The very same day I made it to ONEDERLAND....  Heaven accepted another angel into its midst.  Makes it very hard to celebrate making it to onederland!  My dear daddy is sitting at the feet of Jesus.  I'd say he's up dancing with God, but dad wasn't a d

When I started this journey, I had written out a list of things I wanted to do that I wasn’t physically able to do because of my weight. I put it into a little book to be able to look back on as I travelled through this journey. I realized the ot

Yesterday my family and I walked in another 5K.  It was for the Neurofibromatosis (NF) Childrens Tumor Foundation (CTF).  My son's girlfriend has this condition which can cause tumors to grow on nerve endings throughout the body.  She has a very mild f

I had a meeting for work yesterday at a different location from where I usually work.  When I went in, I said hi to some of the other ladies while I clocked in.  One of them kept telling me how nice I looked, and of course, I said "thank you"  Well... 

Saw this quote today and thought it very fitting...

"If you don't have a dream...  how can you have a dream come true?"    Albert Einstein

I made my dreams come true by having DS surgery...  So many more dreams have come true f

I went to my surgeons office for my monthly checkup and they had wonderful news for me! In fact THREE things. I have lost more than 100 pounds since they met me (I'm down 125 from my highest weight). My blood pressure was 109/74 and she suggested I tal

When we measure ourselves - actually have someone else measure us...  if we have major batwings, do you squish the batwings to get a good measurement or do you just measure whatever is hanging down? 

It's more like 107!!  But I have started over in my counting.  I noticed my ticker even told me my "to go" weight loss is now less than my overall weight loss!  I think that it finally hit me...  I'm over half way there.  Started at my highest of 355..

I am working my normal 12 hour shift today and usually it's easy to work and not munch.  Today my mind is totally playing with my tummy and trying to tell me I'm hungry!  I KNOW I'm not!  I know it's boredom - it's very slow today.  Before surgery, I w

OK...  here's something I haven't seen yet or even thought of before.  I'm right around 100 lbs down now which is about halfway to goal for me now.  So, the other night I had an itch on my leg and it felt like little lumps of fat in there.  I have felt

Only 2 more pounds and I will hit my 100 pound mark!  WHAT???!!!???  It doesn't seem real, that's for sure!  I still feel like my self, only with the baggier clothes.  I don't see it in the mirror most days, but when I put up a side by side of myself,

I had a work meeting the other day with other employees that I haven't seen in quite a while.  (I work in a satellite office where I'm the only one doing my job here.)  While trying to figure out where I was going, my bo

I went to my regular doctor on Thursday for the first time in quite a while and he requested the dreaded blood tests for cholesterol and diabetes.  He had told me for the last few years that I was boarderline diabetic and my cholesteral was high.  Even

I had my DS surgery on New Years Eve.  I'm about 75 pounds down (including pre-op) and that's amazing...  My problem is that I don't feel like eating ANYTHING!  Nothing sounds good, water, protein drinks, real food...  NOTHING!!  I'm having to force my