Elle Felts
Happy New Years 2007
Jan 01, 2007
What a year 2006 has been for many of us. It's time to move forward. 2006 was a very hard year for my family as many others here. First, in February, we almost lost our two daughters in a wreck. It was devastating to say the least. Then in May, just 3 days short of our eldest daughter's high school graduation, my husband was involved in a wreck that left him in much pain and out of work for quite awhile. I gained weight during this time as well. Then during the summer he had several nasal and ear surgical procedures done. This month he will be fitted for hearing aids and is facing more nasal surgery. Our oldest daughter moved to Nashville in August to go to our church college. That was a transition period for me all in itself. Then in December our baby girl turned 16, got her license and a car. Oh, how scary can that be? Our girls are growing up. It seems like yesterday they were just babies. I'm feeling a bit older, but at least a bit wiser as well. In the last couple of months, I've managed to knock off 13 pounds and would still like to get off 10-15 more. I am just grateful to God and my surgeon Dr. Dewitt for giving me a second chance at life. Now, I truly LIVE. I've been thrilled to have found STARS of WLS and Stefanie Dutton the director of Dr. Dewitt's support group. It's wonderful to actually fit in with others with the same surgeon and actually get to know one another. There is so much more I could say, but I will stop here for now. I hope you all have a blessed and wonderful new year in 2007.
This is Dr Dewitt
Dec 03, 2006
Me and Dr Dewitt
Christmas time again....
Dec 03, 2006
God bless,
Elle
I'm BACK!
Nov 01, 2006
I'm so glad to have my profile back. It may be missing some pictures, but soon, I plan on having them replaced with new ones as well. I want to thank Gina aka "Protein Princess" for restoring my site for me. She's been a total God Sent Angel to me. Someone sent me the words to a song the other day and it was by Casting Crowns, one of my all time favorite Christian bands. The name of the song was "Love them like Jesus", so I must realize that I must love my enemies just like Jesus would. If you've never heard the song, you must listen to it.
"Love Them Like Jesus"
The love of her life is drifting away
They're losing the fight for another day
The life that she's known is falling apart
A fatherless home, a child's broken heart
You're holding her hand, you're straining for words
You trying to make - sense of it all
She's desperate for hope, darkness clouding her view
She's looking to you
Just love her like Jesus, carry her to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves her and stay by her side
Love her like Jesus
Love her like Jesus
The gifts lie in wait, in a room painted blue
Little blessing from Heaven would be there soon
Hope fades in the night, blue skies turn to gray
As the little one slips away
You're holding her hand, you're straining for words
You're trying to make sense of it all
They're desperate for hope, darkness clouding their view
They're looking to you
Just love them like Jesus, carry them to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus
Lord of all creation holds our lives in His hands
The God of all the nations holds our lives in His hands
The Rock of our salvation holds our lives in His hands
He cares for them just as He cares for you
So love them like Jesus, love them like Jesus
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus
Love them like Jesus
The Devil made her do it
Oct 28, 2006
I'm absolutely appalled that someone has hacked into all my online profiles and accounts and deleted EVERYTHING. I have found out in the last 2 days that this has happened to others as well. We know who it is and we have all turned it over to God and left it ALL in His hands. All my pictures from my yahoo photo albums are missing. Someone has hacked into both my email accounts and deleted emails and other stuff too. I just can't believe that someone who has pretended to be our friend for so long would do this. I am taking this one day at a time. With God all things are possible. He is so good and has sent me angels to help see me through all of this. Everyone has been rallying together to help me get back some of my pictures, but there are pictures that only "I" had. I'm so grateful to have these angels to help me to get my profile back up and running and working on what pictures we can gather. I will continue to praise God for all his many blessings in my life.
