Karrie, I am so happy for you!!! How exciting!! Congratulations, Becky P.

Jamie, Glad to see you back!! I am glad to hear that you are doing so good. You have been such an inspiration to us all. It is funny how things change in a year. It seems that we are all so much more active now and that is a great thing! Take care and post some new pics on your profile!!! We want to see how good you look!!! Becky P.

Victoria, You look great!!! Glad to see the updated you, ha ha!! Take care, Becky P.

Hello everyone, Well here I am 1 year out from WLS and feeling great. I started at 271(my scale) and I am now at 152. My doctor's goal was 160 and my goal is 150 so I am only 2 pounds away from my own personal goal. I am down 119 pounds!!! This time last year I had hoped that this surgery would change my life and it did in a big way!! Last year I couldn't walk much without getting out of breath or being to tired. Well this morning I went for a run and I ran 2 miles. I never liked running before but now I am beginning to like it alot. So much has happened to me this past year and I owe it all to having WLS. I am so much more active now and it feels great. There were some hard times throughout this past year but I will say that it has all been worth it. I love shopping now for clothes!! Something that changed, not for the better, is that I now have sleep apnea and have been on the CPAP machine for about 1 1/2 months. It isn't severe but the Dr. wants me to use the CPAP. I was never tested for this before surgery so who knows I could of had it prior to surgery. I can live with it though. I also now have a hernia so I will need to get that repaired. I am waiting on my referral for that. Hopefully I can get a TT with that, we will see. Now as for all the skin!! I have some on my arms, legs/thighs, belly and then the boobs are so far south it isn't funny. I hope to get the TT with the hernia repair and I would like to get my boobs lifted. As for the other skin I think I will live with it for now. As for friends, I have found out that this surgery can really strain a friendship. They say you can tell who your friends are and that is so true. Some have been hard because I thought that the friendship would endure all and some didn't. I am going to try to not let it bother me. I want to thank everyone for all their support from this board!! You all have helped me more than you know. My family has been the best in all their support that they have given me. My husband has just been the best over this past year. He has supported me to the fullest and I am forever grateful. My son has been great as well, I think he loves his mom, ha ha! My friends have also been great as well, especially Christie who is my inspiration person. Thanks Christie!! Okay that is enough from me for now. I will take 1 year pics later today and hopefully get them on my profile by tomorrow. Take care everybody!!! Becky P. 271/152(8 pounds below Dr.'s goal and 2 away from mine of 150)

thank you I might have to tell you that I think you look great too!!!!