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Well I had my 6 month follow up a couple of weeks ago.  I had lost 45lbs in three months.  My body fat was reduced by 12% and I feel great.  I love this website, it is full of helpful information and support.  Thanks guys for all that you say to encourage me and others.

Well now I weigh 217lbs.  I wear size 18 clothes for the first time in 10 years.  My husband and I are doing great and I fell wonderful.  Can't wait for the other 80 lbs to come off. 

Well I am plugging along.  I now weight 236lbs.  It does seem to get easier, but I still sometimes see my family eating hotdogs from the grill and on a bun, and think, "Man I wish I could eat that."  Then I go look in the moirror and say NOOOOO.  I like how I am loosing weight and people are really noticing.

I know I haven't updated in a while, so here is the past several months in a nut shell.  I did awesome on the Liver reduction diet.  I started on January 19, 2010 and weighed 319.5lbs.  I had surgery on May 17, 2010 and weighed 267lbs on the day of surgery.  Wow, that's 52.5 lbs lost in about 4 months.  That's even before I had surgery. 

Surgery went well and was released on the 4th day.  Then was readmitted same afternoon with an illus (bowel obstruction).  I was in the hospital a total of 11 days.  It was rough during that time, but now I am 3 weeks after surgery and starting to feel a little better each day.  

I currently weigh 250 lbs.  I was insulin dependent and now I take NO insulin.  I was on all kinds of blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma, and Insulin medicine.  I am now only on 2 pills, besides my vitamins.  Even with the vitamins, I take way less medicines now. 

I am very upbeat and optimistic.  My oldest son will be a senior in the fall and all I keep thinking is I will be thin at his graduation.  I know I am in the honeymoon phase, but I hope I never lose my drive to meet my weight loss goal.  

Well, I am beginning the second phase of this journey and can't wait to begin my new and improved life. 

I have begun the journey to find the woman I used to be.  Somewhere underneath these 319.5 lbs is the woman I used to be.  When I was younger I was always thin.  I wore size 1 or 3.  It wasn't until I was about 22 or 23 that I began to gain wieght.  People that knew me back then, talk about how little I always was and how bubbly I always seemed.  What happened to that happy little person.  She is still there and she can't wait to get out. 

I am day 8 into my liver reduction diet and the carb headaches are killing me, but I have not cheated once.  I am eating only lean meats, veggies, eggs, cheese, and 2 servings of milk a day.  Not the most delicious meals, but I am trying to rethink the purpose of food.  Food is now a necessity of life, not a pleasure of life.  I eat it to survive not for entertainment or to make me happy.

Hopefully I will have my surgery the end of April or the begining of May.  My goal is to be 150 lbs by this time next year.

Wish me luck.