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Well the Halloween Party was a HUGE success if I say so myself! Lot's of dancing, drinking, talking, eating, drinking...ohhhhh and more drinking! Ha Ha If I counted correctly, we had right at 43 people throughout the night. Thank you to all my WLS friends who came, Charlene (cat) and her new beau (cat burglar), Tracy Tada (sexy school girl) and her cutie of a man (psycho surgeon), Nicole McKnight, (vampire), SueBe (egyptian lady), Tracy (doctor), Ramon- Priceless dude! LOL (dictator) LOL, Jack Young and his wife Jenny (hippies), PeggyB (sexy country chick), and Kathy and her hubby (darth vader & scream guy) and MANY MANY more of my personal close friends.

We had tons of food, keg, 12 bottles of liquor and the house and backyard were decked to the nines! Love Loved it! LOL This was my first party to throw and I couldn't have asked for a better party. John and I decided this is going to be an annual party at our house. Woooo Hoooo Next year we are going to have a "Monsters Ball" where everyone dresses up like some monster. We ended up having people spend the night which was fine with me. We were up partying until 5:45 am and that is WITH the time change!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeek! LOL So needless to say it has definitely been a recovery week! lol

Okay enough about that. This weekend I am staying at some friends house and I am actually going to ride a horse. Who the hell lives in TX their whole life and has never ridden a horse? That would be me! LOL Soooo I am excited! At least the horse can hold my weight now! lol Anywho... looking forward to the Houston Convention in 16 days where my buddy Ramon is going to be speaking and I get to meet some very special ladies I have been waiting to meet for a long time. Soooo, I hope to see you there!

On the WLS front...hanging out and up and down the same 5 to 6 lbs. No biggie and lovin life for sure! Below are some photos from the party and I will be posting more once I get them in. I hope you are where you want to be in your journey! "Are you willing to work as hard with the surgery as you were to have surgery"? TAKE YOUR VITAMINS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!! Muahhhhhhhh! Erika

Well, Saturday is the big day for our Halloween party and I am SOOOOOOO excited!  We have been preparing for awhile and we have had a great response so it should be awesome!

We are having a HUGE Halloween costume party.  John and I are going to be Fred & Wilma and this suits us to the T. Ha Ha  It should be a blast and I hope to have a good turnout.  Work, well I am burned out for the most part.  It seems lately that I have been on a downward spiral.  I am anemic and working to get that up which means I am tired all the time.  I think I have an ulcer because I get sick pretty much every time I eat or drink anything.  I just need to get to the doctor and get checked out by Dr. Warnock and not my GP.  Other than that, I am doing pretty good.  Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!

Well, I guess it is about time for me to update this thing! lol  I have had several emails to do so and I even told one I would do it that day.  Just not real motivated lately.  Let's see....where to start.  As you know I was 3 years postop on August 1st which I cannot believe, actually. Boy time does fly by. 

On the WLS front, I am holding in at 142 today.  I bounce up and down between 138 & 142.  VERY frustrating! The only way I know how much I weigh is because I weighed yesterday.  This was the first time I have weighed in Lord knows how long.  I just haven't eaten well the last few months and I just knew it was going to show a gain.  To my surprise there wasn't a gain.  What I do notice now being further out is the restriction is for the most part, gone. Ughhhhhhh!  I mean I could never eat near what I did preop but I can eat VERY normally now and not really get sick or overly full.  Use to, just a few bites and I was miserable or sick.  I do get sick still on milk and a good amount of sugar or fat so that is good but still, nothing like it use to be.  I don't miss the getting sick party but the extreme restriction I do miss.  Now it is up to me to keep my portions in check and I do for the most part, just not always great choices. 

I have leaned on the side of depression for the last few months and was put on a new one which I think is causing the urge to eat.  But, my mental state is by far more important than being thin.  I haven't been to any support groups in so long or any dinners and I miss everyone immensely.  I have just been busy and like I said, not motivated.  I DO still walk at least 2 to 3 times a week but obviously the running has went to the way side.  I am smoking again which means I need to pull off the ticker.  Pisses me off!!!!!!!!!!  I went through an extremely stressful time where my brother is concerned and started again.  I vow to quit, AGAIN!  I never really realized how hard it is to kick a habit and never go back.  I hope to do this soon! 

