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I saw a gal (super cute and thin) who I have always really liked and we live in the same small town, but never see each other. We chatted briefly last night while lugging our kids thru town trick or treating.....today she called me and said "I couldn't fall all over you in the street but you look amazing!". So nice that she took the time to call to say congrats! Made my whole day.

So, that got me thinking--I have never posted pix of myself on the board, so here is a brief pictorial before and after (but not to goal yet!)

this is summer 2004(pre band)--with my mom and my sweet boy, Denny:

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/denmother1999/MeMomandDennyJuly2004.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

This pix is December 2004--4 months after banding (I bought the matching Hanna Andersson skirt to match my DH and DS, but I couldn't get my left thigh in it, much less wear it--totally delusional!):

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/denmother1999/christmas2004.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

This is recent-Sept 14th with my little boy again! :) No sleep, no makeup and just after my brother's funeral. Sooo tired, but I like this photo. It's very real to me.

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/denmother1999/MeandDennySept2005.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

All hail progress!!!!!!!

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Quick hijack...Angie, I just saw your "token lesbian" thingy...you crack me up! Very funny, girl, but I'm willing to bet there are many many more on here!!!! And you are no Token!!! Gads...cracking up here!

Anyhow...Kimber-lilly, you are just beautiful! Thanks for sharing pics of your great progress and your lovely family. I like the no sleep, no make-up pic, too. You look great. Very real and happy!!

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o0o gotta jump in on that hijack - I *know* you're not the only one here Angie lol, but nice try :D Can I be the token fence sitter, cause I just can't make up my mind hehe...

Kimber-lilly, you look fabulous!! You've just got this amazing glow to you. And you're right, your son is the spitting image of you ... adorable :)

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Darling pics of you and your family. You look amazing and I am so happy for you. I just love to see pictures. Thanks so for sharing with us.

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Wow you do look great & Your son is so cute. Congratulations on your weight loss!

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Lol there are no tokin lesbians silly im one too!!! lol... And Kimber lilly on top of having the coolest name EVER you have a great wieght loss!!! Congrats from one Kim to another!

Kim

a.k.a the token Chicago lesbian..... lol.....

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What lesbians....where.....I don't see any. Anyhow, Kimber Lilly you family is adorable. You look MARVELOUS DARLING.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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