Re: Where are ya'll ----->Ann C. B., Cindee ????????

June 7, 2004

OK, OK, OK, I tied Ray to the bed, and gagged him long enough to

post! LOL, Life has just been so busy it has been insane, but

wonderful!

We just got home from Las Vegas, where our oldest daughter Nena

married the father of our beautiful grandaughter! It was a themed

wedding and Ray was Uncle Kracker (droopy drawers and all!), I

dressed as kd lang (wore my " gay female seeks gay female " shirt,

round black shades, black leather vest and boots, and spiked my now

75% grey hair - OMG when did THAT happen?).

Our daughter got married wearing a neon pink waist length wig, the

matron of honor was Marilyn Monroe and the grooms family came as the

whole cast of Gilligans island! It was INSANE!!! But so beautiful we

all cried, and cried, then laughed til we cried!

The most awesome part of the whole trip? Our hotel room was on the

3rd floor, I got to CLIMB 3 flights of stairs several times daily and

did it without even needing a rest! I got to take our grandbabies to

the Freemont Sreet experience and walk it, not once, not twice, but 4

times, from end to end!!! I didn't have to say " gramma needs to rest "

even once!!!

Life has just been amazing! LOL, lots of silly things going on - my

sister and I have had this weird " link " since we were kids, if one of

us got sick, or hurt, the other felt it, even miles, or hundreds of

miles away, if I get hives, there is a 90% chance she has them, if

she has chest pain or an asthma attack, she calls to warn me and

finds out I have already taken nitro or my inhaler!

LOL, she was 225 pounds and a size 22 or 2X when I had my DS, and she

wanted to have it also, but had no insurance, we laughed it off and

said, " why bother? " I will have the surgery, you will lose the

weight. " Well, here we are 18 months later, and I am wearing size

8's....and she has gone from a size 22 to a size 10 and she actually

got into my size 6 jeans the oither night! NO dieting, no surgery,

the pounds are just dropping off her! We are just amazed and in

shock! LOL, could be her new job, she lifts 20 to 30 thousand pounds

of cheese a day.....but we blame it on my ds!! She looks and feels

amazing! But she is stealing all my clothes!

Let's see.....we have 2 months of peace until Ray starts officiating

football again, I am preparing for having 2 in high school and one in

8th grade, my ex-husband is staying here with us for s few more

months it seems, and life is semi-normal, chaos!!

I am always around, I read posts but rarely have time to respond! We

are so wrapped up with a group we have locally and a local band we

support that we seem to go and go and go all the time! LOL, ANOTHER

awesome thing, I was with my ex 14 years and maybe danced with him

twice, and with Ray I would never dance either, but now.....LOL, 5

hours of dancing on a Saturday night is a normal thing! Non stop,

dirty dancing, slow dancing, just plain old rocking out classic rock

ands roll boogying! LOL, I have been known to slow dance wth him in

the grocery store if the right song comes along!

I am still amazed at the changes the DS has created in my life!

The things I CAN do, the things I WANT to do, all make life so sweet!

Life is good! God is GREAT! And the ds gave me a new life!

I have only lost 1-2 more pounds but my weight seems to have

stabilized at 135-137 and bounces to 145 or so depending on PMS

etc....I am in size 8's prety much all the time, but have some 6's

that fit great too! Heck, if I gained back 10-15 pounds I would still

be thrilled and completely happy with where I am, I surpassed my goal

a long time ago! LOL, all I wanted to be was 170 and a size 14-16

again! But God had other plans!

Cindee

Hanford, Ca

highest weight 252 pounds size 26/28, 3X - BMI 42

preop weight 238 pounds size 22/24, 2X - BMI 39.4

DS 10/15/02 with Dr Zarihya

Hernia repair/tummy tuck 01/09/04

todays weight 136 and a size 8 - BMI 23

Minus 102 pounds!!!

No more aching hips, no more aching knees, no more blood pressure

medications!!! Asthma meds cut to once daily as opposed to 4-6 times

daily (I still have 1 lung) and I can get on TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Healthier, happier, and loving life!

My Weight Loss Journey

http://www.geocities.com/firecoupleinca

**********OK, can I untie Ray now?? (evil grin) NAHHHHHHHH, I think

he needs to stay there a while**************

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- In DS_Friends_Keshishian , " Melinda " <lomo@c...>

wrote:

> OK,

>

> This group has gotten so quiet, you have broken me out of my

lurkdom!

>

> (aka Halle Berry), where did you go? The last you posted,

I

> think that you were trying to decide about where to have your panni

> surgery. What did you decide?

>

> Ann C, did you win the Publisher's Clearinghouse and just leave

town

> without telling us? How is the " career incision " healing? What

> about the back surgery - is it still a no-go?

>

> Cindee, we know that you & Ray are in the bedroom. Come out long

> enough to post some time so I can go back to my lurk-hole. Post

> something positive so I can hold on to it --- to get through this

> @#$% plateau.

>

> Melinda in New Mexico

> Open DS 2/10/4

> (who knows that she will be the slowest all-time Drs. K & Z loser)

June 7, 2004