September 2006
Oct 09, 2006
Well, my daughter Holly is now in college in Nashville, at our church college. She left August 25th and I've been so depressed ever since then. We left on Friday and came back on Sunday, I unpacked our suitcase and repacked it for Kyle (hubby) to head out for Auburn for the week to do job searches. Kyle and I feel that we have been called into a new start outreach ministry for a new Nazarene church being started in Auburn. We have been praying about this for over a year now and we really feel this is God's will. If this is God's will, then he will open the doors for us to move and provide us with jobs and a place to live. Please pray for God's guidance and wisdom in our lives. All of this happening at once has been very overwhelming to me. I've been very depressed for several weeks now. On top of that, my insurance will not cover my anti-depressant any longer and they've had to back up and put me on something generic that my insurance will cover. My doctor tried and tried to over ride it and get insurance to pay, but that didn't work. I've been a mess all weekend. I'm crying at everything. I had been unable to return to church since we took Holly to Nashville. I could not face everyone asking me about Holly or Kyle health (which is also not good at the moment) or our job/moving situation. I finally returned today for sunday school. I did well , as we arrived a few minutes late, but when we went down stairs to the worship service, people started filing up to ask questions about Holly and I broke down into tears. I wanted to get up and leave, but Kyle talked me into staying. It was a good Sunday service (about Faith) and I enjoyed my friend that played his saxaphone for offertory. By the end of the service I was in tears again and I headed down to the alter for prayer. All of my church friends gathered around me with my husband at my side praying for me. As we left the church, people started asking me again how Holly is doing in college. I kinda brushed them off and grabbed Kyle's arm and literally whisked him off to the car. Kyle said I was rude, but I honestly didn't mean to be. I just cannot talk about my daughter and her being away from me. I JUST CAN'T DO IT! I burst into tears every time. Why can people not see that? Why don't they understand? I just want to be left alone. I feel that they are partly to blame for her leaving me, as several church members have been encouraging her for 2-3 years to go to this college. I'm just LONELY right now. On the other hand, Jill and I are doing very well. She has been my ROCK! We do fun things together. I took her out to her favorite restaurant Friday night and was going to take her to the movies, but she decided she didn't want to be seen at the movies with her MOTHER! ha ha !!!! So we decided to go shopping for her Daddy. He's outgrown all of his pants, so we went and bought him 3 new pair. This is a wonderful thing. He has trouble GAINING weight and keeping the weight he gains on. His PCP has had him drinking BOOST and ENSURE to help with protein, vitamins and calories. Apparently it's working. He's finally up to 198. He's 6'4 and she wants him to get at 200 and stay at that size. We are very proud of him and his weight gain. He's been suffering greatly since his wreck in May and is still having much pain with his back. We are still concerned about his nose as well. We will be going back to the specialist at UAB in 5 weeks for a recheck and possible scheduling ANOTHER biopsy and at that time they will also do the surgery to open up the left side of his nose that has collapsed on the inside. He can't breathe at all out of the left side of his nose. Well, back to Jill, she's loving all the extra attention she's getting and she's enjoying staying in Holly's room while she's away. We are sure to keep it spic and span clean for when Holly returns to visit. :) I am very proud of my Jill and all her efforts to ensure Holly will be proud of her too in keeping her room and bathroom clean! Love and prayers to all my OH friends.
Elle
June & July 2006
Jul 23, 2006
My what a long time since I've updated my profile. I'm continuing to do well. I've gained a few pounds that I'm not happy about. I've been all out of sorts these past few months. My daughters were in a terrible car accident on February 27th and I almost lost them both. Holly spent a week in the hosptial and Jill 2 days. Then just over a month ago, my husband was in a car accident. That's right, 2 totalled cars in 3 months time. It's been a nightmare and I've been stress eating. Kyle has been off work since his accident in May. No income coming in in almost 6 weeks now. Holly is about to start college in the Fall at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. That too, is a huge stress factor for me. I'm having a hard time letting go of my baby that I almost lost just a few short months ago. Jill is doing well and back to driving. She is 15 and had a hard time getting back behind the wheel. Holly was driving the night of their accident and had no trouble getting back to driving. I would of been terrified for life. I was in a bad accident once and it literally took MONTHS for me to drive again. I was petrified to drive. Anyway, till next time....
July 24, 2006
Still not getting this weight off. I'm very depressed. Our oldest daughter Holly will be moving away to Nashville on August 25th to start college at Trevecca Nazarene University. I'm suffering from "empty nest syndrome" really bad. I know we will still have Jill at home, but everyone says this is NORMAL to feel this way. I want to know....what the heck is NORMAL? I cry all the time. I feel like my heart is being ripped out. I can't imagine life without Holly in it every single day. I need your prayers. Tomorrow is Kyle's birthday. We still have to go shopping to get him something. I can't think of a thing to get him that he needs. I always manage to get him new clothes for gifts and I know he would much prefer something else. The girls and I will have to get out this afternoon and get to hunting. Till next time.....
