Good morning :) I'm Linda - I had my RNY in Sept. 2005 and am currently down 135 lbs. I was a member here for a while but never really contributed - I read everything. I recently feel as tho I have been slipping a little - the scale remains the same but I can feel my clothes (size 10 down from size 26) fitting differently. I know I slacked for a while (5 months of a while) - I stopped going to the gym, stopped walking and basically thought that nothing could go wrong - the holidays came and went with promises to myself that January 2nd I would get my butt back to the gym - it just didn't seem that I had the time...well thankfully I woke up Monday morning and realized that this is about ME and I needed to MAKE and TAKE the time. So - I joined a new gym and hired a personal trainer to kick my butt and get me back on the right path...I will never be 300 lbs again - I cleaned out my pantry last night and my fridge - all "bad" food is gone. I started back on my protein shakes Monday morning and have been having 2/day (breakfast & lunch) and then dinner...I have gone to the gym 3 days straight now and am working this week on cardio - treadmill and eliptical and yesterday I tossed in some upper body weight training (just a little) - hopefully by Tuesday when the personal trainer takes over I won't hate him too much - life is good (I think, lol)

So that's my story - or the base of it anyway - just wanted to introduce myself and say hi! It's good to be back and know that there is support out here....

Linda

Hi Linda and welcome back! How incredibly proactive of you to take care of all these issues at once and set yourself up to succeed! I hope that you will take full advantage of everything the neighborhood has to offer you this time around!

Hi Linda,

It sounds like you've taken charge!

Good for you!

Keep us posted and let us know how you're doing.

Linda,
Welcome back!
Congratulations on your renewed decision to be healthy. Keep it up.

Welcome, I am farely new here and I have found it to be the best support group I've ever been in since surgery. Hope to see your posts often. I'm sure you will be back on the right road in no time, everyone takes a little detour now and then.

Hi Linda,

Well it sounds like you have taken yourself back and your getting your head in the right place. Just hit that gym, be proud of all your success. Good luck. !!!!!!

Betsy11

Linda,
Welcome back! I'm glad you've made the decision to turn things around and get back on the healthy path.

Linda,

Welcome back to the neighborhood!
Don't be afraid to post this time around.
It sounds like you are back on track and ready to go.

Isn't it amazing...I think that we all go through that "invincible" stage. We start to eat a little more and our bodies hold steady and we think...ah, I'll be thin forever! Not so.

Good for you. Good for you for coming back. Good for you for cleaning house.

Hi Linda & Welcome Back! You're sounding fired up and ready to roll!
Please post often and let us in on that enthusiasm! We all need
each other to make every day work the way it should!
Thanks for posting! Keep is up to date!

Hi Linda and Welcome back!!

It sounds like you have CLAIMED that you've been slacking and it is YOU that has chosen to TURN IT AROUND!!

GO GIRL GO!!

Thanks for sharing your journey with us and I Hope you CHOOSE to stick around!! Many can benefit from your story!!!

Congratulations and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

As Kim aka: Sarge told me long ago............

If it's MEANT to be then I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

Something like that! lol..

Julie

Hi Linda, hope that all is going well for you, and that you'll post a lot more now. It's been a good thing for me to help me keep my focus.

Hey Linda!
Glad you came back and are changing your attitudes! You can do it! We make up our own fate now.