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It's been a REALLY long time since I've posted!!!  Life's changed a lot but in a very good way!  I've managed to maintain my weight very well.  I did gain about 10 pounds but I actually did that on purpose.  People were telling me I was too thin and looked sickly.  So I now fluctuate between about 113 - 117 lbs. 

On Monday 02/02/09 I have a consult with a plastic surgeon to talk about having abdomnioplasty and breast augmentation.  I'm super excited!!!  I'm hoping I will get to have that surgery in late February or early March.

I've been with my boyfriend now for almost a year.  In fact on the day of my consult it will be our 1 year anniversary.  He's been so wonderful and super supportive!!!  He's going to the consult with me and says he's going to be there every step of the way on that journey holding my hand.  I'll be moving in with him in June when school gets out.  He lives in LaVernia in a super huge and beautiful custom home he built about 3 years ago.  I'm very excited!   We have talked marriage but I really don't think we'll ever do it.  I've been married twice and he's been married three times so we've decided that at least for now, we are happy with the way things are.  I love him dearly and having or not that little piece of paper isn't going to change that.

On another note, my daughter got married last June.  She's in school working on her RN and got a full scholarship to OKU.  I'm so very proud of her!!  She lives in Oklahoma now and recently bought her first home.  My son is now 12 and this year started playing football with the Junior High team.  He loves it and really needed the exercise!  He's very overweight.  He outweighs me by about 25 pounds.  That's not good at only 12 years old and 4'11".  So I'm hoping him being in athletics will help him out in that department.  He hates being the biggest person in the house now.  It used to always be me. 

Well, that's the jist of my life right now.  I couldn't be happier!!!!  I'll try to post more often. 

Wow!  I haven't posted in a while!  Things here are absolutely wonderful!!  I've met someone.  He's awesome and I feel so fortunate!  His name is Paul and he's a little older but I don't care!!!  We have a ton in common and just love being together. He loves me for who I am and doesn't care about all the ugly loose skin.  I'm still embarrassed by the skin thing but I'm loosening up a little about it.  I am gonna try to get at least my breasts done this year so that will make me feel better.  We are planning a trip to Vegas in May.  I'm really excited about that!!  His father is coming into town from New York in April and he wants me to go with him to the airport.  He's very excited for me to meet his Dad.  I am still so thrilled I made the decision to have this surgery!!  I haven't had ANY regrets!  I love buying my size 2/4 clothes. 

My sister had surgery on Monday 09/24/2007.  I was feeling pretty guilty afterwards because I kept telling her it was a fairly easy surgery and not a lot of pain.  She was miserable!!!  I guess compared to back surgery it was a cinch for me but she hasn't really had any other surgeries.  So needless to say her pain level was high and she was not a happy camper.  She was doing much better yesterday when I went to Innova to see her.  I'm just waiting on the call for her to be released this morning so I can go pick her up.  She's feeling much better and ready to get out of the hospital.  Our mother has sort of had a complete turn around from when I talked to her last month.  I think she's kinda proud of us now.  She's actually out of town but has called us both everyday to check on us, which is very unusual.  We rarely get phone calls from her.  

I got the weight off that I gained when I attempted to quit smoking so that's good.  I'm back on track.  My back has been bothering me tremendously though!  I don't know what's wrong with it.  I've been trying to ignore it but it's getting harder and harder.  Back in June I was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer and now can't  take any anti-inflammatories and I think that may be why it's bothering me so much.  I used to take some sort of anti-inflammatory every day to help control my back pain.  Now it's only narcotic pain medicine.  I hate that.  The pain meds are great and all but now without  the ant-inflammatories I end up taking more of them than I used to and it really sucks!  The docs don't just hand those out.

My daughter moved out of the house this week.  I know I should be really sad and have that empty nest thing going on but I'm really not.  She was hardly ever home anyway.  I'll probably see her more now than I did.  Not only that, when she was home, she would do little things that would get on my nerves (probably because I wasn't used to her being there at all).  I figure she'll be back soon once she figures out how hard it is on your own anyways.  Well that's all for now.  Say a prayer for my sister!

Well, it's been a long time.  Things are going well here.  I did attempt to quit smoking at one point and gained about 8 lbs.  I was so disgusted with it, I started smoking again!  I hate that I didn't have the self-control I normally have without the cigarettes.  Maybe I'll attempt again later.  I'm in the process of taking off the 8 lbs.  It's not as easy as it was originally but of course, I didn't believe it would be. 

On a much lighter note, my sister, who started working with me last year is scheduled for gastric bypass with Dr. Patel on Sept. 24.  She is ecstatic!  I'm so happy everything went quickly for her like it did me.  I've been coaching her and trying to prepare her for what to expect, so hopefully she'll be a little more prepared than I was.  I've made sure she has her list of things to buy before surgery.  I even gave her coupons for some of the stuff!  LOL  I had never told my parents about me having the surgery because I knew I wouldn't get any support from them.  But my sister really didn't want to keep her surgery a secret so yesterday I fessed up to them.  I kinda got read the riot act but I expected it.  My mother actually told me to tell my sister not to tell her about her surgery, she doesn't want to hear it.  I knew it would be that way and after that conversation, I'm glad I waited a year and a half to tell them.

Well, 2 of the 8 lbs gone.  Only 6 to go, wish me luck cuz my pants are tight!!!!  LOL

Well, I haven't updated in a long time.  I've been out of commission for several months.  I fractured a vertibrae in my spine and just haven't felt like being on the computer.  I'm fine now and back at work.  I was pretty lucky I guess that it wasn't worse.  Things have been going really well weight wise.  I am 108 lbs.  I didn't intend to lose anymore and I don't know how I did it but that's a total of 99 lbs lost.  I feel really good and wearing a  size 1/2.  Never in my life did I think I'd be that small.  I eat pretty much everything now except sugar and somehow do not gain weight.  I suppose my metabolism has changed and I love it!  So no complaints here.

