the time of my life

Driving to a work mtg. today, I heard Green Day's "I Hope You Had the Time of Your Life"  (not sure if right title), a song I love.  As I was singing along, I became overcome with emotion, realizing that I am finally having the time of my life!  Of course I've had some wonderful times and events in my life.  However, it's taken 57 yrs. to finally feel like I've arrived to the life I always wanted and was meant to have.  The regular highs and lows in my daily life of kids, relationship, home, work, etc., haven't changed.  But I have changed in ways that have opened up so many more possibilities to live life to its fullest.  If I let myself, I could wallow in negative fellings about all of the years I wasted with overeating and all that goes with it.  But for now, I am allowing myself to feel the joy of what is here now and yet to come!

nice post.

that is something I will need to work on for sure...not dwelling at time and living that has been lost.

thanks for sharing....

Thanks Marabell!  It is hard to not get stuck in regrets from the past.  Those regrets do serve a purpose - to remind us of where we came from and don't want to go back to, as long as we're able to also be in the here and now as well.  It's all a balancing act, isn't it?

I teared up reading your post because I feel the same way. I finally feel that I am able to go out and enjoy life after 34 years of being fat and miserable. Go us!!!!! Carpe Diem! Congrats to you!

Thanks Felicity!  Isn't it wonderful to have finally arrived?  I'm so happy for your joy too, and ditto to "go us!!!!"

Your message made me get a little misty, too!  My VSG is scheduled for June 26 and I have mixed feelings of excitement and fear.  This site was recommended to me by a friend who had the DS in June 2011 and I'm so glad to have found a place where other people understand what I'm going through.  Congratulations to you on your weight loss and increased happiness!!

Thanks so much Terijo!  Congrats on your upcoming surgery!  It is a mixed bag of emotions leading up to the surgery.  I was very scared, but realized the possibility of a better, healthier life was well worth the risks and that was where the excitement came in.  I have not regretted my decision for a moment.  Good luck to you!