“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when cir****tances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results." ~Unknown

Thanks for the encouragement Vivian! I know that if I put my trust in God there is nothing that HE and I together can not handle. A friend and I have started a bible study together, just the two of us reading the "bible in 90 days" and doing Rick Warrens Purpose Driven Life. We do it in the evening when the snacking issue is the hardest to deal with...I pray that gets me through the tough winter old habits!! Have a great day!

  Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone is having a good week.   Mine has been Ok expect for tuesday when I had to have my 15 yr. old dog put down.   Can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving and that the holiday's are now upon us.   WOW.     We ALL have so very many things in our lives to be grateful for.   No matter how bad or good our life has been....we are still so very blessed to be alive.      Today I am grateful for my family and friends, health and life, my WLS and all the choices of WLS available today.    Grateful for my air and heat in my home and that I have all my arms and legs.    I am grateful that I can smell the rain and flowers and see the beauty of nature.    Grateful for second chances at a better life due to my WLS.    Grateful for maintance of my WL and not having a huge regain ( that has always been my fear since my WLS ).    Grateful for my Faith and answered prayers and grateful for Obesity Help and all the message boards.    Grateful for all the wonderful people that I have met though OH and all the great friends that I have made here too.    Grateful for the upcoming holidays.    PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.    Have a blessed day.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

 HI Kim,

SO good to see you posting.   I sometimes worry about people when they usually reply to posts and then suddenly nothing for quite a while.    You also are never far from my thoughts and prayers.    I am sorry that you had to have a unfill.     I know that has to be tough especially if you are having some weight gains.    Reguardless of what WLS you have done those re-gains are hard to get off.     I myself are still working on getting off a fairly small regain from about 3 yrs ago.     So glad that you are down to size 10 jeans.    That is FANTASTIC !!!!  Proud of you girl.    Have  a blessed day and so glad that you are doing OK.   Pray you get your fill soon and trust me....winter is tough on the ole snacking habits.

Hugs and blessings ~~ Vivian

 “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." ~Mark Victor Hansen