Well....Shannon,(hubby) had his surgery about 2 months ago...he is doing great.....he has lost almost 45lbs so far....the weird thing is....I seem to be having re-occurances and have lost 5lbs...it looks as though that now that he has had his surgery i don't have to cook very often(just 4 the kids)...so i am eating little to nothing as well...right before he had it...I could eat almost an entire Big Mac....he thinks my pouch has re-shrunk itself....it kind of sux because now I have the dumping worse than before....I do not need to lose anymore...so I hope this stops soon...other than that...things are going well ya'll...I will post periodically....congrats to all of you who have been successful and are maintaining...& good luck to all of you who are about to begin your journey!!!!

 I feel so great to know that I have met my Goal!!!!! I have so much energy now and feel better than i have ever felt ....My hubby is waiting on approval so he can have his weight loss surgery!!!!

Well....sorry folks...been OVER a year since my surgey and I am maintaining around 138lbs...still have a problem with dumping.We have  moved to the city now...we own 2 English Bulldogs...My oldest will be a senior this year.Sooo much has changed in my life....yes i can wear just about anything I want nowadays....but sometime i have 2nd thoughts about this  surgery...I think it has caused some hormonal changes as well as heavier periods..and just all around strange feelings...maybe someone can help me later....but right now I have to focus on helping my husband deal with his weightloss journey....I think he is gonn have the RNY....he's looked @ all the options....he stood by me and put up with me and all my drama during my descent into weightloss hell....so I guess...I must be patient with him...lol!! He has a  LOT of health issues...more so than I did...he first had wanted the band...but I was told there was no dumping (& I KNOW this sounds crazy...BUT) I told him He NEEDED that tool...He LOVES sweets so he needs that extra little somethin' somethin' to make him"behave"....but we will see what happens....as for me...i am satisfied where i am with my weight....and IPRAY..I can keep it off...aside from all this hormonal emotional "stuff"....all in all...i know I made the RIGHT decision for my health.

Hey everyone.....I just wanted to tell evryone, Thank-u soooo much for the loving words of encouragement and picture comments....we all need to lift eachother up....sorry I haven't posted in a while.....well, I am down 70lbs now....I went back to drinking my water again....I had slipped up a couple times and drank sweet tea...I was going off the beaten path....but NOW...I can't do it....cause my body CRAVES water ONLY!!!  I was'nt following Dr. orders bout' eating right either..(like NOT drinking  and eating at the SAME time) You guys....seriously....that is the HARDEST thing for me to do....But take it from me....You MUST follow your regime....or the weight WILL NOT come off as quickly!!!! I learned that the hard way....but now...I'm straight. I also took on a part-time job waitressing at a lil' hometown restaurant....so I run my butt off....it's helped alot!!! Don't worry though....I cannot eat the food (it is all mostly fried)...trust me...I've already experienced dumping....it is NOT fun....I broke out in a cold sweat and got violently ill...vomiting...lightheaded....so ya'll be REAL careful bout' sugars & starches later on when the Doc ok's U to start eating solids. Ya'll...my boobs are going bye-bye I hate that...but I CAN wear clothes I had put back from when I STARTED getting fat . Don't wanna buy none yet though....Well....i will post again in a month....Once again....thanx to ALL my friends....and You all keep up the good work as well!!!

Well...I went to my first post-op visit yesterday and all went well I lost 15lbs!! Not a bad start for one week ... The fluids all the time was a killer!!!  Anyway...he put me on vitamin B-12 and told me if I wanted to that I could just go get some chewable chlildren's vitamins also and take 2 a day along with the B-12...something interesting he DID share with me was the fact that Doctors NO longer pushed giving the medication to help pre-vent gall-stones due to the fact that recent studies have shown the percentage rate  of the likelihood that a patient will develop gallstones has decreased dramatically....so he said he'd leave it up to me...but personally he did'nt think i'd need it. So good...one less thing I'll have to remember to take daily!!! LOL!! He also said that I could move up to some "Crunchy items"....so I went and found some melba toast...it was so funny...I did'nt even know what that was...it just so happened a vendor was on the cracker isle stocking shelves and I asked him what and where it might be....he said "I think it's like a cracker ma'am, but I would'nt know what to tell you it looks like" ....hehe..leave it to my smart alec husband to find it and make me look stupid!!! Soooo....I'm trying different things now to get a feel of what it's like to reach my "full limit' and buddy I found that out REAL quick like...I ate a lil' too much....and up it came ...won't do that no more!!!  It hurt like heck!!!   Welll i'm not gonna do any pix until next month on the 3rd (my 1 month surgery anniversary) ...but I will keep ya'll updated....until then ...TTYL!!!!