August 9,2006 Weight has stayed the same. I go from 163-167 staying steady. Everyday is still a new day and WOW moments happen all the time. Rick is just wonderful. I ask him if he was ok with all the weight loss and he said he loved me no matter how I looked, but he also said he has never seen me so happy as I am now. Before my surgery I struggled with Headaches for years. They have been gone until about 5 weeks ago. They are back. So that is getting me down otherwise my health is great. We are going to Coney Isand this week and then we are camping for 3 days. I can't wait. Kids are getting ready for 3rd grade and they are excited. It will be strange taking the girls to school. No one hardly recognizes me any more. So we will see.

August 17, 2006 Still staying the same wt but that is fine. I have changed so much and I feel confident at times that I will keep making good choices about food. Last Thursday we went to an old Coney. I had the best time ever. I approached the first ride scared to death. I hadn't really ridden any rides in years and years. The first ride I was scared to death. Worried the bar wouldn't latch. Worried I wouldn't fit and I would have to get off the ride. Worried I sat in the wrong side of the ride and I would smash my daughter. Panic almost took over. I was still that fat, morbid obese, woman. But guess what, the bar fit. The seat belts all buckeled. I slid from side to side and hurt my hip bones and I didn't smash my daughters once. I climbed the 100 stairs to do that crazy yellow slide which I have never done and raced my husband to the end. I no longer had a fear of heights and later I figured out I wasn't afraid of heights I was just afraid of what ever I was standing or sitting on would break and I would fall. I no longer have that fear. The chair will not break anymore. I am normal!!!!! What a wow day. But like I said before everyday is a wow day.