my 1st birthday!

Dec 03, 2009

Well its been one year now and boy oh boy is it amazing how fast time has gone by! I am so thankful for today and every day that I can get up and walk with ease, go to work and not wonder how I am going to make it through the day, wake up on my day off and think "what am I going to do today?" instead of  spending all day sitting in my chair recouperating from the day before, and so on. I could go on and on... 

For anyone new, this surgery saved my life! If you have had your surgery already and feel like you aren't loosing fast enough, don't worry! It will come off. You may not be a size 6 by the time your done, BUT you will be healthier and more alive than you have been in years. This isn't a be all that ends all to your weight loss success, but an incredible tool that will enable you to take the time to listen to your body and heed what it is saying to you. DO NOT override this gift! You may or maynot be able to eat the same things anymore, this is a very independent thing among us all, but I do know that if your real quiet and listen, then you will begin to feel what your body likes and dislikes.

I am but a baby in this new body...I've never been this size that I can remeber what it felt like. I feel like I have won the lotto! What I couln't do for myself, my encredibly skilled surgeon Dr. Robert Read did with his hands. Thank you Dr. Read! I have a ways to go yet but know this everyone...I am confident in my ability to remain vigorous and healthy, and to NEVER return to the dark prison that I created for myself.

Thank you to all of you out there, my OH family for your questions that I would read, for your profiles to peruse, for your kind words and even for the hard words too (because we don't all respond to the same stimuli)! I love and appreciate each and every one of you. May grace, blessings, and peace be upon you all and success may you have in your fight against the beast of obesity!

Last but not least! Tahnk you James Wayne Bowers! My wonderful husband and BFF! I once heard that this surgery makes good marriages great and bad marriages worse...well honey I didn't think it was possible but you are the most incredible, giving, truly magnificient partner and friend. I am blessed by you and love you more every day! To my boys...thak you both for not making the changes we have been thgouh this year hard. I know giving up soda and candy everyday wasn't easy, but you did it! Mom and Dad...thanks for keeping the faith and praying all of those prayers when I had it so rough from time to time. I'm sure there are still going to be those times ahead, but I know that I can make it through because you are there for me! To all my other family and friends...Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Praise the Lord for He is so good! Thank you Jesus for your blessings on me!

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