Post-Op Day 356: I'm still here!!!! :-)

(I'm really 178.5 but they don't do .5!)

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I swear I didn't fall off the face of the Earth. ;-)

Hello there! I am sooooooooooo sorry I haven't written in *gulp* a MONTH! Where has the time gone??

I have so much to talk about that I think I just simply got overwhelmed to even start writing. So, to break the ice, I thought I would just pop in and say hi! So...hi!

My parents arrive from Indiana tomorrow. Hopefully they are on the road as I type. I cannot WAIT to see them. However, on the other hand, I am so overwhelmed because I need to get this house cleaned up pronto! I guess I will do it tonight and totally exhaust myself. haha Ahhhh the holidays!

I cannot BELIEVE that my weight-loss surgery anniversary is in 8 days!!!!! How in the world has a year passed by?? In that time, I have lost 145.5 pounds! I cannot even believe it!! I am soooo thrilled that I had this surgery.

I keep reminding myself to stop and think about where I was this time last year. It was my re-address day with Dr. Naaman. It was the day that I got the paperwork and set the wheels truly in motion.

At that point in my life, I was miserable with my weight but terrified about the surgery. I wrote in my blog: "Sooooo...one week from tomorrow morning, I go under the knife. I want to live. I want to live so much that I am willing to go through this to have the best life possible."

I am SO GLAD I DID! I wish I could go back and tell the me of then that it was all going to be ok. Sure, it's been really hard, but I made it through and lost weight. I could have never imagined that I would be sitting here weighing 178.5 pounds and feeling brand new in many ways and still the same in many ways. I still have my personality and all the things I liked about myself, yet I have a much smaller, much healthier new body. Sure, I want to lose 19.5 more pounds, but so do many people in the world. That just makes me "normal." At 324 pounds, the thought of having to lose just that would have blown my mind!

Anyway, I will reflect more on my anniversary. For right now, I just want to say that I still very much appreciate this wonderful tool and I thank God for protecting me through this year.

I need to get going...the dog needs walking, and then I have to shower, go to Walmart and go to work. I am overwhelmed just thinking about all I have to do today. Still, I will do it all just being thankful and happy that I am where I am today. God has blessed me with this amazing tool, and equally amazing parents, friends, dog and, most of all, husband. Scott is my rock and I will forever be grateful for him.

I also want to say - Much love to Diana, Donna and Erin, all who have inquired as to why I haven't written. You all are awesome and I am so thankful for your love and support!!!

Below is a new pic of me...