any veins before...now when I go to have any blood drawn I have a visible vein for them to use....the only one they could find before I lost weight  is just about worn out...lol As far as clothing goes.....yes I need some!!......and I'm sooooooo happy about that!!!!....I don't have a goal weight except I want to be healthy, and I'm on my way!...Take care till  next time everyone.

Hello everyone... I hope everyone had a very good holiday season. I did. I didn't gain any weight....and I cooked too.My son is still home on holiday break from college and he always wants his mothers cooking when He is home, so I cooked.and  I did do some tasting too....... If you cook you know how it is...you taste a lil here and a lil there, jus-s-s-s-st to make sure it's seasoned correctly..(rolling her eyes in the air)...lol...but I didn't over do it.....so I am very proud of myself... And Dr Wood is too. He was proud that I have lost 50 lbs. and 9 inches off my waist  six weeks after surgery!!!!. Ask me if I was smiling like a kid who just got a big A+ on her report card!!!!!.  ...I am feeling so much better too!...I have notoiced that I can walk farther without breathing hard....and I'm loving that!......and I feel bones in areas of my body  that I have not felt bone in a lot of years...wow.....I'm always touching myself here and there.....ahhhhh...be careful with those thoughts now!......I'm just exporing my changing body.....lol....I am so glad that I had the surgery.....and I thank God for it!!!!!

Hello everyone. Well, I am losing again....down 3 more pounds....which makes my loss 43 pounds altogether. I am so loving that. I guess it was me moving more that got the weight dropping off again. I took my mom to the Dr and while I was sitting there waiting for her to come out, I was looking out of the window and thought about that long sidewalk  outside........yep...I put my coat on and walking I went.
I went back and forth down that sidewalk about 3 times, I know that sounds like nothing, but for me it was a success since I have not walked much  lately because of having disk problems in my back....so now  I think I wanna walk a mile. No not really walk a whole mile, theres to much snow outside  now anyway...lol.... so I'm gonna do it with my new  Walk off the Pounds excercise tape that I just bought... Ii's going to take me a while to work up to that mile, but i'm goin for it...i'm takin it one day at a time because that's all that God gives us at one time isn't it?....God Bless You Everyone...

I was never so glad to be able to have regular food again in my life!.Today was my graduation to the kinds of food I can sink my teeth into. Well, like I said in my last post I wanted a chicken leg so bad that  my mouth was watering...but instead of boiling it I baked it......my apartment was smelling so good as the seasonings filled the air. I had been out earlier and decided I'd take a short nap  before eating. I didn't know it was possible but I could smell that chicken in my sleep. I couldn't wait any longer, so I hoped up, went into the kitchen and prepared to eat. mmmmmmm........soon my mmmm turned into oh nooooo!!.....Yep! I finally joined the "you ate to fast and threw up club".....wow!!!  man I hate throwing up!  I hate it so much that I didn't throw up once during 3 pregnancies, but the chicken got me. I feel better now, but i think I'll just leave that chicken alone for a few days...lol.   As far as my weight loss goes, I'm stuck at the same weight I was at my last post, but I am sure it's just temporary, I have to get moving a lil more. Sooooooo...here I go.      Happy Holidays everyone!!!! 

I was released from the hospital 3 days after my surgery. Dr Wood kept me an extra day because I had a little bit of a temp, but I was soon ok and went home that Friday. It's funny I gained a lil weight while in the hospital. I guess it came from all of the IV fluids because I sure wasn't eating. I went in the hospital at 332 pounds and came out at 336lbs...the next day my weight began to change.... I was losing weight!!!!  I weigh myself in the mornings once I get up from bed. This morning I am at 300.8 pounds 3 weeks out of surgery!!!  I'm now on my 2nd week of pureed foods, I didn't think I would ever love the taste of baby food so much, but anything is better than another bowl of broth. lol.....I am having a problem with eating slower...how do you make a 1/2 cup of baby food last 1/2 hour?...whew!. I think that is why I get nausea after I eat. so I'm trying to slow it down. I have also found out that eggs, which I loved at one time are now on my foods to avoid list, they nauseate me, and so is coffee, which I  used to drink faithfully each morning....I am grateful that I am not craving much of what I used to eat, but I can't wait till next Tuesday when I go on soft regular foods....I'm gonna boil me a chicken leg till it falls off the bone....mmmm...lickin my lips now!

I got to the hospital about 6:30 a.m. but was told I should have been there at 4:30, I freaked..the lady that called from the hospital gave me my surgery time instead of the time to be at the hospital. It was ok tho....they banded my arm and took me back for surgery preparation. I was excited and scared at the same time. I had never had major surgery before. Well, when I woke up I was a mess. My mom and my boyfriend were there with me, but all I can remember is my mama squeezing my pinkie finger....I guess that was the only thing she felt comfortable squeezing at that moment. lol.  Soon I was transferred to my room. This was so painful for me because I had no help scooting from the transport to my bed....my stomach hurt with every scoot, but I finally made it. They say that you get no rest in the hospital and that is true. Later that night a very sweet nurse came to help me sit up which I did even tho I was still in pain. The next day I managed to  walk a lil bit and it was all up hill from there. Thank you Lord