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I'm thinking the girls I'm bringing with me will love it too

I still laugh, slim, so it is ok. I've had what rootman was describing happen to me too. It'll be a thing of the past before long though

I'm going to Tijuana flying in to San Diego will be my 1st time in California. Karen, urs us right before my birthday, which is in the 29th of June

That's ok. Lots of people have a hard time liking me. Lol

Hey there! I'm so happy for u and even envious! You better keep me posted about how Ur doing post-op too

It seems like most people don't want you to make a healthy lifestyle change with their behavior geared towards sabotaging your diet. Why is that? "c'mon, one bite won't make a difference", "you better eat this while Ur able to", our when they get something and then proceed to eat out in front of you (which isn't that terrible) and tell you "Ur really missing out...here just try a nibble" It seems silly that someone who cares for you wouldn't give you the support u need to stay on track. I get this pretty often and it irks me. Sorry, I'm just venting and I know there is another forum for that but I feel like this one is the one I'm most comfortable with

Hello from Oklahoma I'm actually new here and just wanted to introduce myself. My name is April, but I was born in June (I think my mom musta had a lot of painkillers when she named me) and will be 38 years old this summer. I haven't had my sleeve yet, but I have researched the heck out of where to go, which surgeon I'd like to use and have been lurking around perusing the forums. The past year has been crazy for me, I slipped on some ice and along with the concussion, I apparently have a degenerative spinal disease, severe spinal stenosis and numerous bulged/slipped/degraded discs.... Or so the MRI's say. Ugh, so.... While sure, at 270 pounds I definitely need to lose weight, I was relatively comfortable with the way I looked. I'm tall, so I carry the weight in a way that makes me very curvy, but it isn't about the way I look. This is about being able to walk without a walker. Not needing assistance getting dressed (which sometimes is the case) and not being in constant pain no matter what position I'm sitting/standing/lying in. So, experts have explained that the pressure my weight is putting on my hips/back will be significantly reduced with loss of weight, which will then lessen my pain and increase my mobility. So I'm like "oh, hell yeah, sign me up"

thanks I'm super excited to be having it

u do realize that ur building muscle and it weighs more than the fat ur burning, right? Stop agonizing over the scale and look at how ur clothes are fitting, etc. u can be losing inches and the scale may not have moved. I am to do nothing other than walking until after 6 weeks, then light workouts, building from there. A 2 hr workout seems like u may be overdoing it a tad

I can handle anything but needles/IVs. I have fainted so many times getting blood drawn it is ridiculous and I havent ever made it thru an IV without fainting and I have had no less than 10

yay! congrats!

oh, I definitely will. I already made sure he'd let me see my stomach they take out, oh, and i can put gloves on and touch it, how gross and interesting at the same time

u know what i mean

oh I'll be so thrilled when I lose my panties too

u look great!!!!!

congrats!!!!

I'll take falling down from rolling down any time.lol

Lissa, i wonder if he'll at least by me dinner...umm, i mean broth, first

hey, I play with my under chin...ok it's a double chin but i don't like calling it that.... anyway i did that a lot and all it shows is how self conscious I am about it for the entire YouTube world to watch

thanks again Iowa, huh? at 1st I thought u were from Houston, but then again I am easily confused

oooh, Kamrie, that isn't far away at all... it'll be here before u know it and then on to the new u

thank u. my face is literally aching from smiling so big

Yes Tibbie!!!! I've already got our bikinis picked out! Do u want the pink or the purple one? JK , but I am looking forward to not tugging at my clothes self-consciously bc I'm so low on self esteem. Those days will soon be over

No, but I'm a fan of Bruce Lee...so ur probably in good hands

Thank u I'm super thrilled