(we wound up getting him a Bible Cover and a new Polo shirt, thanks to the suggestions I got on the Bama Board. By the way, he LOVED them)
October 2005
Oct 12, 2005
Today is the "Celebration of Life" in Luverne, hosted by Randall Culpepper. I am so disappointed that I will not be able to make it. My family and I are working the Alabama Football concessions. This is the only fundraiser we have to raise money for our youth group at church to go on mission trips, camps, youth retreats ect...
Things are still going well. My family is great and my DH is a changed man. Our oldest daughter will be graduating this year and our youngest is a freshman in high school. I can't believe both of our girls are in high school. Time is flying by. My how they grow up so fast as we all grow older.
October 13, 2005
Wow, what a couple of weeks it's been. I developed an infection in my leg a couple of weeks ago and had to have surgery on it. It wound up being Staph. There's been an epidemic of it going around our school. I just don't know how I could of gotten it in my leg. Heck, my legs are always covered up with pants. Oh well, now I have an open wound that has to heal from the inside out. It's about 2 inches long but getting a bit smaller each day. Today was the first day I've had to pack it myself. My nurse friend has been doing it for me, when I don't go to the office and let them do it for me.
Last weekend, my girls both had homecomings to go to. Holly's bf came from Phenix City to take her to Hillcrest High homecoming. She's a senior and my baby girl is growing up on me. I'm starting to get depressed thinking about her leaving home for college. Jill went to Shelby County High homecoming with her bf. We spent the weekend in Columbiana, as they all had IMPACT team practice , so it worked out that she was able to go to homecoming with her bf. She's a freshmen with 3 more hears of school ahead of her. I have wonderful pictures in my yahoo album of my family if you'd like to take a look. Just click on it at the top of this page.
How to break a plateau
Jul 18, 2005
What an awesome summer this has been. I cannot even begin to express how much this summer has meant to me so far and it only keeps getting better. I have not stopped going, going, going since the day school was out back on May 22nd. We've visited Savannah, GA, Wild Adventure Safari in Valdosta, GA, been to Gulf Shores,been to Mississippi to attend a family reunion with a friend, visited with friends, attended two family reunions of my own, went camping, been fishing ect........with more to come before school starts back in just 1 month. It's hard to believe how much energy I have. All I can say, is that I'm happier than I've ever been in my entire life. My family is all doing well and we are all happier than we've ever been. GOD HAS BLESSED US SO MUCH! I have a nice home, a brand new car and many more blessings... to many to list here. I praise God for His goodness and blessings. I am maintaining my weightloss. I had gained 10 pounds, but am working real hard to get the last few off again. This tool takes lots of work folks and don't let anyone tell you any different. It's not easy to keep the weight off. It's a lifetime commitment. Until next time..........LHF
July 17, 2005
How to break a plateau
#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau
#2 - Drink 2 quarts of water a day
#3 - You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your
vitamins/minerals supplements each day (some suggest at least 60 and up to
80 gr)
#4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a
day
beef
pork
chicken
turkey
lamb
fish
eggs
low fat cheese
cottage cheese
plain yogurt or artificially sweetened
peanut butter
beans/legumes
You may also have:
sugar free popsicles
tea or coffee
sugar free soda
sugar free jello
broths
crystal light drinks
#5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!!
#6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily
July 19, 2005
Heading to PJ'S Coffee Cafe' tonight for the weekly group coffee and karaoke. This is such a fun time to get together and get to know one another better as well as offer support to each other. No one understands a WLS'er, like another WLS'er. What a great family we are.
April 2005
Apr 11, 2005
Today's the Bama Bash at Oak Mountain in Birmingham. I'm so excited to get to see everyone. After the picnic, my family and I will be going back to Becky Bellamy's home and my daughter Holly will be attending the Jacksonville High School Prom with Bradley, Becky's son. She's going to be so beautiful. She already is, but her dress is awesome. I'm continuing to do well and looking forward to school/work breaking for the summer in 6 more weeks. I'm going to take that time to look for another job. I just need a change desperately. I've spent many years doing this same job and I feel I need to move forward with my life. For the first time in my life I have the ENERGY to MOVE FORWARD! WLS, as been the best most positive thing in my life. Praise God for his goodness.
I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.
Phil. 4:13.
April 12, 2005
The weekend was beautiful and it was such a pleasure to meet everyone. My daughter Holly and Becky's son Bradley looked fantastic for Bradley's prom. We had a super weekend.
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