MrsKarenC2008

OMGOSH .... I love your glass/carb analogy ... Made me smile and laugh and I needed it!!!

Oh the close-mindedness of some people ... I get that too when people say "oh my gosh you've lost a lot of weight?! You look great! How did you do it?" I smile the biggest smile and PROUDLY say " I had surgery in July" ... THEN ... their face goes blank and they say "oh" I swear to God ... I wanna rub that blank look off their face and slap them into 2016 and say: "You know ... sometimes people need HELP...and that is all my sleeve is ... is the HELP I had the BALLS to ask for ... It's not easy for some people to ask for HELP ... and I asked ... I believed ... and I received ... All the actual WORK that losing weight is about ... I am actually DOING ... it's not falling off on it's own ... DUH DUMBA$$" I really wanna say that out loud sometime.

Dottie from 600lb life ... I honestly sat and watched her with my jaw hanging open ... Then with tears in my eyes ... I could totally see her keeping the wall around her built with food ... I agree with @@Inner Surfer Girl 100% ... she kept saying she wanted to be there for her kids .... but honestly ... all she was doing was making sure she wasn't there for them ... she was slowly killing herself ... Im not sure why this season they aren't showing more of the after surgery ... way too much of the before IMO ... I want more updates!!!

@@sbg224 Congrats !!! I will be having knee replacement sometime in the near future ... but I'm not ready just yet .... I'm at 7months and down 127 ... I have 32 more to go to my BIG goal ... and anything after that is a bonus You're right ... where else would we have been able to lose this much weight and KNOW that we cannot gain that much back ?! SOOO blessed and grateful to have my sleeve .... I wouldn't trade it for not even ONE Hershey bar ... I'll smell the Hershey bar ... but I wont eat it

@Valentina It could be like a WLS retreat! I'M IN !!!! @@Dub will be there tooo? I had better pack DEPENDS !!!!! ( for all the laughing we'll be doing ) Ohhh and you live in the Mountains? I'm DOUBLE in !!

@Valentina Can you offer us a class on learning new behaviors ? That made so much sense to me ... wow. I'm still smiling @@Dub I think we should vote you the "class clown" ... and I mean that in the nicest way possible! You are always making me laugh! Sometimes so much so ... that I get funny looks from co-workers! @4MRB4PHOTO ... Subliminal thoughts of bleach ... oxy clean ... tide with bleach ... Clorox ... ivory soap ...

omgosh .... karma sucks ... as I'm reading these posts ... an email pops up from Great American Cookie .... titled ... "Reasons to eat cookie cake" ... LOL as IF any of us NEED a reason!!! LOL Karma ... you suck.

I met my husband on Yahoo personals 10 years ago ... when I was at my heaviest ... he loved me then ... and he loves me now We chatted on the computer for a week .. then on the phone for 2 weeks ... then I finally agreed to meet for dinner ... and the rest, they say, is history ... when he came to pick me up ... for me ... it was love at first sight ... *sigh* it really does exist ... And it is worth weeding through the crap to find it Good Luck Sharon!

I would love to have a group closer to where I live .... I'm in Henry County GA ... I see a few of the other posters live nearby - that is exciting! Always nice to have someone to talk to who "GETS IT" ! And I've been thinking of going to the group that my surgeon's office offers ... but it's kinda far from home ... I am interested in talking face to face with people ... Don't get me wrong ... LOVE this forum ... If there is anything I can do to help the process .... Let me know!

@meganmom now that you say she's over weight ... it's a bit clearer to me ... in 2011 my sister had bypass ... I was jealous and I was hurt ... and I was selfish ... I wanted surgery so bad for myself and couldn't afford it at the time ... I took whatever jab I could at her ... it TOTALLY wasn't fair for me to act that way ... the surgery was about HER ... and her getting healthier and her getting to live longer and be able to function as a mom to 5 boys ... I completely overlooked all the GOOD reasons she was doing it ... and saw it as a "ha ha I'm having surgery and you're not" .... We didn't speak for about a year because of MY actions ... not hers ... But then in 2015 when it was my turn .... she never treated me like I treated her ... she was the better sister... Your sister will come around ... and realize what you're doing you're doing for YOU ... NOT as a dig to her ...

