Hello OH Family

Tavia, ~hugs~ thank you hun, i know you staying positive sure helped you and look now you are DONE with all this BS YEAH... Ok those dancing people was just for YOU. Thanks hun and yes I am feeling better about this but it takes time to learn about this new life and it can be so very scary, as you know. I got your call on my cell and I will email you my new numbers. Sorry about that....and I am sorry that I missed your call, we have not chatted in a long time. Talk to you soon... ~Hugs~ Debra P

HI DEB!!! BOY OH BOY can i relate to your post. THE scale for me is still stuck i hoover 167 - 169. I feel im so done looseing. I am in that frustrating window as well with feeling im so done looseing. WHY after going thru so much do i get sloppy now i dont know...guess its a phase. ONCE school is back for the kids ill get some me time and get back into the groove of the gym. I can imagine being an ew home owner money gets tight......happens to all of us. been takeing the daycare to the lake each day to swim, doing the cheerleader thing with my daughter, not swimming as much in the above ground pool we put in being im always cold, unlike the always hot me and then the weather not being as hot as i would like August to be...oh well. NOW were running around getting things together for back to school, preparing for my daughters pep rally on saturday and really winding down the summer, IN all the summer was a GOOD ONE! lisa

Lisa, I know right, why now after all this lose that I can not complete THIS to goal as well as the others! I am NOT going to let myself fail this time, I know that losing the 125 lbs is a BIG thing but its that goal that is killing me now. I WILL get there but i have to take my time and know that this is the time for REAL change and that does not come quick or easy. I just have to remember that at these times... Well I hope we both get our butts back into the "groove" Debra P

Hi Debra, I think you are such a motivating and postive person around these boards. Everyone has some "bumps in the road" - with your positive attitude - all will be OK. BY the way you look amazing. I am doing well - I have 4 more pre-op visits scheduled for this Thursday. I am excited - i'm getting closer! hugs Britt

Britt, You will have a date before you know it.. how very exciting... Thanks for your kind words hun... Debra P

Oh boy Deb, I know just how you feel. It's odd that we can accomplish so much and yet still feel like there's something to be dissapointed at about ourselves. I've been doing pretty darn good...80 pounds total lost and feeling so full of energy and hope...but I saw a video of myself on the beach from last week and all I could think was, "I'm so fat still!" I think it's time for me to get back into therapy! I know that I look and feel so much better. I know that I have more to go till I get to my goal. I know what I need to do to get there. That's all that's really important. I hope you find a way to make peace with where you're at now. 125 pounds lost is nothin' to sneeze at. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo Aim

Hi Debra, Did I read correctly that you lost 125 pounds???? Wow that is awesome!!!!! How have things been going with your counselor? I hear you on the money...we decided to leave the satellite off even longer, but we've really been doing well...I have to love that Mid-Hudson Library System for the free videotapes I'm actually watching shows that I didn't get to watch when I did have service because it's on my time. I discovered Monk...I love that show. We just finished the first season and ordered the 2nd season. I am struggling right now. I'm stuck at 181 pounds, and have lost 102 pounds. I just got my century card from OH. We just got back from a camping trip and being premenstrual, I wanted to eat everything, but I am back on track now. I do give myself credit because I ate NOTHING compared to what I used to eat on camping trips. I'm supposed to go for a fill next week, but debating since I was premenstrual. My band so fickle, gets tight one day and loose another. This summer was so busy. Last summer, I was mostly in bed from depression and this summer, I was on the go constantly. What a difference. I will be on here more when the kids get back in school because I miss y'all. Kristine