Well, I'm 6 wks out today and 31# down. 3 to share. 1. My son and I went hiking last weekend. I made it 3 miles on a difficult trail. A quarter of the way through at the top of a hill, my son stopped me and said " remember this spot? Its where you were out of breath and your ankles hurt so bad, I saw tears in your eyes. Now your keeping up with me." We finished at a very brisk pace this time.

2. He said he was proud of me

3. A patient asked why I'd had an MRI. As I was encouraging him through his PET scan. I told him I'd had a ministroke at age 37 due to being overweight and high BP. He looked me up and down and was surprised because he thought I looked "healthy"..

I still have 65# to lose, but its a start.

That's awesome! Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

Your #1 is my main reason for having this surgery! I love to hike and hate not being able to go as far or as steep as I want.

Proud of you!! Keep it up!!

Your story is so inspirational. What a beautiful thing for your son to say. Congrats

CONGRATS! The hiking story made my heart melt. That's awesome!

Thanks everyone. Best decision I've ever made for myself.

That is so neat! It's amazing what we will do for our loved ones even when our bodies are hurting, I can totally relate with my knees. And now to be able to go hiking and not have that pain is truly wonderful! Congratulations!

Hurray for NSV!

With my walking exercise I made it up to 3 miles on my fast-pace walk! And it felt fantastic!!

I am three weeks post-op and due to surgery complications, I had a 7-day hospital stay, and I still have a large hematoma on my left side!

So three miles may not seem like much of a victory, but for me it's excellent!

Hurray for NSV!

With my walking exercise I made it up to 3 miles on my fast-pace walk! And it felt fantastic!!

I am three weeks post-op and due to surgery complications' date=' I had a 7-day hospital stay, and I still have a large hematoma on my left side!

So three miles may not seem like much of a victory, but for me it's excellent![/quote']

Suko, that's great! Even without complications, 3 miles for most of us IS a HUGE victory! Congrats and keep up the great work. I can only see it getting better for us

Thank you for the supportive comments, Rdoactv!

It has helped me to stay positive and very motivated!

Hurray for NSV!

With my walking exercise I made it up to 3 miles on my fast-pace walk! And it felt fantastic!!

I am three weeks post-op and due to surgery complications, I had a 7-day hospital stay, and I still have a large hematoma on my left side!

So three miles may not seem like much of a victory, but for me it's excellent!

I am currently up to one mile (walk/jog) on the treadmill. I'd love to do 3!! I will one day. :-) Congrats!!

I am currently up to one mile (walk/jog) on the treadmill. I'd love to do 3!! I will one day. :-) Congrats!!

Yes You Will!!

I am currently up to one mile (walk/jog) on the treadmill. I'd love to do 3!! I will one day. :-) Congrats!!

I know that a steady regime of daily exercise is one of the greatest daily "gift" we can do for ourselves and our new, healthy lifestyle!

I can only walk a quick pace, my insides and incisions are still too sore to jog yet.

I am getting a new gym membership on Tuesday because it is getting too hot here (90's F ++) and it makes me very nauseous to work out when's it is that hot outside!!

Let's keep up the good work!