First, happy 8 month surgiversary John!!! I'm really glad you took all that time to PM the member list. I kind of thought you did. I did it for the scrapbook forum and, after PMming about 150 people, it's still silent. It's great seeing the activity here. I still swear it's the BEST board here on OH. I get more support, more ideas and have more laughs with the group here than anywhere else. Maybe other forums should look at us. I think we're pretty terrific. And, congrats to the DW!!! It certainly sounds like she nailed the interview!!! * Cyndi *

Hi John & Everyone: Total Loss -125 lbs. New Cummulative Total -4664

I have not been on here in a while! I am down 108 pounds since surgery. Things are going really well. I do love my DS. I have since become a leader in our local weight loss support group. My labs keep coming back with low Vitamin D. I keep researching how to improve my vitamin intake. Any suggestions? Jen S.

Hi everyone, I have to admit it. For the regulars, you may be noticing a recent buzz of activity on this message board recently. My wife is going for a new position at her company and I have lost a bit of sleep yesterday when she had to get up to go in early to work. She was working a 12 hour shift on about 4 hours of sleep and then still hammered the interview anyway. To give you an idea, the person before her was a 20-25 minute interview. My dw was still in the interview after 1 hour and 5 minutes when it finally came to a close. At first they were saying "the person who gets this position" and at the end they were all (yes, all 9 of them) talking about "this is what you will be doing". I guess i'm pretty happy with my wife right now. So anyway, back to my story, I was up and couldn't sleep, so I PM'ed over 100 people who had been to our May 2007 board in the past year. To the left there is the blue bar. It has a "Roster of Members". If you go there, you will see a list of everyone who has ever posted here on our board. I looked for the ones who had posted quite a lot as well as the ones who looked like they were updating their profile regularly....a more current avitar. So...I started that thread of checking in and was pleasantly surprised to see so many people respond. I do hope that it is the start of a reconnection with these folks. We can all journey together and support one another better if we hang tough together. Let's stay connected...even as we get so busy now with our new lives...just try to keep stopping in and saying hi once in awhile. So there you have it, the mystery is solved.... John

Chantal, We are here to support through the good, the bad, and the ugly. There are ugly times for all of us....we regret eating that piece of #@*&#@. You have been an inspiration to all of us. You are one who helped gel this support group (message board & chats) when we were first getting started, so if we can help you now in any way, you just let us know. You really want to get the demons under control now. I posted a message on the graduate board and found that a majority of the people said that it was MUCH harder to maintain than it was to lose the initial weight. We stop getting all of the attention and we have to do this for the rest of our lives without all of the oohhhhh...and ahhhhh's. So, let us be your friend again, and let's reinvent what we need to to get to where we want to go. Set some goals, but don't be disappointed if you don't hit them. Only be disappointed if you make NO progress toward them. Any small step is a step in the right direction. We care about you little sis. John