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Well today I get to clean myself out so that I can have an Upper and Lower GI tomorrow... I am not really looking forward to the whole process. 
Reason I'm having this done is.... I've been so anemic for a long time, the Doc wants to see if maybe I'm bleeding anywhere in my digestive track..... and elsewhere.
Other reason I'm having it done is well, I guess I'm at that age where they just want to look inside of me from both ends. 
So tomorrow I will be skewered at both ends I guess they call us spinners, the look in one end then spin me around and look in the other end, so I've been told, hopefully they use a different scope.

YeeHaw!

ok, well I've kind of gotten lazy about watching what I eat, so now guess what I'm up 30 pounds from my lowest weight.  I still feel good but I have to get this under control.  Since Monday I've been drinking protien drinks and having a light dinner, mainly protien and vegies.  I need to get my pouch working for me again and so far I've dropped 4 pounds... ok we all know that really isn't fat, but I'll take it.  at least it's going in the right direction. 
My goal is to get back to 170lbs.  I'm at 189 today.  so 19 lbs I can do that! 

wish me luck.

Well here it is June 4th and I'm still at 167 pounds... looks like I missed reporting in for May... it was 167 too.  I really would like to get to 155, so I'm trying a little harder now.  I need to give up those darn carbs... they seem to call to me.  I am going to take this one day at a time, one meal at a time.  I am recording my meals at sparkpeople.com, I love this site better then fitday.com.  
I've been walking more these days, my company has started a challenge to get fit and I am participating in it.  They are also having a biggest loser contest and I'm doing that too.  My goal is to lose 12 lbs by Labor day.  

This is my one year anniversary... so much has happened in this year, it's hard to believe.  I started out at 291, today I weigh 166, that's a total of 125 pounds gone forever!  Life is good, I can get on my horse with out the aid of a step,  this was a big achievement for me.  I can soak in the bathtub and have extra room.  I can bend over and tie my shoes.  I can cross my legs.   I can run if I want to.  I can walk in high heels.  My husband can wrap his arms around me :o)  I can wear my wedding ring.  There is space between my steering wheel and my belly, and I don't have to open the car door to pop the gas tank cover.   I can share clothes with my daughter.   I can do a thousand things that I couldn't do last year.  I thank God for the second chance.  I thank my insurance company for covering this.  I thank my employer for including this in the insurance package.  I thank Dr Read for his expertise, kindness, understanding and encouragement.  I thank the staff at Samaritan Bariatric Program, they are the best.  I thank my family and I would also like to thank everyone here on this website for your support.  
for those of you who are just checking into this... I would do this all over again.... it has improved my life 100%

Darla

Well not much has changed this month... I weighed in at 167...same as March.   It was a tough month for me... I wanted to eat more then usual and I realized I was stress eating again, I am trying to make smart choices but sometimes I fail.  Hopefully this month will be better.
I would like to lose at least 10 more pound total, it wont be my goal of 145 but I'm happy to be where I am but would like to be able to say I weigh 150 something instead of 160 something.

I"M NOT GIVING IN TO THE OLD HABITS!!!

Here is my official weight for March 1st, 2007..... drum roll please.......
167 lbs.
That is 6 pounds lost in February and I'm only  22 pounds away from my goal of 145.  I don't know if I'll make my goal by April 25th which will be my one year anniversary  but I'm ok with it if I don't because I'm feeling so much better then I did a year ago... oh and I look better too. 

291/167/145

For those of you who have just started this process or are looking into having it done, I want you to know this is the best thing I have ever done for myself and would do it again in a minute.... I have no regrets what so ever.

Darla

Now that I've lost so much weigt, (121 lbs)  I've had more comments lately that me and my youngest daughter look alike... I don't see it, but am happy to hear it because I think she is beautiful!  (see photo)
One of the pros of losing weight is I can wear her size M tops... one of the cons of losing weight is,  she can wear my size M tops :o)  
I guess I have to learn to share.

I weighed 173 pounds on Feb 1st which is a 7 lb loss during January.  I'm happy with that.  I would like to be 165 by March, keeping my fingers crossed.  I squeezed my behind into my daughters size 8 jeans... they were a little tight but still I was able to get them on, not that I would wear them in public... LOL!  
Had lots of WOW moments this last weekend at the High School Equestrian Meet...  The best one was when my daughter said she was watching me talk with a friend and she thought that I looked really good in my jeans and new vest. 
291/172/145

On January 14th, 2007 at 2:21am my first grand child was born. 
His name is Garrett Austin and he weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 1/2 inches long. 
He is beautiful! I was able to take the week off from work to spend with my daughter and help out any way I could which was mostly holding and kissing my grandson :o) 
During this week I realized how lucky I am to have had this surgery and to be able to do everything I wanted to, stay up late, sitting on the floor, and getting up again. 
I would bend over the changing table and my back didn't hurt. I could sit in the rocking chair without flowing over the sides :o)
 I will be able to run and play with Garrett, and maybe even take him to Disneyland and go on the rides with him. 
Life is good, really, really good! 
291/173/145

This is my official weight for Jan 2nd 2007 -  180 pounds
I only lost 3 pounds during December.  It was a difficult month for me... I hope I can get focused again on my goal and start moving towards it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful year!
291/180/145