Real name Cathie
geographic location Georgia
Age 38
marital status.. Married 16 yrs to a career navy guy..
Children 3 boys.. Joshua 15, Tyler 12 and Austin 8
Occupation .. Stay at home mom and Navy wife.. going to look for employment after summer though..
Pets 2 dogs.. Bailey a 1 yr old Boston Terrier and she is a Mess.. And a weiner dog/Rottie mix.. named Stubby. He looks like a weiner dog on steriods.
Hobbies, collecting bear figurines, water aerobics, clearanceshopping hence the name LOL>..
Height 5foot 3 inches
Hair dark brown/blackish
Starting date of weight loss journey 9/3/02
Weight loss surgery date 3/17/03
Starting weight 251 ( highest weight 256)
Present weight 205
Goal weight 135
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss HEAD HUNGER, and getting enough water
Following any specific plan: Following the plan the surgeon gave me.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am actually loosing weight . The scale is going down not up LOL
Anything else you would like to share with us: I just wanted to say this surgery has changed my life. I had my first normal cardio appt in 10 yrs.. I hope to make my goal weight by Christmas but if I dont thats ok.. I went from a size 24/26 to a 16/18 and loving life now
