I checked my BMI today and I found out that I am obese!  Not Super Obese or Extremely Obese, just plain old obese!  How wonderful!  

The other night I was laying on the couch and my 7 year old daughter that weighs 46 lbs came and laid down on top of me and hugged me, we snuggled for a minute and then I told her that she was going to have to move over because I couldn't breathe.  While we laid there and talked I thought about the fact that I used to live with that weight on me all the time.  I would wake up in the morning and my chest would ache and it was all because of the extra 60 lbs that I was carrying.  It is so nice to get up in the morning rested and to just get right up and do what I need to do.  Before I would have to hobble around for a while before I could actually get going in the morning.  I can't say enough how grateful I am for the opportunity to have this surgery and change my life.  I thought about it long and hard before I decided to make this move and I have not regretted my decision even once!  

Just another funny little story, the other day I was in my car and I couldn't figure out why the seat seemed so low.  My seat doesn't adjust up and down so it wasn't that.  I fiddled with the controls for a little while and finally I had a light bulb come on my butt is smaller now!  I have lost a lot of the padding that kept me up so high!

Three cheers for being obese and having to peak over the steering wheel in the car!!!

HIP HIP --- Hooray

HIP HIP --- Hooray

HIP HIP --- HOORAY!!!!