I needed to get this written down before the SprinkSpiration leaves me. There is so much more going on with my "being" than the nearly 40 lbs I have shed in 22 days. Sure, I understood my decision to go forward with the Sleeve was going to require a total diet and life-style change. What I didn't realize is how much impact all of these changes would have on my mind. Since Effieannie told me about SparkPeople it was like setting something into motion within me. I'm meeting new people, and for the first time really sharing my life with friends so I can help someone by "paying it forward." My manic self tonight could babble ad infinitum about the new found insights I have made in the last three weeks, but I'm going to let these steep for a while, organize my ideas, and figure out what they really mean. For the moment, seems the more weight I lose the more personal understainding I gain (or win). All I know that it's a new feeling overall, and a positive one. It just feels damn good to be on the journey. So good indeed. My blessings to you and yours - "Sprink"