Kidos are in school and my son is the Quarterback for the JV and holds a touchdown pass record.  I am very proud of him!  Jacqulyn, my 6 yr old, what can I say...... she is a HANDFUL!!!!  Bless her little heart she has so much energy and doesn't know what to do with it.  She is getting in trouble at school for talking and just social type stuff.  Obviously she is like her mother! hA hA 

Also, I got glamour shot photos done this weekend and they should be in soon so once I get them I will post.  I need to keep this thing updated but as you will see, as time goes on, you start to just fade away from here.  I hope to not do that because I was given so much throughout the process that I feel the need to give back.  I hope you are where you want to be in this journey and the journey of life!  Until next time friends.......Are you willing to work as hard with the surgery as you were to have surgery?  (i am going to start living this again).  xoxo

4 YEARS POSTOP

Well, I wasn't planning on being over here but, I just realized that today, 4 years ago, I was in surgery about to change my life forever. How has the last 4 years impacted my life? I would have to say in almost every facet my life has changed. I am a professional confident, intelligent, pretty woman. All of those things I would have never thought much less said, about myself. I never in a million years thought I would go skydiving or do some of the things I enjoyed prior to MO. I have met the most amazing people since having surgery!!!! Had I not had surgery the ones who know me, wouldn't be in my life right now and I honestly couldn't fathom that ever being the case, now. I am blessed to have found such amazing people through this journey I have been on. Some contacts better than others but I am grateful, nonetheless. I have also lost friends throughout this whole process because they just couldn't get use to new me. You know what? THEIR loss because I am much happier and can be a much better friend to them now then I ever could being MO, due to insecurities.

I am happy to say that I have maintained my 157 pound weight loss within 8 lbs! Here lately, I have been somewhat worried as I have seen several post ops around the same time I had surgery that have gained a significant amount of weight back. I will NOT go back and to see those struggling only makes me work more diligently and I feel for them. I never want to be the person I was before. Miserable is a mild way of putting it. I had lost myself amidst it all. Mind you there is alot about myself left to discover but, I have found the core person of who I want to be and who I am suppose to be.

Well...onward......Much love and success in every endeavor each of you take. Life and this surgery is what you make of it! "Are you willing to work as hard with the surgery as you were to have the surgery?" I have and still am!!!!

We went last week water skiing and it was awesome and attended the DFW Dinner Jenny does at Tx Roadhouse in Mesquite. It was a really great dinner and several people showed up.

Today, I am motivated and KNOW that I can do ANYTHING if I just put my mind to it. I have learned this from Gina (headbattles.com), who's site is unfortunately down due to people stealing her info, but she has inspired me tremendously. I think we all find those few people that we follow and that keep us motivated. She is just one of those people.

Anyway, I was having a "fat day" weekend before last so I jumped on the scale. Guess what? I lost 3 lbs! Wooo Hooo! It has been awhile since I saw the scale move so it was a great feeling. I miss those days of losses and clothing exchanges. To be honest, maintenance is VERY boring! LOL I am maintaining though and that was my ultimate goal. Lose the weight and keep it off since none of us were able to do that prior to surgery. I still amazed at the transformations that take place. Not only in myself but others.

I think OH should have used a butterfly of a sort for a mascot. I think that is what we ALL are!!! Butterflys coming out of our cocoons. A butterfly will be my next tattoo and I am going to put a WLS next to it. I am so not the person I was when I was obese. I think I am finally getting used to being thin. I don't talk about it all the time like I used to. I mean for about the first year I think I drove everyone crazy with my talk about surgery and weightloss. LOL I even motivated people in the office to get weight off. Guess what? They did it! LOL Whatever works right? LOL

The last month has been very trying for me.  I have been in a depression and was put on meds by my PCP and had labs drawn.  So, they give me Effexor and I had a reaction to it.  Ended up in the ER via ambulance! LOL  I could not breath, throat closing up, could barely walk, shaking uncontrollably and couldn't get ahold of anyone.  Therefore, I had to call an ambulance.  Went to the hospital, they did EKG, blood sugar tests, labs and IV.  All was good after about 3 hours when it passed.  So, I went back to the doctor and they put me on Zoloft, which I hate.  I gained weight on Zoloft in the past and if I start to gain, back to psycho Erika.  Crazy isn't it?  Sacrifice my mental health to be skinny? LOL  Obviously I won't do that but I will try something else.

I haven't been able to sleep much more than 4 hours a night and have been waking up with night sweats. Pisses me off! lol  When they did my labs, all that came back low was iron and I AM anemic so I have been taking iron with vit c 3 times a day but, that isn't what is contributing to the night sweats according to my doctor.  Soooooo, I went back to the doctor yesterday for a followup and he tells me to up the dosage on the Zoloft to 100mg a day and prescribed me a sleeping pill called Lunesta along with a free sample card for 2 free pills.  Get this!  I go to get my scripts filled and my insurance company would only fill 14 pills of 30 pill script my doctor wrote and then the copay went from $35 to $50 on this particular script.  I was pissed to say the least! The pharmacist told me "why don't you just take those 2 free pills and if you feel it is worth the money to take then you can come back for the script".  I was like ok, but still upset that I am going to have to pay $100.00 dollars for a script of 30 pills WITH insurance!!!!!  I DESPISE insurance companies, big time!!!!!!!!!  They don't give a crap about us and our health, I have decided.  Only how much money they are going to make and save.  Screw the health of the persons that are paying THEIR bills by having coverage through them!  I will be contacting the insurance company, Principal, today to raise hell and hopefully I can get my full script that is suppose to last me 90 days.

