Thanks everyone for all the hello's out there...Wanda E, Pam Cranford , Jenifer Higginbothem, Linda Berryhill and David Shumway. Sorry David...I read your last email last and saw that your wife is having surgery too...but she still looks great! I wish all of you the best of luck and my prayers will be with all of you guys! Deb

AHHHHHH!!! How is everyone doing???? I have been MIA for a few days. I had to take my son to Nashville TN to meet his dad for spring break. My eating habits were TERRIBLE! I started my preop today. I am trying to do the liquid thing...but that is sooo hard!! I have to say that I have done pretty well today in the regular "diet" sense. I had half a cup of cottage cheeze (1%) and 1 piece of whole wheat dry toast. I have drank about 24 oz of water and 1/2 a protein shake. GROSS..it is like slim fast on a DIET!!! I just finished eating 2 slices of 2% cheese and half a cup of chicken broth. So like I said..liquid diet NO...regular diet..YES... Maybe tomorrow will be better with the liquid thing. I actually don't feel super hungry (I think it is because my stomach is still digesting the enormous amount of food I fed it this weekend) I made my goals for the next year. Here they are: HEALTH GOAL: NO CPAP MACHINE, MORE ENERGY, KILL the possibility of developing DIABETES FAMILY GOAL: play and play and play with Malachi until I'm exhausted from the HOURS we spent at the beach, park, backyard INSTEAD of the thirty minutes of torture because I am so fat I can't stand to stand up to throw/catch the ball with him. WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 150 lbs EXERCISE GOAL: Participate in a TRIATHOLON VANITY GOALS: Size 8 and to wear a bikini on my honey moon There are a lot of other things mixed in with all of that but these are the main goals. I am crying as I reread them. So much of my life that past few years has been taken away from because because of my choices to allow food to take over my desires and goals in life. BUT NO MORE!!!! Today I officially have TEN more days until my freedom!!! I will no longer be under the bondage of FOOD!!! Hope everyone has a BLESSED day today!! With a smile, Rita

Hi Wendy!!! You should be finished with your surgery now. I can't WAIT to hear all about it!! Please update as soon as you feel up to it!!! Rita

What a beautiful post!!! Wow...that is such a great expression of your feelings and I am looking forward to feeling like that. I understand i think the head hunger already as I ate a HUGE meal yesterday and got in my car to drive some more and wanted some more food. UGH! Thank you for sharing this...its helps a lot! Rita

Congratulations!!!!!!! Woohooo!!!! We will be praying for you!!! Please check in when you are on the other side!! Rita