Raven21

Dana, do you know if 90 days is the same as 3 months to Aetna?

If so, mine is up November 17. I figure it will take a week or two maybe for the approval?

So, I'm hoping for late November, early December.

Ditto about the in-laws. I'm afraid they might be coming from Iowa for Thanksgiving.

Good luck to us both on our way to invisibility!

Keep in touch and let me know if you find out anything more about the Aetna situation.

I bought a pedometer. I just try to get more steps each day than I had the day before. I'm also trying Water exercise and yoga because I truly despise exercise and anything that makes me sweat. Good luck!

Holy ****! The first pic is some fat lady.

The second is a pretty girl that looks like she doesn't even think about weight!

Ditto! I don't have to be rail thin. I just wanna get out of the Women's Department! I don't want to avoid booths, chairs with arms, stairs, etc. I don't want to wonder constantly what people are saying about me! I just want to be average. That's not too much to hope for is it?

I'm also in my 90 days with Aetna. I'm hoping for a December surgery. You?

When she was little, my daughter told me I had back boobs.

I wonder if you can stretch your stomach back out with too much liquid? I want to try really hard to never feel too full, because then I'll worry I'm stretching my nice tiny little stomach out!

I'm so curious about this. I get thirsty, a lot. Not to an abnormal degree but running around the house, kids, etc. makes me thirsty and I often guzzle a large glass of Water, or more.

After the surgery, will I not get thirsty, or will I but just a sip will quench it?

To the people using it, although pretty, it's VERY hard to read!

I've been talking about exercising and eating healthier, then I'm going to get dx'd with a stomach ulcer which means I'll have a special diet for 2 weeks to prepare for the surgery to repair it. After surgery, I will also have to follow a special diet. I will then decide that since I'm already exercising and now due to the surgery, I'm losing weight, I might as well make the best of it and keep it up!

My coordinator said they only see Hair loss in about 10% of patients.

Seems like a lot more than that here!

I would love to hack these monsters off. I hate them. Even when I lost weight on various diets, I still couldn't wear many shirt styles without looking like a hooker. I'm going to wait until after surgery and see what happens before I make any certain decisions but I'm pretty sure I know what I want for Christmas next year!

I have to wait 3 months. I'm using the time to get in the habits of exercising, even mildly, every day, trying to increase my Water intake, and maybe even lose some weight before my surgery.

Have you ever lost weight on a diet before? I'm guessing yes. Then what happened? If you're like me, you gained it all back, plus more. Then did this again and again and again. This surgery will stop the vicious cycle. No more diets. No more vicious cycle.

Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

In another post, someone mentioned fat people bashing other fat people. The fat on fat thing is an interesting phenomenon. I'm embarrassed to say I don't really like fat people that I don't know. I think it's because I don't like myself and I blame myself for the condition I have allowed myself to deteriorate to. I look at them and see me.

But when I had lost weight in the past I was very, overly friendly to them. Maybe because I knew how they might feel about themselves and could sympathize when I "wasn't" in the same situation.

Am I alone? First psych appt. tomorrow. Is she going to have a field day with me?

You're my new hero!

Wow! We are the same height but I looked nothing like that at 224! You must be all muscle because you look fantastic!

I am sooooo jealous! Good luck with the pre-op diet and can't wait to read about your success!

Fantastic!

It's no one's business but my own and if people push me, which they will, I'm saying I had ulcer surgery which made it tough to eat so now I'm making the most of it with diet and exercise. I don't consider anyone a "liar" because they prefer to keep their personal life personal! I would rather tell them it's none of their damn business, but...

If people do think I'm lying, or suspect I had surgery, I don't really give a ****! I'm telling my husband, my two best friends, and probably my parents and sister. Not sure about my kids. I feel like a failure for not being strong enough to do this on my own and I'd rather they didn't see that side of me.

And no, I don't need any advice on whether or not this is the right way to handle it. Only I know what's best for my life, as does everyone else here for themselves. Let's try not to judge others on what they feel is best for them.

This is hard enough to do without worrying about what others think. If you're worried, like I am, don't tell them! You don't owe anyone any explanations and are totally justified in saying whatever works to make YOU comfortable.

I'm soooo sorry! Good luck and keep us updated!

Ask now! I talked to the coordinator and she checked with my surgeon. He said he will use the first weigh in (start of program) on the application.

Dany, at 156 lbs at least you'll be the skinny sweaty teacher!

My daughter once pointed out that I have "back boobs!"

I swear I know someone made a video of the jousting thing and it's going to end up going viral on YouTube.