Sheila

OMG, you are one sexy, sassy momma! I love your attitude. You look so good and please, we can all see your amazing transformation. You look STUNNING!!!! You should 1000% proud of yourself for your courage and determination to lose your weight and looking so good. I will be posting some before and after pics shortly. Sheila

Today is my 46th birthday. Hard for me to wrap my head around being this old. I don't feel 46, but I am. Since my birthday is 6 days after Christmas and I received a very nice expensive camera for Christmas, I was not expecting anything for my birthday other than the camera case we had to buy separately. My loving husband surprised with me a gift card to go shopping to get clothes that fit me a bit better. (This is the NSV part) When I started out, I was wearing a size 28 pants. I have made it down to recently to size 18 but they are getting a bit loose on me so I wanted to try on a size 16 to see if they fit. I wasn't expecting much but I thought I would try it out. Well, the size 16 pants were to big for me, and I ended up buying 3 pair of pants in size 14 and 1 top that is a Large or just an X. Can't remember what it is. One of the new pants are a skinny fit and make my legs look quite skinny. I was pretty much shocked. There was a pair of pants in the store I really liked but they didn't have any in the size I needed. I told the clerk it is a completely new experience for me to not be able to buy something because it is to big for me. Talk about a head smack experience. Today has been a good day, so far. Friends and family coming over a little later for dinner and then watching the ball drop. I love my sleeve and my emerging new body. (I never thought I would ever say that) Sheila

Well, I missed my goal by 6 pounds. I have been in a stall for almost a month and I think over Christmas I have broke it because I have lost an additional 2 pounds since the 24th. I am not getting to excited about it yet until I see more movement, but if it holds up I am now in the 170's. At my morning weigh in I was 179.0. So I will set my next goal to be 159 by February 28. I know there is a Valentine's Challenge and I am sort of a part of it, but I always set my goals at 2 month intervals so I am 2 weeks behind the Valentine's challenge. Wish me luck and good luck to everyone else on their next challenge. Sheila

Hi, just wanted to give my update. I was going to do it yesterday, but I got busy and forgot. Starting weight: 193 Current weight: 184 Christmas goal weight: 173 Pounds to goal: 11 Fingers crossed I can make it. Good luck to everyone and their goals. Sheila

Wasn't sure where to post this, so I am posting it in two places. Please forgive me if you read it twice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At my initial consultation for surgery I weighed 291lbs. Today I am proud to announce I weigh 190lbs. Therefore I have lost 101lbs!!! I am very proud of the accomplishment I just achieved. I honest have a hard time believing I lost that much weight. I have about 40 to 45 more pounds to go to reach my ultimate goal and I hope to reach that by next spring. I will upload pictures a little later. YAY ME!!! Sheila

At my initial consultation for surgery I weighed 291lbs. Today I am proud to announce I weigh 190lbs. Therefore I have lost 101lbs!!! I am very proud of the accomplishment I just achieved. I honest have a hard time believing I lost that much weight. I have about 40 to 45 more pounds to go to reach my ultimate goal and I hope to reach that by next spring. I will upload pictures a little later. YAY ME!!! Sheila

Update: I have lost 3 pounds so far and have 17 to go to reach my goal of 173 pounds. Good luck everyone! Sheila

I am in as well. I am a little late, but I am joining as well. Current weight: 193lbs Goal weight: 173lbs pounds to goal: 20lbs Here we go! Sheila

Hello everyone. Just got back from the Dominican Republic, was there for a week. Although I had already met my goal for the Halloween challenge, I thought I would update my weight. While away, I lost an additional 4 pounds, so my current weight is 193lbs. I bested the challenge by 6lbs. Wow!!! Congratulations to all who have met or exceeded their Halloween challenge, and for those who struggled, good luck on the next challenge. We will all do this together and have huge success. Sheila

One of the reason I choose to have WLS was to help me gain control of my health issues. I had Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, bad joints in my knees and feet and so on. Well, after my blood work results, I am happy to report: I am no longer diabetic. I no longer have high cholesterol. My joints are feeling better although they still twinge every now and then. I am off my diabetic meds as well as the cholesterol meds. I am reducing the dosage of my synthroid meds. I only have 2 mandatory meds I have to take that are, HRT (female hormones due to a hysterectomy in 2002) and my synthroid. Yay! It is amazing what losing 94 pounds will do for your health. 45 pounds prior to surgery and 49 after surgery. Working on becoming as healthy as I can. Sheila

Thanks Ladies. I am definitely celebrating my Huge scale Victory with a walk today. No food celebrations any longer for me . Gonna keep going. Have lots to go. Sheila

Woot Woot!!!!! Goal Reached: 199lbs!!!!!! Never thought I would see a 1 in front of the other two numbers again. From my heaviest weight ever, I have lost 103 pounds. When I reach 191lbs I will have lost 100 pounds from the start of this journey on November 30, 2010. Doing the happy dance here in my office chair!!!!!!!!!! Sheila Keep up the good work everyone, we are all becoming healthy together.

Congrats on being in Onederland! I am 1 pound away from reaching my Halloween goal of 199 and ONEDERLAND!!!!! So hard to believe. Congrats again. Sheila

Halloween weigh in: Surgery weight: 245lbs Halloween Starting weight: 219lbs Halloween Goal weight: 199lbs Current weight: 200lbs Pounds to goal: 1 lb WOOT WOOT!!! Can't believe I have one pound to go to be in Onederland! I never ever thought I would see the 100's again. Sheila