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My husband graduated from flight school and we are stationed in central Texas now. I've been trying to keep my weight around 173, because I think I look pretty good, but I started to notice that my clothes were becoming loose, so I weighed myself and I'm at 165. I don't know.. I think that I'm happy with where I'm at or, I should say.. was. It's bad to say this, but I'm tired of having clothes not fit me and start to fall off. I like having hips and I know my husband likes my hips. I'm also not sure if I want to see what my body looks like at a smaller weight. Already, my skin looks like it's melting in places and it just plain makes me nervous. I fit into a size 10-12 womens/ 11-13 in juniors now and I actually have a pair of 9 shorts that I fit, too. Some women/people like having their clothes loosen up and yeah, that was great for awhile, but my goodness... money don't grow on tree's. But I guess I will continue to ride this roller coaster and start saving up for that tummy tuck, lol...... and thigh lift.. and.. arm lift .. and.. lol

Well, i'm getting told that my pants are getting too loose again, so when I went to Wal-mart... I tried on some pants. So, apparently, I dropped from a 15 juniors to an 11 juniors. I prefer the jeans from that department to the women's section. I've been stuck at 170-173 lbs for some time now, so I'm wondering if that is where my body is going to stay. My goal was originally 140, but I've been told that I already look that weight and my husband wonders if my extra skin amounts to the extra 30 lbs. I have no clue. I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens.

Lemme just say.. Not a fan of the tailbone. Forgot I even had it until I started losing a bunch of weight and now, if the seat's not soft and cushy, it pinches me and is totally uncomfortable. I don't remember it being like this when I was thinner in my teenage years. Oh well, I guess you get the good with the bad.

Ok, I'm officially weighing 173 pounds. I have 33 pounds left before I reach my goal of 140. People are now starting to say that if I lose the 33 pounds than I will just "blow away" because people are starting to think I am looking too thin. I think it is because everyone saw me at my highest weight (263), saw me lose the 10 lbs that I needed for the surgeon to operate on me (253), so they aren't used to seeing so much weight off of me. Before, I was getting comments about how I'm doing so good, then I got the "hey, you're looking skinny" comments, now I'm getting.. "I'm getting worried about you, can you stop losing weight now?" comments. C'mon!! I'm 173, I'm still in the severely obese category on the weight charts. I fit in a size 15 in juniors/ loose 16 womens pants, Large shirt. Maybe it is because I am wearing XL long sleeve shirts since it is getting cooler out and that's the only size that I have in my closet from last winter, or maybe it's because the pants that I bought to go on the cruise with are getting baggy. (Sigh....) I don't know..

This doesn't really seem like a really big wow moment, but... my lil' family and I went on a bike ride yesterday and for the first time in a very long time, I didn't throw up, have to lay down in the grass.. NOTHING!! I swear, it was like 6 miles and some of it was through the woods, granted.. I had to get off the bike to walk it over logs and over wood planks and stuff, but still, the majority of it was on sidewalks and road and I MADE IT. Ok, again, not a major wow moment, but the last two times I biked (before surgery), I ended up laying in the grass throwing up. Once was in front of my parents, father-in-law, and family and the other time was when we lived in Hawaii and was bicycling in the extinct volcanic crater that we lived in (VERY HILLY).  Anyway.. that's my little 'wow' moment.. not a BIG WOW, but.. a little one will work.

Sorry that I haven't posted for awhile. I didn't realize that anyone was actually interested in reading about me. I've been pretty busy lately. Being back to work, taking 3 college classes, and then going on a last minute cruise to the Bahama's with my friend. (bad driver's in the bahama's, don't get me started!!!!) I posted some pictures of me from the cruise, and looking at the pictures, I'm not noticing much difference in myself, but.. I got to say, I thought I looked much better until I saw the lumps and rolls in my photo's. So, I'm guessing that a tummy tuck is going to be in my future. My hair loss has definately improved and I'm not seeing as much scalp as I was before. Thankfully, my hair grows at a fast pace, so I should be in the clear soon. It looks like I am finally starting my weight loss again after a long 'pause' that my body decided to take. Fortunately, I didn't gain ANY weight on the cruise even though I was eating steak and prime rib every night. The bad thing is, I got nauseus and yacked a couple times due to the richness of the food. That definately wasn't fun. I also found out that alcohol hit's me VERY fast now that I had the surgery. (imagine me and my close friend "the bucket'). I normally don't drink at all and this was the first time since the surgery and lemme say.. I went downhill very fast with not a whole helluva lotta rum. It wasn't a smack in the ass, it was more like immediately tripping and falling on my face, so forewarning to all those following surgery.. THE EFFECTS COME FAST. Needless to say, I'm glad that I'm not a drinker because it will most likely be many, MANY years before I try any again...  ... ... ...... if ever, lol.

I think before long, I'm gonna be bald (not really, but close, lol) . I have thin, fine hair as it is and I've noticed that my already thin pony tail has gotten to be about half as thick as it was before. I know that there isn't anything that I can do about it, so I'm not gonna bother trying.  I've already started wearing baseball caps and I can't stop looking in the mirror observing more scalp being visable then ever before. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens..

Nothing really new to report. Other than this odd craving for sunflower seeds that I've had for the last several weeks. It's finally starting to wain, luckily. I'm still losing weight, which I keep getting comments on. My facial features are definately showing again, which is wonderful. When I was at my heaviest, my eyes were starting to look smaller because of all the puffiness from the excess weight and now, my husband says that they are back and since that is one of his favorite features about me, he is happy that they look normal again. So, that's the update for me, since I haven't really been getting on the OH website very often anymore.

I'm no longer considered to be morbidly obese. I am now officially just "obese". It's nice...even if it's just by a hair.

I think I need to clarify something. Someone earlier was upset that they were not approved by the same insurance carrier that I have (Tricare) and they are at the same BMI (40.0). My BMI, when I was approved was 44.3. I was also diagnosed with sleep apnea during the pre-op hurdles that I had to jump through for the surgeon. My family has a HIGH risk of certain problems, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. 95% or more of my immediate family (other than husband and children) are morbidly obese. The reason my BMI states that I am 40.0 BMI is because that is what I am at currently. I have noticed on other profiles that individuals that have went through the surgery have changed their BMI's to match their current BMI, so I did the same. I didn't mean to confuse or upset anyone that has read my profile. If you question anything about me, don't hesitate to ask, but please don't accuse and/or get upset because you don't understand something. This site was obviously meant as support so let's not tear down each other for petty things. I've gave my two cents.. thank you.