Hey Ebony, I just
want you to know
that you are on my
mind, give me a
call.
Jesus loves you and
so do I!!!
Jeana
Comment by Lori C. on 12/22/05 8:32 am
Hi Ebony - Well, you
are one day
post-op!! I am so
happy for you. I
know you were afraid
you weren't going to
get approval and
then switched docs
midstream, but you
made it! Good luck
and get ready for a
great ride!
I have decided to take the WLS journey because after years of yo yo dieting I have now reached my highest weight ever and I must make a change before its to late. I have been overweight all of my life, and I do feel that it has stopped me from reaching my full potential in life. I have constantly been made fun of about my weight and this has caused major self-esteem issues for me. My goal in having this surgery is to avoid from having diabetes and high blood pressure like most of the adults in my family and most importantly to change my self image.
WOW! Another year! And no matter the heartaches and pains it has taken for me to get here I am very happy to be a year older today. And I realize one of my goals in life I met. I wanted to go to Europe before 30! I also have a job that requires me to travel. LOVE IT! So the Sgt spoiled me ROTTEN for my birthday! He bought me the BIGGEST bottle of Chanel Chance (my favorite) and Ralph Lauren Romance, another favorite. He is too good to me, even when I am being bratty at times...LOL! I wish he didn't have to go back to Saudi so soon, but he will be with me in Chicago in Decemeber. I am SO excited! So anywho, I just wanted to drop in b/c my birthday has always been a historical event, b/c my 24th bday was when I decided I would never weigh 340lbs again and decided to go ahead with the process to have RNY no matter how many people were against it and I am so glad I did!
It's no secret I have not had the best of luck with men, but today I was in my office talking to the Sgt and I realized, this is the man of my dreams. I can tell him anything, good, bad or indifferent. He supports me in everything I do and offers his thoughts without fear. Just thinking of him makes me smile. He inspires me to keep up with my workouts the army mentality. LOL. He supports my career and I support his. He wants to go to Germany and I want to go too. I will learn another language because after going to Europe I want to go back. Today we were talking about finances and saving together. He keeps mentioning marriage and "us" doing things together. It feels so good to know that he takes me so seriously. He thinks he needs to lose weight, but I love him just the way that he is and I don't think he is big, he is 6'4 I mean seriously, but I know the military is all about image. He is my friend I know I can trust him with my deepest secrets and that feels so good. I met him at one of lowest points in my life, but he never turned his back on me and I am so glad, b/c I have not only a best friend, but a man who cares about me very deeply and support me in what I do and not afraid to tell me I am acting like an ass.
Hey all! Let me tell you the Netherlands are beautiful. One thing I am in love with is the FOOD! And what I like the best is everything is so fresh with NO preservatives or added sugar. I watch the bread being made from scratch there is NO such thing as bread being kept for days here. The Dutch take pride in their food. They love their bikes and small cars. They adore their coffee, beer, ham and cheese. I have enjoyed it all minus the beer though. Yesterday while seeing the sites in Amsterdam, my decision to have RNY came back to me as when I was doing all the walking, going up six flights of stairs at the Rembrandt house and three flights at the van Gogh museum, it was a reminder to me that without RNY I wouldn’t be so in tune with exercising and watching what I eat. I can’t wait to get home to hit the treadmill, but I am definitely going to miss the cooking and the food. It all tastes different, but in a fresh, no fillers kinda way and it is so good. I hope that I get to come back here soon. I am going to start learning Dutch, because truthfully, I could live here.
Finally, it has been brought to my attention that my video message that was posted on myspace has made it to OH BAF. To be perfectly honest I was a bit surprised, but it's all good. Apparently with some of the messages I have gotten, I am missed by some and trust I miss a lot of you too, but I needed to seperate myself from negativity and overgrown teenagers.
You wanna talk about excitement! The most exciting part is I will be traveling INTERNATIONALLY! OH MY GOD! This is a dream!! With all the crazy things in my life I am finally in a job that will put my education and background to work and will allow me to see the Netherlands (Europe) on someone else's dollar! The Sgt is so excited for me, he calls me "Boss Lady" now. Speaking of him, he was having such a bad day yesterday we talked for about an hour I just wish I could have reached out and hugged him. He is stressed, but I know he will be ok, but as he was there for me, he knows I'm there for him. YAH! I gotta new job! I start 9/8.
One plus about this company is they have a gym at the headquarters for their employees and this is a NICE gym. So now I will have NO excuse not to go 5 days a week.
Me, my friend B and the Sgt have decided to participate in a 10K, well I told B that she will do and the Sgt thought it would be fun. So I have been hitting the treadmill harder and working on my core to get myself right. It's not until next year, but no time like the present to start. I know I am post-op b/c three years ago, I would have NEVER even thought to do something like this. I am so glad I have RNY and that I am sticking by my goal to improve my health and that I have friends in my life that encourage me with continuing to improve my health and wants to be apart of things like a 10K with me.
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