Well, I am excited.  I have finally hit the 70 lbs weight loss point, and I took my measurements the other day and I have lost a total of 8 1/2 inches in my waist and a whopping 10 inches in my hips!!!  That's almost a foot in my hips!!  Amazing!!  This is the best decision I ever made!!  I am so happy I did it.  I still have a long way to go, but I am almost halfway to my goal!!  Woohoo!! 

 I have lost 25 inches over all, and my BMI went from initial 54 down to 45.3!!!  In 3 1/2 months!!

I have finally lost 50 lbs!  And all of a sudden I can see a real difference in my looks!  The last 8 lbs really made a difference.  Tomorrow I will take my measurements and see how many inches I have lost so far!  So far it has been pretty easy!  I can eat most anything, just small quantities, and I do not feel the least bit deprived!  I love it!!  Best decision I ever made!  People are really starting to marvel at my weight loss!!  It's very exciting!  For those of you who are early in the process, do not give up hope, I was feeling like my weight loss was too slow, but I talked to a friend who had it done with two friends of hers 8 years ago and she lost slow, they lost fast, they put it back on, she has kept it all off!   I won't complain about slow any more!  This is definitely just what I needed!!   

Well, I haven't written in a while cause I didn't feel there was much to write about.  I'm doing really well as far as I am able to eat most anything now and I feel really well.  Apples don't agree with me, but that's okay.  The weight loss sure seems slow, I've lost 35 lbs so far.  I've started going to the gym and I have worked up to 15 minutes on the elliptical stair stepper!!  I am also doing the bike, treadmill and nautilus, not all at the same time!! lol.  The amazing thing to me is that I have lost a total of 20.5 inches overall so far!!!  6.5 inches in my waist and 5.5 inches in my hips!!  Amazing!  That keeps me positive, even though the weight loss is not as fast as I would have liked!  I'm really glad I took my measurements prior to the surgery!  I'm not allowing myself to get discouraged about the slower than expected weight loss.  I know it will all come off eventually!  I am down two sizes already, so that's great!  Well, just wanted to post an update.  I posted pics that were taken today, not a huge difference yet, but still a noticeable one, I think!   

It's been 7 weeks, I have lost a total of 30 lbs and 12 inches over all!  4 inches in my waist, 3 1/2 inches in my hips, woohoo!!  And I can pretty much eat normal food now.  Some things I have found do not agree with me yet like apples, and watermelon.  Just doesn't want to go down right.  Tends to come back up!  But it is going very well!  People are starting to really notice the difference. Someone told me today I was melting away!  I am wearing two sizes smaller in pants!  I'm glad I had the surgery.  I needed something to force me to do what I need to do!  And I am down from 8 meds to just 2!  Yayy!