Hi everyone. This post has nothing to do with WLS, but I just felt the need to tell everyone. My best friend's 5 year old son was killed in a freak accident on Sunday. The family is devasted and her 9 year old daughter is just freaking out. I got mad at my son yesterday and started yelling at him for being bad. Than I took a minute and realized how lucky I am to have him here. No matter how bad my kids can be sometimes, I just thank God that I still have them. This horrible accident has really made me appreciate my children more. I hope everyone can just give their kids an extra hug today and try to enjoy some time with them. You never know when it will end. Sorry for such a depressing post. It's just really making me appreciate things more and try not to stress about the little things so much. I hope somebody else will feel this way too. Maybe something good will come out of Gage's death. There has to be some reason this sweet little boy is not with us anymore. Melissa

Happy New Year Vera and congradulations on your weight loss. Great job women. Monica 330/208/160? Healthier, happier, sexier, and thankful

Hi, All! What a fun idea! My surgery was 12/27/04 and so far I've lost 100 lbs.! Debby

Surgery on 12/16/04. Down 157 lbs so far! Kathy

Hi Vera. Sounds like you had a great holiday. Happy New Year. I am down 101 pounds. I am afraid to post my "after" pic, as I still have 43 pounds to go, to reach my personal goal. Here is a link to my November 2005 attendance at our local WLS GALA. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/graham_karen/album?.dir=e929&.src=ph I'm in there, at -96 pounds gone ! Have a great year. Keep us posted on your progress. Karen G 294 / 193 / 150