Great lesson to learn - probably one of the hardest do you think, learning to love yourself for who you are. It's one I'm still working on Good for you - keep on loving & living

What is the most important thing you have learnt since having wls? The most important thing is - I have to love me for me... I have to like myself.... not because I am fat or skinny. Right around the time of my WLS.. I made this discovery... let go of alto of negative people that helped me bring myself down. They are not worth it... life is worth living to the fullest - and you have to love yourself to do that!

I've been thinking ~ uh oh I hear you say hee hee.... I used to say that food was in control of me. I then had wls and felt for the first time in my life that I was in control over food. Then it slowly creeps back doesn't it, so I went on the 5 day plan and felt in control again. But hang on a sec...food is an inanimate object and cannot have control. I realise that I have had control for the whole time, I just haven't walked in it. I have not used the control that I have had, not even realising that I had the control in the first place. Does that mean I could stop eating when I'd had enough, I'm not sure. But it certainly doesn't mean that food was forcing me to eat all those extra calories. As a christian I ask God to be involved in my life - to have some measure of control in what happens around me and in my life. Therefore I cannot then allow some inanimate object to affect the way I live my life in the way I have in the past. This new way of thinking is revolutionary for me. It means I am now accountable for my actions (ie for all the food choices I make) I can no longer say that I cannot lose weight - I have proved I can, so no blaming my body for not behaving in a way that I dont' like, I can no longer say that food is controlling me, as it is my choice whether to use the control I have or not or to allow God the control I have asked Him to take My life is in MINE & HIS hands, not foods...........

Well I am the youngest of 4 girls and have always been the biggest one. Well I already past my eldest sister (who was and still is chuffed for me) and today met up with another sister. She says I weigh less than her (she was alwasy the skinny one - well guess that's me now!! hee hee and she is really pleased for me) and that I look a lot smaller than the other sister. So now, I am the smallest one - for the first time in my life WOO~~freakin~~~HOO!!!!!!!!!!! Went to a theme park today and used to hate those as I just knew I wouldn't fit into the rides - and was always scared I'd slip out as I imagined the seats wouldn't close properly over my big fat 'ol belly. But today I went on everything and had a blast, and those seats well there was room to spare

Add my 100lbs = 1058.5