On Friday, July 27 I achieved my goal. It has been 10 month and 9 days (44 weeks and 4 days) since my surgery. I have lost 126 lbs.YAY!

The before picture was taken at the Yankees/Orioles game in August 2006 and the after picture was taken at daddy's house on July 8, 2007.

BIG difference in the before and after pictures.

Well, lots of time has passed since my last entry on this blog. My life has been busy considering im much lighter now and can do more things!

Matter of fact, I went to busch Gardens today and all my life I have not been able to ride b ut like 2 rides there because of my weight. Well, today was my first day at Busch Gardens and I was able to ride EVERYTHING NOW!!!! I was so excited and happy and joyful. Many times I would try and loose about 20 lbs. when I was big and try to fit in the ride seat and they had to push it down to get me in and it still wouldn't work. I was so embarrested about it. Sometimes I would cry because it was such an embarressment. It was hard to deal with because I saw my family having such a good time on the rides and I couldn't do it because of a weight problem I had.

I had a blast today! But anyway, I have lost more weight ( as usual ) not sure exactly more but I will weigh myself and write another blog later on.

My life has changed so much, I can't even begin to explain to you about it. If you knew me before the surgery, you know I was lazy, fat, didn't like to do nothing that involved to much movement and I smoked like a chimmny. It was a life I will never have again.

I was always told by Dr. Terracina and all the nurses that drinking a carbonated drink is bad for you after the surgery because it blows up your pouch. Well, I wanted to find out for myself what it does and how I will react to it. So I bought a diet coke yesterday. I always made it diet because there are no carbs in it at all. Anyway, When I took the first sip and I mean a light sip, just to get the carbonation in and a good taste, when I swallowed, I could feel it fizzing in my pouch but it didn't hurt, it was just a very funny feeling. So I probably drank about half the 20 oz. bottle and threw the rest away. I'm not use to the taste anymore. After a period of time, you start to notice you don't have the taste for things like you did before the surgery. Everything taste so different to me now, for one of the mean reasons is because I quit smoking. I haven't had a cigarette in 2 months and I feel GREAT!