11 Months and 115 Pounds Lighter...

Backyard camping with Zoë (& Bob.)




• I can wear fitted t-shirts and still be able to breathe.
• I can walk for long distances without really thinking about it.
• I want to be more active.
• I AM more active.
• My asthma has improved.
• I can keep up with my 4 year old daughter, at least for a little while!
• If I put something in my mouth and it doesn't taste amazing, I stop eating it.
• I really need to go and buy some new clothes for fall.  Everything I own is now hanging off of me.
• I have energy.  Pure, wonderful energy!
• I am not obsessing about my being "fat" anymore.
• I have passed the halfway mark to my goal weight.
• I am very comfortable behind the wheel of my car.
• I can comfortably sit in a booth at a restaurant.
• I feel like a new and improved version of my old, happy self.
• I am beginning to contemplate plastic surgery to remove extra skin down the line.
• I am determined to grow healthier as I grow older, instead of growing sicker with age.
• I am still trying to retrain my brain to make the correct food choices, especially when it comes to portions.  (I tend to take too much food, though I can't possibly eat it all.)  baby steps, baby steps...
• I see endless possibilities ahead of me.



115 pounds thinner.




• The quality of our family time improves every day, because I am no longer a spectator on a regular basis.

Me, in a tent! NEVER would have tried that 115 pounds ago.

My one year surgical anniversary is coming up on October 7th, 2010.  It's hard to believe it's almost been a year.  I can't wait to see what happens in year two!