Ahh I cannot believe that I have forgot how to resize and animate an avatar, I tried and tried to get the pics (four of them) all the same size and to make them clear but nope not this time...I am sorry that yall cannot see me in the pics but I give up haha....if you know of anyone that can help me, PLEASE PM ME...I want to make my befores and afters animate like the rest of the gang on this site. Sorry for the bad image quality, in animation shop it is clear as a bell then when I upload it, this is what I get.....what a headache .....anyway see yall later....at least one can tell that I am about 325 down from where I was two years ago...yeah I guess that is what counts isn't it?? Love yall...Rney......

                 THANK  YOU  

           DR LARRY  HOBSON

           FOR  MY  SURGERY, 

          YOU  SAVED MY  LIFE

             GOD  BLESS  YOU

WOW WOW WOW, that is all I can say since the last time I posted. I have been enjoying my life and living it to the very fullest .....I am so sorry I have not been on to post any updates but SO MUCH has happened in my life that I dont know where to begin.....

Well, to start with, I have only about 60 more pounds to go to reach my goal wt. I feel so good everyday now. I found love again....I am continuing to loose wt everyday and life could not be better. I have not had any comps nor have I been sick due to the surgery.....I did have a stupid moment once and got myself dehydrated and had to go to hospital but all is well now. That was a lesson I had to learn.....and I did believe me.....I found that I cannot live on love alone....I have to get in my water intake or else. Since I was here before, I have been OUTSIDE and have been in the pool most everyday and GOD IS SO GOOD to me that he sent me my better half......YEP ......Im in love again......his name is Lawrence and we were together 28 years ago and five years before that too.....we were kids when we met then we got together when we were 19 and 21. It ended badly that year of 82 and I really thought all was lost for he and I to be together again but nope GOD DOES WORK in weird ways....he put us together again in April and we have been together since. We are closer now and that really terrifies me but at the same time I am happier now than I have been in my WHOLE life. I wake up now feeling like I am on top of the world and everyday is a new day for me. It has been just a year since my surgery and my total wt loss is lets see.....ummm ........316 pounds lost....yep thats right, I am almost home at my goal wt.....wowwowowow.....Sorry I dont get on the computer like I used to do but hey my life is SO FULL now that it is hard to even sit down and say hello to anyone...but you all know that I LOVE YA and i do still think about you. Someone asked me about my extra skin and yep I have TONS of it haha...but I dont complain cos I made GOD a promise that I would not complain once I lost my wt so I have learned to just deal with the extra fat that is on me. Yes it is ugly and it is painful but I am too glad to be alive and I can and do deal with it. I would have to say it probly is about 40 pounds or so but as long as my darlin dont care I wont worry about it. Yall please pray for me and know that I love ya.....See ya later......Renee all smiles now.......

Wow here it is April and I have to ask where oh where has the time gone? I am enjoying spring for the first time in YEARS and it feels so good to be able to get outside and feel the sunshine. This time last year I was homebound and in the house and did not have a clue I would be where I am at now. I was near death a year ago and I hope and pray that I never go back to that part of life again. I am so careful of what I eat and how much. I never want to eat anything that will be bad for me or that will make me dump. I have not experienced that feeling yet and I hope I never do. Ok, let me tell ya, I want to shout it out to you all and tell you that after YEARS of being locked in the house I have been able to do something that I have missed. Let me explain....Where I live, we have a CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL here and I love the pink trees and all the flowers and oh yeah the events with arts and crafts, I cannot list everything here on this board or Eric would have my head but anyway you get where I'm coming from, it has so much to do that it lasts 10 days to complete it all. Well, one of the events is the Bengal Tiger Show and I have always wanted to see it. I finally got my chance yesterday.....Those animals are truly beautiful and the photos that I will post dont even begin to tell how big they are. They are awesome so check them out in my pics okay? I enjoyed myself very much but learned that those cats are well....wild.... and they mark the territory alot and the people on the front lines got soaked, yep you guessed it, I was one of them haha.....but I got some good pics at least. The park where we were had lots of carnival rides and I wanted to ride them so badly but I was afraid too because I was afraid the my butt would not fit in the seat yet, so I have decided to wait till next year for that. I love all rides like at Six Flags and the faster they go the better it is for me haha.....I hope that this is just the icing on the cake of my new life. I love each and every day that GOD gives me and I enjoy telling you all about it. I never ever thought in a million years that I would feel as good as I do today.....What a wonderful feeling it is to be alive .......see ya ......