So first the setback! I have gallstones and an inflamed gallbladder so I have to have that taken out on August 13 with Marshall. They hurt so bad sometimes I wish they could schedule surgery sooner!

And the wow- today I am officially under 200 pounds! Only 48 pounds till goal!

Just wanted to share! Have a great day everyone- so far mine has been awesome!

I am officially taking the steps to start my own weight loss support group.  I am pretty excited about it!  I am going to talk to the local library and my gym about using their meeting room as a location for the support group meetings.  I also started the application process here on Obesity Help.com to be an OH support group leader.  I really hope it get approved!  I have so many ideas I want to implement and already have some guest speakers in mind.  Some of the girls I have already been casually meeting with and I have talked about what obstacles they are facing and what they need from a support group.  I am working on getting some strategies together for them individually to help them with those obstacles.  One things that keeps coming up is motivation.  That one is kind of interesting because everyone is so different and different things motivate different people!  What kinds of things motivate you to keep on track? 

My cat just tried to eat my vitamins!

I just bought a shirt at a regular clothing store in a size SMALL!  I never thought that would happen!  WOW!

I have a huge amount of clothing that I need to pass on to others so I figured I would have a clothing swap at my house Sat July 3rd at 10 am in Bloomington, IL. If you are interested just let me know and I will send you my address and contact information in a private email. The clothing I have to share is anywhere from a medium to size 28. Some of them are my old clothes I can't wear anymore and some are things I have gotten off Freecycle and just aren't my style. Feel free to bring all the stuff that you can't wear anymore or just come and pick up some new things. Of course all my clothes are ladies clothing (sorry fellas) and I have lots of purses and shoes (sizes 6 - 7.5 and some 8-10). I will have some WLS-friendly food available. I will be making protein mini donuts and will probably make some mini crustless quiche bits, as well as have some cheese, lunchmeat, and other high protein foods available. I will have those recipes available as well. Whatever doesn't get taken during the swap I will either take to my surgery centers clothing closet or if this goes well I will save them in my storage closet and have another clothing swap party next month! Just a note- I do live on the second floor so there is a flight of indoor stairs you will have to climb but we can help bring all the clothes up the stairs for you if you need help with that.

What: Clothing Swap
Where: my house in Bloomington, IL
When: Sat July 3rd, 2010 starting at 10 AM

Hope to see you there!