My 1 year appointment was today & a WOW moment (LONG)

Hello everyone-

I had my 1 year appt. today 2+ weeks early.......

Here's my WOW-
I walk in to Dr. Bakers office and the first thing that was said was, "We must get your Before & After picture and put you on our website." (Unity's website)
OMG....ME? They said, "I have done so well and look great, what a transformation." 

I met with Dr. Baker and he said, "Do you mind if we put you on our website?" I'm like, sure if you want........He then went onto say I have done GREAT........He said I've lost 94% of my excess weight......He said I'm at the top of his successful patients.....WOW......Whoohoo.......

I've lost 90 pounds......
Gone from 229 pounds to 139 pounds.....
Went from a size 20/22 to a size 6.
BMI was 38.8, now 23.5
I've lost 12 inches off my waist, 13 inches off my hips, 3 1/2 inches off my arms.

Today's appointment was an eye opener.......I haven't been giving myself the credit I deserve.......I'm very hard on myself, and expect perfection, and kick myself when I slip.....That could be good or bad, I don't know....But apparently I'm doing something right.........They were so impressed with me today and said I've done great, over & over......I said, I'm just trying to follow the rules........And stick to a healthy way of eating because I know this is a life long process.......I'm somewhat speechless.....I'm not used to being successful at WL.......This is all new to me.......

My hubby came to the appt. with me........He was so proud of me.......And kept telling me in the car, "See I told you your doing good." This is all just so new to me.....

Anyways, I wish I would of done this years ago........This year has flown by.....It feels like it's only been a few months........

On another note, I Thank all of you on here......Without all the support on here I would of never been able to accomplish this........When I had the WLS I never expected that I would make so many wonderful friends........So I Thank God I was fat.....Because he brought all of you into my life.......You are all family to me.......

There are a few really special people in my life and I want to take this opportunity to recongise them:
Darla, Kelly F. Nicole J. Teri, Carol, Connie, Sandy, Elena, Lucy, and RP.  Each of you have a very special place in my heart.....You have gone above and beyond the call of friendship......I look forward to the future and all our fun times to come.......

I wish each and everyone of you a Healthy & Happy 2009.......Let's all ROCK our tools in 2009........

Thank s again, Love Kelly

Wow Kelly, That is great to hear. I am so happy you see and feel the difference. You have done so well this last year and look fan-frickin-tastic. You have been an inspiration to us all. Congrats

What a great 1 year appointment, Kelly!  You couldn't ask for better.  Even better, maybe now you realize how much you've accomplished and you can stop being so hard on yourself. Sometimes it just takes hearing it from the right person/people to understand how good we really are.

Kelly:

You ARE absolutely amazing....and inspiring to me and many others here.  You should be so proud of yourself.  Congratulations!

RP

Kelly, my dear,

Your external transformation has been amazing, but obvious to all of us who - well, who aren't YOU.

What REALLY amazes and moves me is the INTERNAL transformation you have made, and continue to make.  You have started to realize that you ARE a wonderful, valuable, loving and LOVEABLE person!  That you are deserving of respect, and admiration.  It's actually kind of sad that you, and so many others, had to go through this whole WLS journey to realize your own value!

Besides.  There are precious few people in this world that have the ability to shock ME.  On August 15th, at Valleyfair, with the infamous pickle, you did just that.

 ROCK ON, MY PICKLE SISTER!!!

You are hard on yourself -- and you DO deserve the credit -- YOU ROCK!!!

You have done a fantastic job and need to see what we see cuz we see someone really special.  This is a great ride and the friends we have gathered along the way is worth it all.  Congratulations on a great year.  You should be very proud of your self.

Congrats to you Kelly! You've done very well. You will continue to be an inpiration to me and many others!! 

CONGRATS!!!  YOU HAVE done a great job and how awesome is the reward of a proud Doc and Hubby?!?!?  Way to rock your tool!!  

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  CONGRATS TO YOU.  KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!! 
HUGS MARSHA