OKCPirate

Not only that she's doing it with style...living well and happy, the best revenge. I don't have any real problems but some saggy skin, but I'm not being a wussy, nothing that a little compression clothing won't take care of.

I disagree, I only tell people who I think could use the surgery whom I know well. enough people think I'm nuts without giving them more fuel for the fire...

Dub, feel free to express how you really feel , but I agree totally. HIPPA rules do apply here

@@NoMoBand - all right, that's fantastic, great work

@@OutsideMatchInside - absolutely, it's surprising how 3 ozs is perfect, 4 hurts. Welcome to life in the small stomach.

The ladies here will give you more details. If you want to get more graphic, head over to the "powder Room" the women's only forum. But you are thankfully young enough to possible get through with minimal extra skin. Most important factor - genetics. So I hope you picked your parents well. After that not smoking, cooler showers, staying out of hot tubs and the sun for a while all help. Exercise helps. I found yoga helps the most with contorting. And then healthy skin demands Protein and Water. If you want kids, I'd hold off on the plastics until that time has passed, but they can do "re-dos."

@@Mjdld - suggestion, can you edit your original post and recommend guys not use selfies? Tough to get a good B&A look. I believe you want to inspire people who might be considering this, and that's a great thing. And yes I know I threw one up, but mostly as a joke during our short female invasion

@@bellabloom - excellent work and congrats. I ran across one guy's dating advice site, and while I think he's a cad who is real interest seems to be limited at using women for sex, he had an interesting tip...make it your goal to make 20-25 interactions with women a day. Record the results. Over time you gain more confidence. I think this applies to both sexes. As an extroverted introvert (I keep trying to explain that I'm introverted because I regain my energy by wanting to be alone, not in a group), I can't help but meet people on a plane, event etc. Does everyone of those encounters change my life? Nope. But those one or two out of hundreds can make all the difference in the world.

I think that is about right. I'm researching this now. You may lose an additional 10 or more pounds when they take off the excess skin. That would cause me to rethink my goal.

@@Indieflickers -I hate to say this but it's usually a impulse purchase at Whole Foods, and I got great deal on Jack's Jerky on Brad's deals.

@@Indieflickers - almonds (these jewels come in 100 calorie packets too), beef/elk or other jerky.

@@WLSResources/ClothingExch "What say? Pirate must walk the plank? He's thick as a plank?" Post WLS, getting closer to only being that thick But what did I do now?

Call back, that was the wrong one, or you could only get blood out of you with a spoon

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Duckface Got to look in the right place

790 or 190?

@@dlappjr - Great question. It depends. Caffeine is the most popular drug in the world with no known level of toxicity. Your call. I started adding back green tea and keep myself to one cup of coffee in the morning. But I like that jolt in the morning that only a good cup of coffee seems to bring.

@@mirv550 - DO NOT get anything with shock absorbors at your size, esp. in the seat. Part of it depends on where you live and where you ride. If you are are on relatively flat streets, basic one speed road bike (heavy steel frame) is fine to start. Get used to start. Don't get a cheap huffy, you will strip out the chain gears (I have twice). As you move up (by going down) figure what you like to do and then invest. If you do mountain biking, you will want a front shock to keep your front tire in contact with the ground (more negative experience in that comment too). Road bikes, it just depends on how much you want to spend. Look at carbon frames when you are ready to drop some money. It just absorbs the little shocks of life so well.

You surprise me, Pirate. Our acquaintanceship is new, but I know you well enough to wonder what took you so long to say that. As I was wondering how long it would be until someone noticed that one

@@Jangy03253 - There are fly by night plastic surgery people everywhere. You have a med degree and attend a seminar and you can call yourself a plastic surgeon. Go to realself.com and see some good and bad outcomes and they take place in Mexico and US. I had my surgery done in Mexico. Great surgeon, great prices, great care...GREAT BIG PRIVATE room. As to Vaping, no complications before or after surgery. No desire to quit it either. Just keeping annoyed by twits who won't recognize that this is NOT smoking and exhaling Water vaper. No different to them as if I was chewing a niccorette gum.

NOTE: There hopefully will be no full body shots in there but one never can tell...hey wait ladies, where are you all going?

OK, just checking this wasn't the powder room. People do on occasion. I have two accidental posts in the powder room, and apologized and high tailed it out of there before Elode put me back in time out again. Sometimes the discussion is such that it really is more neutral. No one can stop you from lurking. That's the price we pay. I think you asked nicely (thank you very much) and the guy who started the thread should respond.

Makes as much sense as http://www.cricketflours.com/ yes it may not hurt, might help, but not at that cost IMHO

@@Mjdld - It's your thread, your call IMHO (NOTE: the lady was polite enough to ask)

Nice to see another Oklahoman on the board. Does yogurt count?

@@BigViffer - I have total belief that the women of this site are not going to get bent out of shape over this...