Terri's Intro

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone.

I can now officially contribute to this group. I do admit that I

have been lurking for many many months, and feel very close to many

of you already.

My name is Terri Harley am 47 years young and I live in Temecula, CA

I had surgery on 12/7/01 with Dr. Ellner. Starting weight was 309

and I am currently 234. I am not where I want to be, but since month

7 the weight loss has only been 1-2 pounds a month. Hey as long as I

keep going in the right direction I am happy. If I never lost

another pound, I consider myself a success!! I am MUCH healthier,

and am able to be active and live my life. Before I did not think

that I would last another 10 years.

I am diabetic (now controlled with diet and exercise-yeah). I was

about to be put on insulin as they could not control it with pills,

but since surgery I have been able to keep in good contol. my HA1C

is currently 7.1 and under 7.0 is considered normal.

I have a husband and 4 furry children and an adorable step daughter

(13). Currently I am working 2 jobs (gotta pay those bills off LOL)

but am going to try and get to the OSSG-Grad Vegas trip. I would

absolutely love to meet everyone.

Look forward to contributing.

Terri in Temecula

[Guest guest]

Welcome Terri!

Good for you on the weight loss. I'm 47 as well and pretty much mirror your

statistics for your timeframe. I too was on the 1-2 pounds a month at your

point and am now about 1-2 pounds every 6-8 weeks, BUT HEY -- I'm STILL

LOSING!! It's now been 17 months for me and I agree with you whole-heartedly

about if you stopped now, what you have gained. But no worries, mate!! Just

keep on keepin' on and it will keep coming off - like me, I'm sure, ...

slowly but surely!

Again, welcome!

Bobbie

Anchorage

Open Proximal 5-11-01

Then: 314

Now: 190

***************************

Hi everyone.

I can now officially contribute to this group. I do admit that I

have been lurking for many many months, and feel very close to many

of you already. >>

[Guest guest]

Welcome Temecula Terri!

We are at the same point. Well, I was 234 3/4 last week and now I'm

236, not that I pay attention to the scale LOL!!! (and don't you know

I balanced that scale very delicately to squeeze that elusive 1/4

pound out of it!!!)

Looking forward to you jumping on the bandwagon,

Vicki A.

> Hi everyone.

>

> I can now officially contribute to this group. I do admit that I

> have been lurking for many many months, and feel very close to many

> of you already.

>

> My name is Terri Harley am 47 years young and I live in Temecula, CA

>

> I had surgery on 12/7/01 with Dr. Ellner. Starting weight was 309

> and I am currently 234. I am not where I want to be, but since

month

> 7 the weight loss has only been 1-2 pounds a month. Hey as long as

I

> keep going in the right direction I am happy. If I never lost

> another pound, I consider myself a success!! I am MUCH healthier,

> and am able to be active and live my life. Before I did not think

> that I would last another 10 years.

>

> I am diabetic (now controlled with diet and exercise-yeah). I was

> about to be put on insulin as they could not control it with pills,

> but since surgery I have been able to keep in good contol. my HA1C

> is currently 7.1 and under 7.0 is considered normal.

>

> I have a husband and 4 furry children and an adorable step daughter

> (13). Currently I am working 2 jobs (gotta pay those bills off LOL)

> but am going to try and get to the OSSG-Grad Vegas trip. I would

> absolutely love to meet everyone.

>

> Look forward to contributing.

>

> Terri in Temecula