Media_Girl24

Facebook is really making things easy for men who are going through their midlife crisises and decide to stray outside their marriage. I should know, as my ex-husband is now living with his college girlfriend, who he located on FB. Broke up our marriage and hers. Found out later the same thing had happened with a high school girlfriend as well. That's three marriages in case you're counting. I really don't know how the MoFo looks at himself in the mirror every morning. I would recommend not tempting yourself with contact with any ex's once you figure out what they are looking for is inappropriate. Way too many people can be hurt from pursuing that, especially kids from the marriages that are broken.

I'm so glad you posted this today. I needed to know that someone else has gone through a similar experience to mine! I was banded in August of 2010 and immediately lost nearly 50 lbs, went from a size 20/22 to a size 14/16. Felt great and was the thinnest I've been in nearly 20 years. A size 14/16 is completely workable for me, as I'm a larger boned girl. Went from 262 to 215. My goal is just to have the first number of my weight be a "1", so I use 199 as my target weight! However, then life happened... in fact, the three years since my banding have truly been the worst of my life. (I'm aware that this sounds like a made up series of events... alas, it is not. Its my life!) First, my marriage fell apart when I realized my husband was having a midlife crisis and was cheating. I'm not the type of gal who will deal with that, so I filed for divorce, which turned out to be long, nasty and expensive. I was laid off from my job during this process. I've been unemployed, and then underemployed since. My ex moved five hours away and left me as the sole parent of our special needs child. Between the divorce and job loss, our house (which my attorney insisted on getting for me in the divorce) was foreclosed on. My first post-divorce romantic relationship turned out to be very hurtful and ended badly. And, over the past 2.5 years, I've gained nearly all my weight back. I'm not proud of this, in fact, I'm deeply ashamed. As I'm sure just about any of you reading this knows, weight issues are so often tied to emotional triggers and stress. I don't drink, don't do drugs, and don't gamble.... I eat! So now, its 2014 and I'm going to re-lose the 50 pounds I need to get to that goal weight. I'm not quite sure how I'll get there with the continued stress in my life, but am certainly going to try. Would love to hear from others who have "fallen off the wagon" and managed to get back on.