Whewwwwwwww......let's see what else.  We went to a concert a few weeks ago at Smirnoff in Dallas (will always be Starplex to me lol), and saw Quiet Riot, Ratt, Firehouse and Cinderella!  All bands I grew up listening to and we had like 10 row on the left of the stage!  SLAMMIN seats if you ask me! LOL  We took our 15 year old with us and that was his first concert.  He loved it eventhough he didn't know any songs they were playing! LOL  Work is same ole same ole.  Other than that, I could probably put more but I am going to cut it off right now and update next week after our dinner Saturday night and our evening out.  I HOPE to have some new photos up by next week of the new car and some other miscellaneous photos from my support group, if you care. LOL  I hope you are where you want to be in your journey.  Be diligent and you will get there.  In closing....."Are you willing to work as hard with the surgery as you were to HAVE the surgery"?  I was and am!!!!  Love yall!  Erika

Good Morning friends!  Well, ALOT has been going on over the course of the last month so bare with my long update.  Now, where to begin! LOL  I am STILL smoke free and I believe according to the quitmeter it has been 6 weeks!  Woo Hoo  John, my honey, is still not smoking either so it is awesome! We figured we are saving around $400.00 a month by quitting smoking together.

Anyway, John and I have been at it BIGTIME!  Last week we were splitting up, mutual decision, but have since decided to work on this thing called a relationship.  He has GOT to get a grip.  The jealousy and this under thumb crap is for the birds.  He thinks him being in my life should be sufficient verses going out with my girls occasionally and going to support group meetings, etc.  He says I am too busy for him now.  Me, I don't think that is what it is at all but I have learned just to keep my opinions to myself because I get nowhere.  So, we had dinner last Friday night in a restaurant that way we were forced to talk about issues without screaming and yelling at one another.  We worked it out and are trying AGAIN.  We will see and only time can tell.

Hello all!!!! Well, tomorrow I will be 7 days out from quitting smoking!!!!! Go Erika Go Erika Go Erika! LOL I had to, to be honest. John and I both quit and we are about to kill each other! LOL Seriously, as of Saturday he was moving out and we were splitting things up! CRAZINESS!!!!!! ROFL Of course, today is another day and we are fine. I am actually doing ok but John is very edgy and grumpy. He has smoked for 28 years and has never tried to quit so it is especially trying on him. I give him praises several times a day and checkup on him. He knows he must do this and get healthy. We figured it up and we are going to save a little over $4,000.00 dollars a year by not smoking! Can you believe that? Just fire up $100 dollar bills why don't we!!!! LOL

I bought a new car is what got the ball rolling. I got a 2005 Jetta and it is slammin!!!! I love love love it! It is only $98 more a month than what I was paying on my stratus. Our insurance went from $133.50 a month to $95.00 a month so I can justify the extra amount in car payment. Not only that, I am starting a boob fund! Yep, you heard it! It may take me awhile but I am going to make a concious effort to put that money back every single day, without honey knowing. I want to know that I was willing to sacrifice something to obtain a personal goal. I have found it amazing the willpower I have gained since having surgery. It is bizarre to say the least! Prior to surgery and being MO I was not setting goals, much less reaching them, I was miserable, unhappy and everyone else around me was as well.

Hola friends!  Well, I had an extremely eventful weekend with my step son and some issues he is having.  I won't go into it here because it is very personal but I would like to ask if you all would say some prayers for JC.  He is and has been going through very difficult times and is fixing to be 20 yrs old.  Thank you in advance.

Had a great time out Saturday night with my honey, John.  We danced the night away and had too much to drink, once again.  My brother and his friend came and 4 others.  Of course we were at Hot Rod & Hogs again, my new favorite place! lol  The band that played was awesome and happened to be personal friends with some of my peeps so it made the evening extra special.

On the WLS front, I jumped on the scale Saturday because I was having a fat day and low and behold I lost 3 lbs!  Wooo Hooo  I don't know wear it came from but it sure was nice to see.  It has been a long time since I saw the scale move so it was a great feeling, for sure! LOL  Other than that, not awhole lot to tell.  I hope everyone has an awesome Memorial Day!  Below are some pictures I took Saturday night.  In the one picture I am standing next to this SLAMMIN Dodge Viper that I am wishing was mine!  Ohhhh but a girl can dream, right? LOL  Big hugs from me to you and take care!  Erika