My 38th birthday was Saturday.  When I sat back and reflected on it, I thought that that seemed a lot older than I feel.  So that's a good thing!  I had always, in the past, felt much older than I was and now I feel 18 again.  Can it get any better?  I also discovered Victoria's Secret.  I would never go in that store before because I was too embarrased about my weight.  Now I love it!  I treated myself to some expensive panties that make me feel so sexy, loose skin and all!  Some friends and I went out this weekend to a night club.  I made the mistake of wearing a turtle neck sweater because it was cold.  I had a couple of guys tell me I was the hottest school teacher they had ever seen.  LOL  I guess I did look a little too square for a night club.  I also hit a big sale at JC Penny's.  That was fun since I actually stomped on that sale twice!!!  I got about 15 items and only spent $63.  Can't beat that, especially since all the clothes were either 3's or 4's.  Cool beans!  Anyway, have a great Valentines Day everyone!

I added a couple of pictures from the freeze we had the last couple of days.  It was starting to melt by then but you can probably still see the ice.  I am 115 lbs right now.  I fluctuate between 115 and 118 lbs.  I'm pretty happy where I'm at but it will be nice when I can start my plastic surgery journey.  I'm tired of all the extra skin!  My daughter had me try on one of her strapless formal dresses and my boobs looked terrible in it.  They just have absolutely no perk to them.  They are mostly skin.  It's terrible!  The other day my old boss whom I can NOT stand came into town (she moved to Vegas in May).  So she hadn't really seen me since most of the weight loss.  She kept on saying how skinny I was and how great I looked.  When she would walk away (and I know this is absolutely terrible of me) I would say "Ha Ha, I'm skinnier than you!"  My now boss said "yeah and you're a lot prettier too!"  Well, I hope everyone made through the freeze ok.  It was a little scary for me since I had to go to work.  Luckily it's not too far from here.  Good luck on your journey everyone!

Today has NOT been a good day for me.  I can't complain too much, I've had a lot of good days lately but today was bad.  My right leg and foot have been numb for about a month.  I've tried to ignore it and just go on but it starting getting to the point that I was stumbling or falling at least twice a day.  So, I finally made an appointment to get it checked out.  Turns out, I more than likely now have new issues with my back (as if I needed that crap!) and they will probably have to do surgery again but on the L4 disk.  The last three surgeries were on L5.  I have to be fitted for a leg brace tomorrow that I have to wear all the time except at night and then next Wednesday, I have an MRI to see the extent of the damage and what can be done about it.  I'm praying for no surgery but the doc gave me 2 scenerios of what could be the problem and both of them involved surgery to correct it (one less invasive than the other).  Anyway, other than that, things have been going great!  I'm down to 117 lbs. Wearing 4's or 6's.  I'm still pretty self concious and unsure how to handle attention from the opposite sex.  For instance this weekend was our Christmas party at work and afterwards a bunch of us went out.  This guy started flirting and dancing with me and I had no idea what to do or say.  LOL  Guess I'm gonna have to learn all over again!  There's a man that works here that is constantly talking to me and trying to get my attention and it's hard for me.  I don't know why.  I guess cuz I just still feel big, even though I know I'm not.  That's something I'll have to work on. 

Today is my daughter's 18th birthday.  If today was 7 months ago, I'd probably feel very old but it's not 7 months ago and I don't feel old!  I feel great!  I'd been holding off and holding off buying some ropers and rocky mountain blue jeans but I finally did it!  I love them and I feel great in them!  My daughther had her birthday party last weekend and I went up to her boyfriends mother and introduced myself.  She looked at me like "so?  who's Creasa supposed to be?"  I told her I was Tiffany's mom and she said, "Oh my!  I thought maybe you were her sister, not her mother!"  hahahaha!  Boy did that feel good!  I thought all the extra skin was going to make me look older, but I guess not!  I am now very solidly in a size 6 and down to 124 lbs.  I couldn't be prouder and my kids are telling me how proud they are too!  My daughter jokingly told me that if I get any skinnier she's moving out cuz she's used to being the smallest one in the house and I'm quickly catching up.  I explained, why move out?  We'll both have just doubled our wardrobe.  She liked that!  I got a new haircut for the first time in like a 100 years!  Actually in about 20 years but the style was a 100 years old.  I'll get a new picture up soon with my new rockies, ropers and my new dew!  Take care everyone!

Just a quick note to say I'm down to 128lbs. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd ever be saying that!!!! Thanks to a wonderful doctor and an absolute amazing tool, I can be the weight I am with absolute confidence! I was playing with the BMI calculator and I could get down to 100 lbs. and still be in the normal range. I don't think I'd like to go that low but maybe 110 is attainable??? I don't know but we'll see. If I were to get down that low, I think I would freak out. Never in my adult life (or teens for that matter) have I weighed that little. My original personal goal was 135 lbs. I've passed that and still don't feel as small as I'd like to be. Off the subject, there is a guy at work that I've been drooling over for a couple of months. He works in a different department and I don't even know his name but he's Brad Pitt gorgeous. Today, I pointed him out to one of my co-workers and my sister. They both said that I should 'go for it'. I laughed and said he's WAY out of my league. They both told me they thought I was way out of his league. LOL I WISH!!! Well, wish me luck on getting the guy and getting to 110, my new personal goal!