Tooting my own horn... WOW moment!!!

First off remember that I was a light weight going into this surgery. I only weighed 230 when I started the whole process, but my asthma was really bad and I was developing other health problems. SOOO... here is my wow moment.... Well I had a shock right now. I had been thinking about my vacation to North Carolina and how much weight I will lose before then and OMG.... Right now it's about 18 weeks till my vacation. On average I have been losing abut 4.0 lbs a week. I figure in the next month or so I could stall or slow down but even if I lose at a rate of 2.0 lbs a week I could be down another 36 lbs. I would only weigh... 134lbs!!!! That just made my jaw drop. Thats almost my goal weight. In six months I will have lost enough to be at my GOAL weight! In fact right now I'm only 3 lbs from being "moderately overweight" vs. the obese that I am now. It's weird how the wording plays tricks on your mind. Well anyways. I just had to post this... It's like a MAJOR WOW moment for me! Dana

I get excited thinking about this summer as well, I turn 30 in august, hope to have a blast!!! Elsa

That IS a wow moment! You toot all you want! (er...you know what I mean!) Do you find that your asthma issues have improved thus far? Chele

Hey Chele, My asthma is soooo much better. I hardly ever use my rescue inhaler maybe once every two weeks and almost always forget to take my advair (longterm steriodal inhaler). I talked to my doc about it and he said when I reach my goal weight we will play with my meds to see if I still really need them. I can't believe what a change this is for me. I even got a cold the other week and still didn't have asthma problems. The docs always said that I would probably grow out of my asthma when I got older but when I got older I put on more and more weight so that is probably why I didn't see an improvement. Dana

Dana~ That is great!! Just keep doing what your doing and you'll be wearing the cutest outfits on vacation!! My mind plays tricks on me too. Like when I go to the link on here that gives you an estimation of what to expect, it says I won't even make it to goal in 18 months. But if I do the math myself and loose 10 pounds a month (which is less than what I have been averaging) I'll be at goal by 1 year. If I loose 15 a month (what I AM averaging) I'll be at goal by Oct. Go figure! Dawn

Hey Dawn: This is a new picture for you, right? It is GORGEOUS!! Hugs, Jersey Mom

Can I kiss you for that comment???

Hey Dawn! Thanks for the support - I can't wait to go summer clothes shopping! Your new pic looks fantastic and I bet you will make goal before your year anniversary! Dana

That is soooo cool! You are doing great. Keep up the good work. Leeanne

Congrats Dana that is wonderful. Keep up the good work.