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I can't believe it has been three years already! Wow!! And I am maintaining my weight, which makes me very happy! I fluctuate between 150 and 160; however, I usually stay around 155.  Thats pretty much been my weight now for over a year.  I am in a size 12 and have pretty much been wearing a size 12 for more than a year now. Life is good and God is great!! 

Wow..... Twenty months and it seems like just yesterday that I had my surgery. I feel great! I am in a 10/12s and who would have ever thought? Definitely not me. Tonight we were standing in my kitchen and my brother-in-laws went and weighed themselves. Mannie said he weighed one seventy, my husband said he weighed one sixty, then Lupe said he weighed one fifty. I thought, WOW, who would ever had thought that I would weigh less than any of them. NOT me! But I do. My husband just smiled from ear to ear. He asked me if it made me feel good to be able to say they are all heavier than me. I said heck yes! Before the surgery, I could never had been in a room with five other people and had the majority of them weigh more than me. It is wonderful!  

Tonight I was on this site and looking at my before and after picture. My two year old grandson was sitting in my lap and I showed him the picture of me before the surgery. I said, Logan, who is that and pointed to the picture. He said "Big Noni".  Just like that! Big Noni. That pretty much summed me up. The other day a friend of mine was looking at pictures hanging in my office at work. I have my cruise pictures from years past hanging there. She said wow Traci, I just don't remember you being that big. I told her it was just because she is my friend and saw beyond the fat and into my heart. That is what friends do! I wish everyone in the world could be like that. I wish they could love you for who you are and not Judge you on what you look like. It breaks my heart. 

You want to know what the wonderful thing is? Jesus loves us just the way were are, regardless of what we look like, how we act, or what we say. He might not be happy with things we do but I know He loves us still. I am so happy He is in my life. 

The doctor said that I am not getting enough protein and so I am drinking two Boosts a day now. I have to get blood work done again in three months. Dr. Raj said, I am borderline malnurished. So please everyone, make sure you get your protein in everyday. And take your vitamins! 

Everyone please take care and I pray that you are all doing well! I love everyone!!

Wow...I can hardly believe it will be 16 months on the 1st! Unbelievable! I remember thinking that the time was going to go so slow but it has sped by. I am going on a cruise in September and I am so looking foward to it. I did the same cruise two years ago when I weighed almost 300lbs and let me tell you, I could not do half of the things that everyone else was doing. But this time......everyone will be running to keep up with me!  I am really looking forward to it. 

I just got back from visiting my dad and step-mother in Ohio and they were in shock. They could not believe it was me. I was up there in October last year but I was only 7 months post op and I have lost a lot more weight since then. I love running into people I haven't seen in a long time. It is so much fun seeing their faces when they see me. 

I thank God for giving me the means to have this surgery. I wish everyone the very best!!! Hugs!!!