Lose 100 Pounds and as a reward purchase a new Mercedes C230 or C280.

I realized late Wednesday afternoon on February 20th that it was my anniversary date of my surgery.  WOW what a year it has been and a blessed year at that.  God is truly Good all the time and all the time God is Good!

100 pounds less than I was 366 days ago.  I feel great and am looking good.  Clothes are falling just so and I have to laugh when I think about it that I've lost 100 pounds of BUTT! and it's all good.

Yes, breast lift, tummy tuck (just a little bit) and maybe removal of skin from my thighs will have to take place -- eventually.  So we'll have to say how that goes with the insurance.

Happy Anniversary to ME! 

  I've reached the 100 pound weight loss mark.  Praise God.  I never dreamed I'd see below 200 pounds again EVER and now to see 187 and down to a size 16 is AWESOME.

So I've achieved the goal of loosing the 100 pounds; now I've gotta figure out to get that Mercedes.

Oh Lord want you buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drive Porsches I must make amends
I worked hard my whole lifetime with no help from my friends
Oh Lord want you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

So if you are reading this profile and contemplating having surgery; you have made a most excellent decision for yourself, your life and your family.  God has made a way for you to do this TRUST GOD through the process.

God bless each and every one.

Well, here we are.  God has seen us through another year and for that I'm truly GRATEFUL and THANKFUL.

I'm EXCITED about what GOD has planned for me in 2008.  This being the Year of the Rat -- for those born in 1960 -- so that would be me.

I'm beginning to really see what other people are beginning to see -- the weight loss in my face.  The change that has occurred and the (physical) evolution that I'm seeing is quite daunting.  My partner tells me that the beauty has always been there and I'm beginning to see what others have always seen.  Now it's my turn to get used to it.  It's an evolution that I must take one day at a time.

It would appear that I've some mental and emotional adjustments of my own to make and I just ask God to order my thoughts and keep me grounded as I move forward in this process.  Now that I see how much I've lost, I'm getting kind of afraid as to how small I might actually get.

We shall see.

Oh my how time flies when you downsize.

In October I had my 9 month post-op visit with Dr. DVR -- all is going well and I've lost 87 pounds.  I was happy to hit an even 200 lbs. when I reported for my check up.  Now my goal is to have lost at least 100 lbs. by the end of the year.

This has been an awesome transformation for me.  I never thought I'd see 200 lbs again in my life.  I've joined a bowling league, so even if I don't exercise all week long, I get 3 hours of exercise every Sunday.  Bowling has motivated me to work out on a daily basis, to increase my cardio and strength.  Since I have access to free fitness centers at home as well as at work; I've started taking workout cloths to change into.  Since the time change, it's too dark to walk at the high school and it's a little too cool when I get home.  I'm the sort that once I'm home, I'm home.  So in order to get a workout, I do so after work.  So far so good.  I alternate legs and arms and the days I don't go to work, I don't exercise.

The body is shaping up pretty good; however, boob lift is on the menu and probably a tummy tuck as well -- within the next year or so or when I have the funds.  The tummy tuck will probably remove another 10 lbs and I'm not quite sure what to do with the thighs.  There isn't a lot of extra skin; however, there is skin nevertheless.

So we shall see what the coming year will bring and how the universe will provide for these surgeries.

And I'm down 80 pounds.  It appears that I just might reach my goal of weighing 200 pounds by my 47th birthday.  I've taken 12 pair of pants to the seamstress so she can downsize them to at least an 18.  I think I'll have them altered only once and then the next go around of weight loss -- say down to a size 14 I'll probably give them away.

This has been quite an interesting transformation and it is often times surprising and enlightening at the same time.  I'm just thankful to God that there haven't been any complications and things are progressing as She designed them.

Continued Peace and Hair Grease