Tisa

i did zumba one time for free.. idk i think dancing is my thing i cant take too much traditional exercise.. im all for competitive games, dancing, and classes

oh an trust me it will damage your hair by bleaching the color and making it lighter, also drying it out, just rinse really really welll, and always wear a cap

im on the swim team... and trust me i know caps slip and stuff i used to be infamous on my team for having the thing slip off so often, i dont wet my cap, some people swear by it but because my hair is very oily and i tend to have product in it, the Water makes the cap slip off ok so heres some advice i got from my black friend... what she does is get a thin cap and put it on her hair, then she gets another thicker cap (google search long hair swim cap)and she puts that one on top of it to keep her hair extra dry. also you can use the buddy method to put your cap on, it makes it stay better for some reason. get a friend to hold open the cap, you lean forward and put your head in it, then your buddy streches it over your neck for you. warning never ever put a cap on when you have clips or anything really except metal free hair ties in your hair

yeah i know, it was actually one of the first places i considered but im pretty sure they dont accept my insurance... i mean i didn't call em up and ask im a little shy but on their website they didnt have mine there. NY-Pres is one of the best hospitals in the nation so it bound to be super expensive, i think i can only use the doctors in network with fidelis :< my two closest options are aj chopra and angus lambros

Im pretty sure Im also going to jacobi... and my doctor will be aj chopera.

Im a long island girl xP not too far off, im hoping to have surgery in the bronx though & ive also thought about getting it done right before graduating

I was wonder you teens, which insurance did you use if you used any to pay for the insurance. Anyone have Fidelis Child Health Plus? How much was your copays>?Just wondering what the process is like for teens

yes why?

hi there :3 i'm seventeen and im just waiting to turn 18 so i can get thing dang surgery x_____X honestly? waiting is killing me! but at least i have more time to ponder everything i guess -______-

Look at it, doesn't it look disgusting?? doesn't the thought of consuming such a thing just put you off? well guess what it's actually delicious! i know i was surprised too. Low calorie, full of vitamins/minerals, filling, delicious can it get any better than that? well i first heard of the green smoothie from this book forgot the name of it, but the recipe the lady gave me tasted despicable >.<. Ok so rule of thumb, the smoothie should be half greens half fruit so it's sweet, also make sure to blend until smooth so its not chunky and gross. I use half spinach and half strawberry/apple, banannas dont have enough flavor for me :/. It tasted just like apple juice! breakfast anyone

i feel the same... leaving those last few bites on a plate really cause me physical pain, i dunno i guess old habits really die hard

So 1 week out on this clean eating sort of kick, the "i'm starving i'm gonna die" feeling has pretty much worn off (by the way i'm 5 pounds down !) and now that i'm not thinking about food every second ... it made me learn something about myself. The way it happened was so random, I was standing in my driveway, and I saw the lights across the street in the darkness, and felt the humidity in the air and it brought me back to my childhood, and I just started thinking about so many things that I guess I was trying to forget.My best friend leaving, my neighbor dying, feeling inferior to my sister, being bullied, the way i was always told to be quiet and not speak my mind, my step father leaving a few years back, i just thought about all of the things I never faced. I mean i knew they happened but i never faced them because i was always thinking about my next meal .All of it just hit me at once, and I kind of relived each of those days and let myself have that moment to cry about them. Maybe part of the reason I never could stick to any diet or "way of life" is because it forced me to live in this reality, the one where bad things happen and you have to allow yourself to feel that pain and negativity and then just try to let it go.I dunno i guess you just learn something new about yourself every day when your on the journey

girl go ahead! you just go ahead pshht looking all cute and stuff

Soo today is my first official day of clean eating and it hasn't been that bad, I feel kinda hungry, so i've been nomming on carrots and strawberries.I had some gluten/wheat free waffles for breakfast, salad with chicken for lunch, a granola bar, and some delicious quinoa chillli for dinner. Then cuz i only had 1000 calories i had a turkey sandwich on rye with spin-NATCH. hehehe. It's been pretty tasty so far, but i still feel hun-gray, i think i just need time to adjust, prolly like a week or so and itll be easier x...x. I then jammed out to some bob marley with my dad in the living room, and now i'm just chiling, freaking out about my AP eng exam this friday, and us history on wednesday when those things are over i'll finally have a life and I can make some youtube videos!!Something delicious i discovered while tumblering is flavored water! You guys who are already sleeved have to drink a lot of water right? I need to drink it in the morning but at such an early time i just can't stand it for some reason.Ok so I got a platic juice container that was empty,filled it with water and chopped up 2 lemons and some strawberries so i can drink it tomorrow :3theoretically you can use any fruits like.. blueberries, peaches, pears, whatever you like, itll give your morning a nice kick.I only used a plastic juice container cuz im rachet but if you have a glass one its prolly a better idea to use that thing o...o

plus idk about you but sweet potatoe just tastes better

mashed sweet potatoes would be better nutritionally :3 potatoes are notorious for being a big no no diet food because they are loaded with starch

OK so i've pretty much 100% decided on Gastric sleeve, and I have it all planned out. I will visit the surgeon for the first time late august/early September, go on my six month diet, which will end in march, then i turn 18 in april 2014, which is when I will apply with my insurance type people, and hopefully get approved and have my surgery in june or july. Today I was nagging my dad again, and I finally got him to let me buy my own groceries so I have more control over what I eat. I really hope this will change something, i mean i reallllly doubt it will make me lose any weight but i keep thinking about the day of my surgery, what if i have the anestesia mask over my face and i start thinking "what if you had tried just one last time? what if you gave it just one more go, would this be necessary?" I mean traditional methods have never worked for me in the past but who knows?I know thats what the six month diet is for but seriously? by then i will only be doing it because its required.Maybe in these 3 months I will see some kind of change=....=. not counting on it thought... -Tisa

My hair is so dang thick, if I lost some hair I wouldnt mind, it might make me look better

Have you ever been afraid of what happens after? I mean once everything is said and done and you're "skinny".I keeping thinking that people paying attention to me once i lose weight, and people noticing me.I kind of feel like I don't want to be one of them... because won't it all be fake then?I feel like being as big as I am weeds out people with certain intentions from speaking to me... i mean yeah i don't want to be obese anymore... but at the same time i don't want to be surrounded by fake people.. has anyone ever felt this way? How do you deal with it?

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i am a musilim, so i fast every year, i assume the pre-op diet is kinda similar, except when you fast you dont eat or drink anything lol. hmm the best thing you can do is stay away from sugar and just try not to think about it too much, do other things like cleaning your house and maybe watch a movie or visit your friends so time passes quickly STAY BUSY!! theres nothing worse that lying around with nothing to do thinking "ii want fooodd"