OMG, Kristy! I am so happy for you!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! Congratulations, sweetie! You must be on cloud nine. I am so proud of you! Hugs, Denise

yes i started out at 547 pounds and had the surgey on aug 12, 2004 know i am at 364 - 183 pounds wish i can hurry up and reach goal still have a long way to go to being 200 ponds

Congratulations Kristy! That is awesome!! Good for you! Shelley -160 360/200/150??

Tiffany~ WOW!!! You look great and thanks so much for this fabulous post!!!! My surgery was on 8/4/04. My pre surgery weight was 352. I now weigh 192 for a current weight loss of 160 pounds!!!!! I have been very fortunate in that I have not had any complications and would have this surgery again tomorrow if necessary!! I try to get my vitamins, protein, and water in...some days are better than others though. I have never once tried sugar as I do not even dare to know if I will dum*****t. I suck at excercise but am vowing to step it up as I want to lose about 15 more pounds to cover the "bounce back" that we all hear about... My original goal was to lose 150 pounds and to get down to 200 pounds. But once I was there, I thought I HAVE to get into the 100's and now I want to get to 176 so that I can say that I have lost 1/2 of my former self... Is that silly????? Everyone who has replied to your post seems to be doing so wonderfully. I know that God MUST be smiling as He sees all of us doing so well and making the most out of this second chance that He has given to us!! I wish all of you fellow Augusters the very best that life has to offer and may we never ever forget where we have come from and may we never ever return there again!!! AMEN. Blessings, Rachel T. -160

Not sure if this link will work... but here are some pics from my 40th birthday party... I looked at pictures from my birthday last year and what a difference in me.... copy and paste the link... I hope it works... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/djf714/album?.dir=/7fea&.src=ph&.tok=ph_MbVDBWZ9ya79A Debra 227/205/133/120 goal (almost there)