You havw a great weekend too Kim.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

  Good Morning Everyone,

Well....the weekend is ALMOST here again.   It seems to be coming quicker and quicker every week IMHO.   I am SO grateful for so many aspects of my life....really for all of my life.    I am a very blessed woman.   Life has never been perfect for any of us....especially when we were morbidly obese or overweight.     Life was difficult at times and still are for that matter....but all in all life is good.    Today I am SO grateful for all the difficulties in my life.   It is through all those things that have made me grow as a person, mother, wife, friend and now a almost grand mother.    I am SO grateful for everything that God has thrown my direction in my life.   I am also SO grateful for my Faith and belief in a higher power.    Without that my life would NOT be as it is today.    I am so grateful for waking up this side of dirt today.    PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today and have a blessed and safe day and weekend.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Love this quote and read it a couple times and it just resonated with me how true that really is. It is like the analogy about the airplane oxygen..you are to put it on yourself before putting it on your children or people around you who need help. Sorry for rambling. Keep up the inspiration, Vivian! It is appreciated!! Love you!

  Good Morning Everyone,

Hope you are having a great week.    Mine is going OK.   Life is what we make it and we chose everyday to be grateful for things that come or way or take things for granted.    I found this this AM looking for a Motivational quote and I want to share this with you.     “I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy." ~Anthony Robbins
For just that reason of the quote I try not to take things for granted.   In my past everytime I tried to diet I failed miserably.    Life is no fun when everytime you try to lose weight you FAIL !!!   I  hate the word Fail or Failure.    We are ALL winners in my opinion.    Today I am grateful for my past because even as hurtful as some of my past may have been it was been a base that has helped to mold me into the caring person that I am today.    Please share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

 Good Morning Everyone,
Hope your having a amazing week.   Can't believe it is already Wednesday.    WOW Time is SURE flying by quickly.    We ALL have SO very much to be grateful for in our lives.   Hopefully we realize that.    I know everyday I hear people say that there is nothing good in their lives and they have nothing to be grateful for.    NOT TRUE !!!   No matter how bad life may seem for you there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for.    If nothing else you woke up today....are breathing....have a internet connection and are considering or maybe have already had WLS and are wanting to get better health due to a WLS.   If that is not something to be grateful for I don't know why it isn't.     Today I am SO grateful for my PCP and him referring me to my bariatric surgeon.    I am SO very grateful to both my PCP and my bariatirc surgeon ( both are amazing doctors ).     Grateful for the "new life" that my WLS has given me.    Grateful I can now fit into any restroom stall....booth at any restaurant.....sit on the floor and get up.....fit into any size space and feel amazing doing all this.   I will NEVER ever forget how it felt to be morbidly obese and I am so GRATEFUL to God for allowing these surgeons to have the knowledge to perform these life changing surgeries.     PLEASE share with us if you will what you too are grateful for today.   Have a blessed and amazing Wednesday !!!

Hugs and blessings ~~ Vivian