Shape_Shifter

look beautiful...but a typo only has you loosing 10 lbs. you're in the twos now! lol

I'm just learning to drink water. I'll stop and think I haven't drank anything recently and I'll guzzle half-a bottle. I know that won't work after! Then subtract 3-6 hours in which I'm not suppose to eat.....and then not guzzle...sleep 6 hours....oh, man. that doesn't leave alot of time to do anything but think about food, water repeat

Love the story. Feels like I'm there. My household was opposite. No routines. Only child of single mother. Picky eater-could count my ribs. Sat at the table many, many hours because I didn't finish my plate! Sounds like a lot of great memories...thanks for sharing.

Dr. Kelly in TJ. Can't wait. Nervous too. Going it alone (can't leave the teenagers home alone)

Thanks. i will try harder to get in something.

Omar was going to send me a pre-op diet list. He asked me to text him to remind him 2 days ago. I hadn't received an email yet so I texted him again. He just sent me a extremely brief text. However, but I thought I saw something on this forum before where there was a deailed pre-op diet list from Kelly. Brief text for 34 BMI: 7 days of green fruits & veggies and liquids with one protein shake daily last 3 days clear liquids with one protein shake I have 13 days till surgery.

no, i haven't tried any type of exercise in a gym due to my hours. i thought about starting with something like xbox (can't think of the name of the games that get you up and moving). Im very limited on my hours. im going to check out the 24 gym and see what they have to offer and security, etc.

"fainting goat"....too funny. glad you're doing well.

good to know. that makes me want to exercise. unfortunately with my hours "scheduled" exercise classes are not something I can do. I have a pool but in Maryland by the time I'm able to swim after surgery that will not be an option. there's a 24hour gym but they always worry me but maybe I just need to do it. i think i will check it out on my day off.

Ok, i'm trying to rid myself of negative influences. Whether its bad habits or being around people who don't treat me the way I deserve. right now family is my biggest issue since I only have a few friends. Family - my side, small group, worry about everything and nay-say. Can't tell them much because but I only see them a couple of times a year. Family - hubby's side. screwed up. half doesn't speak to other half. thought i was friends with my brother-in-laws wife for last 17 years but finding out that she has been using excuse after excuse and doing things with others and totally excluding us, for reasons I do not understand. chuch/social groups - none & not intersted. friends - extremely limited I'm tired of feeling like a 3rd wheel. I need to reinvent my life and just don't know where to begin. feeling overwhelmed and more upset about sister-in-law than she deserves.

Thanks everybody. Wasn't really raised religious so not involved in church. Self-imposed recluse - trying to change. I just never feel like I fit in any situation. Family has been my main go-to but realizing it's not a healthy relationship. Not even going to discuss surgery. Just need to try to open up more. Hopefully it will get easier to climb out of my shell.

I decided to order the UNJURY but they only take visa/mc/discover and I use Amex. Can this be purchased anywhere else like a GNC, etc.?

got a text from Omar regarding my pre-op diet. I am to do 4 days green fruits/veggies with 1 Protein shake a day and then 3 days clear liquid with 1 protein shake. I haven't had time to go through all the posts yet as far as what people ate on the first 4 days. I'm not a big fruit/veggie eater so I'm almost ready to do just the liquid phase alone. Get use to it now kind of thing... Would welcome any input as far as what you ate the fruit/veggie days.

off topic but I too have one stubborn chin hair since mid-30s. worse part is I've suddenly developed 1 hair on my bicep. I am constantly looking for it now because it has gotten as long as 3" before I've caught it before lol lucky i don't wear alot of short sleeved outfits but when that changes.....

