I didnt know it but i gave my wife and kids the best xmas present ever last July 23rd. The band! This year we didnt have a lot of money to buy a large amount of toys for our 5 kids. I was a little upsetting until my kids told us it was the best xmas they had ever had. Because of my band and my weight lose I was able to do more things and play with my kids. As a family we made ginerbread houses, decorated the house and tree and played a lot of board games. I had the energy to play computer games like the Wii and playstation as a family. We played chess, checkers, baked cookies and many other family activities including a family movie every night. I never would of thought that is was not the toys and gifts my kids wanted for xmas but more time with me and my wife and the band made that possible for me. We just cant wait until the spring and summer to come so we can do so many other things together outside, For the first time in years i will be able to get right in there and play with my family instead of being the dad watching everyone play and taking pictures of the fun without being in any of the pictures. I thought I was getting my band for me and found out it was for my entire family. COOL! Oh and i also found out I can burn up to 50 extra cals. playing cards with my kids for 30 straight minutes. So if I times that by 5 kids i can really start losing more weight...LOL! Well I got to go now my daughter is about to dress me up and put make up on me, dont think that will burn many cals....LOL!:Yawn:

Thats a great story. Congrats on your success!

Papa, I am so proud of you man.. you are doing it .. you never give up and keep fighting man.. we are doing this my friend.. we are getting our lives back.. just six short months ago.. we were killing oursleves.. and now we are taking back what we were throwing away.. Man you are kicking butt... keep it up...

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What a wonderful realization and a fantastic post! Thank you for sharing!

What a great post! Thank you for sharing your wonderful family with us. Your stats are fantastic!

I didnt know it but i gave my wife and kids the best xmas present ever last July 23rd. The band! This year we didnt have a lot of money to buy a large amount of toys for our 5 kids. I was a little upsetting until my kids told us it was the best xmas they had ever had. Because of my band and my weight lose I was able to do more things and play with my kids. As a family we made ginerbread houses, decorated the house and tree and played a lot of board games. I had the energy to play computer games like the Wii and playstation as a family. We played chess, checkers, baked Cookies and many other family activities including a family movie every night. I never would of thought that is was not the toys and gifts my kids wanted for xmas but more time with me and my wife and the band made that possible for me. We just cant wait until the spring and summer to come so we can do so many other things together outside, For the first time in years i will be able to get right in there and play with my family instead of being the dad watching everyone play and taking pictures of the fun without being in any of the pictures. I thought I was getting my band for me and found out it was for my entire family. COOL! Oh and i also found out I can burn up to 50 extra cals. playing cards with my kids for 30 straight minutes. So if I times that by 5 kids i can really start losing more weight...LOL! Well I got to go now my daughter is about to dress me up and put make up on me, dont think that will burn many cals....LOL!:thumbup:

LOL Papa!! Congrats on your successes so far. I'm sure your family is just as stoked and excited as you are. That is so fantastic!!

Keep up the good work and before you know it, you will be at goal and nothing will stop ya!

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I love this post. Getting back to family basics is awesome. We didn't have a lot of money this year either, so we (my adult children and I) played board games too. It was the best relaxing Christmas ever, because we were not frazzled by the chaos of the holidays.