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Wow weeee! another year I cant believe it!
It has now been 20 months since I took my life back. I look at the before pictures and I find myself saying how? why? and THANK GOD! If it was not for that time in my life, I would not be the person I am now! What kind of person have I become you may ask? I am more focused, a person who sets goals and strives to reach them. I am happy, more loving and forgiving. I have fun now. You also maybe asking how could loosing 145 pounds make you into a totally different person? I say to you, I am not sure how I became like I am. Maybe I was always this person and she just could not see through the layers of fat or even take a chance to peek out through those layers but I really dont care anymore! I am who I am, and thank God he has brought me along this path. Lets see what have I done in the past year?  I have done what I told my surgeon I was going to do when I lost my weight. Dr. Todd asked me as he does all his pateints. What is the one thing you want to do when you lose your weight, that you cant do now because of your weight? Well, my answer was....Motocross race. Simple!  That's what our family does for fun in the summer. I have stood and cheered my boys on from the side lines for 8 years! Guess what? Now they are cheering their mom on! I took 3rd in our city's open womens class. You should have seen the looks on the people who have known me when I was 309lbs and now getting into my gear (which by the way is so cool looking) hoping on my Yamaha #203 and winning races. Its a rush! I can not even discribe it. I am looking forward to this summer and really kicking it up a notch or 2.  Take a look at my MX picture. That was the last Alaska state race of the season..............and my first racing in it. My next step in my journey is to have a tummy tuck and maybe have the girls boosted a little.  To you all thinking about having the surgery....................dont think DO!

January 28, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Wow weeee it's almost Febuary. Well, I am almost 9 months out and down from 309lbs. to 185lbs. I am so excited. As of Jan. 22nd, I started back on my excersice program. I Jazzercise Mon,Tues, Thrus and then on Fridays a Step class. Wow, they really kick my butt!! In a sick kinda way I love it!  In March I will add Yoga on Sat mornings. So after my first week doing all this.....upping my protien and water intake. I droped 3 lbs! This feels so good. I am going to work really hard to get to my personal goal of 145 lbs. by my one year Surgaavissary. I want to be one of those people who loose 100% of there excess weight! Wish me LUCK! Talk to ya all soon!

Well, its almost the end of the year. Wow, what a year it has been. I am 7months out and I am down 121 lbs. I have 43 more pounds to go to get to my personal goal. I have gone From a size.....tight 28 to a lose 14. A 3-4x top to a large! oh yeah, I lost a shoe size somewhere :) oh, remember the sexy boots my wonderful husband wanted to get a few months ago?................well as you can see in my pictures I have my new very sexy victoria secret boots! and they are lose around the calf. ;) 
I would not have changed anything along the way...........the hard times made me strong. The good times made me a happier person. The dark times.....Well, I see better in the dark now. And in the light? I look so much better! sorry....I have weird sence of humor. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! Talk to ya next year. 2007 BRING IT ON!!!!!

I am 5 months and 11 days out. I am down 103 lbs. Hurray for me! I look in the mirror and cant belive I am that person looking back with the great big smile on that slim face :) WOW! yes its me. I have cheek bones too! I am in a size 14 in somethings and 16 in others. I still catch myself going by the plus size area...................I look and I think wow, they look so BIG! and now I would swim in those clothes! Everything is new to me. I love just browsing through the NORMAL size clothes. They are so cute!
On a personal note...........my husband of 25 years.........is loving this change in me. I must admit. Sex was good before, but now its great!!!!! ;-0 He surprised me the other day with a shopping outting. He even bought me shoes to go with the jeans and little tops............What a guy!!!! As I was trying on shoes he came over to me with the cuteist pair of boots............whoeeeee they are sexy! Well he said why dont you try these on? So I did..........I could almost zip them up ( I hate my calfs ) anyway, I said to him "Well now you know what I want for Christmas) LOL he just smiled :) Oh I orderd my first Victoria Seceret bra! I would have never believed I could wear such a pretty little bra! The girls love it too! LOL!

Its been awhile........so it almost been 5 months since my surgery. I could not have guessed the road to weight loss would have been so fast! I have lost 100 lbs. so, I have about 65 more to go!
My family is so happy about this.............I am still is shock. I love shopping for clothes now. I have gone down about 7 dress sizes. I had to show my drivers license the other day and the person..........said "this is not you!" I said sad to say yes it is......the look on her face was priceless! Made my day!!!

Well, today is 3 months out for me.................I am loving life. I would never have thought I would be so energetic and active. Okay, here goes............Down 80 lbs, and 5 1/2 sizes! I am amazed! This week I have kick up my excersice program a knotch.
Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays I do aerobics and on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have started tennis lessons. I played tennis in High school and was pretty darn good at it. Well, tonight was the first time I picked up a racket in over 25 years............I asked myself tonight............"Why did I ever stop playing?" its crazy........it all came back to me! I love it. I think I am becoming a workout addict......................That's ok! Better then food!

Well I am down 63lbs and 3 sizes. Shrinking out of my clothes faster then I can try them on! Happy Happy Happy! I will starting my aqua-cise up this week. I have been walking but not as much as I should have been. I feel so much better and starting to get my energy back. Outlook on life is much better. I starting looking for work. I hope to get the perfect job...........do you think there is one out there? I hope so! Eating is getting better. I still dont eat very much, and I know I have not been getting all the potein I need. The next few months that is what I will be working on as I start adding more and more foods to my daily menu. I love this journey I started, wouldnt change a thing!

Well, today is my oldest son's 24th B-Day. I am 40 days out from my rebirthday. I am down 53 lbs. I am so happy about that. People are really starting to notice the change. Loveing that! I have had a set back though. 2 weeks after coming home from Anchorage I got a staph infection on my back (not related to WLS) a small little zit turned into a life treatning ordeal. I have a hole in the middle of my back the size of my fist! Having to go to the hospital everyday to have the dressing changed, has be horriable! I am so depressed, the antibiotices have been making my little buddy sick....not much taste or sounds good to eat. Protien is very hard to get in at the moment......The Doc thinks everything should change when I am done with the pills....I hope so! Next week the surgeon will stiche the hole up and said I am really doing good. Yeah! Now I hope to really start working on an excercise program and enjoying the Alaska summer while it last.