I've decided not to tell anyone who I couldn't tell its my TOM. lol I will be making changes to my diet. if anybody asks that's my answer and its the truth. they don't ask how my TOM is going, or care, why shoudl they care about this. However, if another person in my situation asks how I did it (depending on person) I would probably pass along the information in the hopes that it would help them. Thats how I got here. A neighbor was extremely open but she also had a lot of family & friends support who had done it previously and since. My side of the family is small, and full of nurses who know it all and would worry themselves to death with everything that could go wrong. My husbands side of the family is full of nosey people who do nothing but talk behind your back or say inappropriate comments in front of others. I don't need the hassle. I do not have alot of friends. I've lost touch with most so if they were to see me in a year 30-60 lbs lighter they would still think I put on weight since I saw them last. My coworkers dont know me well enough and i've told the few that i've talked to about being gone that I'm having female surgery - just enough to shut up my satan-like boss and still allow me to use some of my sick leave. just enough sick leave that i don't have to turn in paperwork. its a personal choice. whether its based out of self-preservation or privacy, it doesn't matter. I also have the choice to change my mind at any point in time. My husband and grown daughter know. I will tell my teenage son. Even though he may say something accidentially to someone that I don't want to know about the WLS I am not willing to run the risk that I would hurt him by not telling him and that is far more important to me (and no I wouldn't tell him its my TOM lol) 10 days to go!

**STUNNING**

I'm use to the non-Amex stuff. I prefer to use amex because I know i have to pay it off every month. keeps me in check. however, they make the retailer pay so much to accept it...i don't even accept it at my small company I'll keep checking Amazon. Maybe I can use my Amex points if it comes up again.

ME TOO! I just don't want to be cold either. With my luck I'll start wearing long pants and turtle-necks in the summer. Beware of what you wish for..... lol

going to mexico for surgery and I couldn't find the unflavored on amazon. I'll get my daughter to order it and i'll give her cash. just trying to rush things and get ready.

At the time I had no insurance. I had two teenagers and alot of other stressers. I worked from home which was both a saving grace as well as a curse. Couldn't even go to the store somtimes for fear of being out of the house 20 minutes would cause me to go through two tampax and a pad. Finally saved up enough to get an IUD in hopes that it would at least help. (I had my tubes tied after my second so I didn't need this). After 2 months its alot better. very light, very unpredicatable but i can go months without anything. so much better. however, once i've lost weight i want this IUD out of me. if the bleeding starts up again i want a hysterectomy - which what i should ahve had if i had insurance at the time. i have insurance now....the trade off is I work for a lawyer who is an ass. Hoping that by January I have this partial hysterectomy done. i have two children and often which i had more - now that empty nest is hitting. they're both at that age where they swear they don't want children so not holding out hope for grandbabies. maybe alot of pets inmy future? I wish you all luck with your journeys.

I dont have your medical issue PCOS but I can empathize with your aggrivation. I bled for 18 months straight with about 10 weeks of non-bleeding scattered inbetween. I hope you get the answers your looking for.

lolly - I just tried to order unjury unflavored but I dont have their acceptable credit card (I use amex). Can this be purchased anywhere else? Minismom -- Also, when looking at the Protein shots and other forums everybody seems concerned about the type of protein and "Whey Protein" is what we need. This is the only shot I found that was all "Whey protein".

Well i have to say you're a damn cute bear. What would you be considered after?

My kids are basically grown. if something were to happen they would feel horrible for not coming to support me. ive asked them to stay home for money reasons alone (unless I can find one of those deal flights at the last minute). We take chances every day. Personally I drive a accident prone road everymorning/afternoon to pay the bills. I have had quite a few accidents over the years (yes, i'm hell on wheels but most were not my fault). In addition, every time you got pregnang there's always that chance. But the love you have for you and your family keeps you strong. This is no different, except no diapers and in the end you will be able to do more with your loving family. Just keep thinking about the things you will be able to do and not focus on the "what ifs". Good luck.

Man I love an Aussie accent. After 25 years I've lost my island accent with brittish slang (due to brittish step father) and now sound like a weird-redneck. lol Keep it up (so to speak) for all of us who whish we had the Aussie whispers