Big Medicine... .New Season

If you haven't done so yet, please take some time on Wednesday nights, 9pm central time, to watch an episode of Big Medicine. It airs on the TLC channel. I love this show. Good to this website to read about it:

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/big-medicine/big-medicine.html

I didn't have the opportunity to video tape my progress. Big Medicine follows each patient step by step, from beginning to the end, good and bad.

Let me know what you think!!

Happy New Year and resolutions....

At midnight on New Years, I took ONE sip of Champagne and that was it. As you can see in the picture above the Champagne glass is still full!!! I took the time to really enjoy New Years this time. My friends and I had a great time. It had been a long time since I stayed up past midnight, but I managed and I am really glad I did. There was Food, Karaoke, cameras, noisemakers, hats, beads, etc...
I decided that I wasn't going to make a New Years resolution this time. I have achieved so much this past year. I am going to the this next year bring what it has in store. I am however trying really hard to make sure that I take my vitamins everyday. Lately I have been forgetting to take them. Not by choice, but for some reason it was slipping my mind. I have set up a system now where I will not forget to take them.
Exercising this year will probably get a boost. Mainly because for Christmas I got a new ipod!! I have nearly 620 songs on it already!!
My plan to maintain my weight and still be careful what I eat. 2008 is the first full year that I will not be obese, so there will be no excuses for not trying something new.
Happy New Year everyone!!!

Holiday Recap

Christmas 2005 (360 pounds) above

Christmas 2006 (218 pounds) above

Christmas 2007 (168 pounds) above

I had a very enjoyable Christmas!! As you can see in the above pictures, there has been quite a change in me from 2005 until now. Can you believe it really is me?? I sometimes can't believe it. A few family members had mentioned that when I walked into the room they had to take a second look to believe that it really was me. It is interesting to see how people react to seeing me for the first time since surgery.
I got through the holiday's without overdoing it food wise. I did have some cookies, candy, etc.. I won't lie. There is absolutely no way I could ever go back to eating the amounts I used to before surgery. I even baked some cookies this year. They were good. I thought to myself that before surgery, I would have kept all the cookies for myself and eat 10-12 at a time. After I was done baking them this year, I actually gave most of them away, while the remainder that I kept remain in the freezer as I type this.
I did notice a small weight gain during the holiday also. It seemed that I gained 3 pounds. However, since going back to work and getting back into reality, I have since lost the 3 pounds.
I am still, being 20 months post op, really glad that I had this surgery. Who knows where I would be if I didn't have this surgery. Maybe heading towards 500 pounds?? Well, I don't think about that. I only think about what this surgery has done for me. Many people can do it on their own, I am grateful that they were able to do it. For those who can't do it on their own, I consider this surgery to be a lifesaver!!