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!! MY NEW MANTRA!!! :D

whoa. Can we say ... bee atch? @@meganmom Anyway .... If she has any class or respect for you at all .... IF someone does ask her what you're doing to lose weight ... all she has to say is it's better if they ask you themselves. Geesh ... how hurtful and spiteful can she be? I'm sorry you are dealing with this type of issue .. it's hard enough to actually make the decision to have surgery ... then follow through ... then go through what we're going through to lose weight ... we all know it's not just a physical game ... it's heavy on our hearts & our minds ... You are a much bigger person that she is ... you know your truth

The stories so far are wonderful ! For me ... I've been overweight my whole life ... it's genetic for sure ... BUT ... having ALL the teeth in mouth be SWEET ? I was doomed for sure ... My highest weight was back in 2011 - 384 ... I thought I'd die ... have bone on bone arthritis in both knees .... lymphedema out of control .... high blood pressure ... but I just kept going and going ... till one night ... while laying in bed eating sugar Cookies with frosting that I kept stashed in my nightstand ... I was flipping channels and came across a show on TLC about the largest man in the world ( think he's since passed away ) ... I cried and cried ( while still eating the sugar cookies ) .... Then my husband took the dish away and said tomorrow we look into getting your knees fixed ... I thought that made sense ... if they were fixed THEN I could move around more ... I'd WANT to move around more ... then I could lose weight! Great idea! But , the surgeon had other ideas ... He said I was too big to have the replacement surgery because he couldn't move my leg/knee the way it needed to be for the surgery ... so he denied me I told my husband then that WLS was going to have to happen first ... so began my journey ... from 2011 to July 8, 2015 ... Finally had the sleeve done ... and I've not looked back .... Well, I take that back ... I do look back .... at old pictures and say "why didn't anyone tell me I was THAT big?" ... I cry at them ... sad for the girl who THOUGHT she was living right ... THOUGHT she had it all together ... the girl that MISSED out on SO MUCH of life ... because of something sweet to shove in her mouth ... I am no longer that girl. I am now the girl that actually gets up on stage and sings karaoke! IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ! I am now the girl that actually LIKES to go clothes shopping! I am now the girl that actually WANTS to get up each day! I am now the girl that is living life ... LIVING LIFE ... And what a beautiful, blessed life it is!

i lost 125 and I'm 6 1/2 months out ... I agree with other posters ... you have to listen to the doc & nut ... they do this for a living ... they will never try to steer you wrong ... this forum is a WONDERFUL sounding board ... and you'll get great tips/tricks/ideas and advice on here ... I am very thankful to have it!

@only1belinda interesting ... my surgeon said that with the sleeve having dumping syndrome wasn't very common ... I agree with @@Stevehud - please give us more info ...

OMGOSH .... 80lbs is a terrific accomplishment! Could you have lost 80lbs in 6 months without surgery? I know I couldn't have ... and probably most everyone on here couldn't have either ... So ENJOY your loss!!!

@usedtobeaskater Sounds to me like she's jealous of you ... you have a good looking husband, she does not ... you're losing weight and looking great ( which she'd NEVER say outloud ) and she is not .. Hold your head up high ... You know the truth. and YES .. People do suck. Well, not all of them ... but most of them.

@RammerJammer OMGOSH ! You look A-MA-ZING!!! Congratulations!! It is hard work ... but dang it DOES pay off !!!

i have watched this show from day 1 ... and find it a somewhat honest showing of what it is like inside the mind and life of an obese person ... especially the parts we like to hide from everyone ... In Nikki's episode ... I wanted to SLAP her sister silly ... when they were having their talk on the bed ... I could tell right away the sister wanted no part of her STILL .... and didn't even really want to hug her ... did anyone else notice the sister's arm slumped down at her side rather than AROUND Nikki ?! And her lame excuse for why she didn't want to get close to Nikki or remain in contact? "I was afraid I'd lose you" ... OK AND ?!?!?! IF we all used that excuse for keeping away from someone ... the world would end. Geesh woman ... quit being so freaking selfish and realize that Nikki may NEED you ... had you been there for her all those years ... MAYBE she wouldn't have ended up so self indulgent and MAYBE she wouldn't have needed surgery to fix it ... Ugh.

Going to NY in June for my baby sisters wedding .... we've talked about flying ... gives us more time with the family ... BUT ... I'd rather road trip it ... I'd like to stop a few places along the way that I've always wanted to go ... but never did ... because of the 125lb demon on my back ... Going to FL in May for nieces graduation ... The niece that never wanted to spend time with me because I was big ( though she'd never say it to my face ) ... you ALL know the facial expressions ... the lack of conversation ... the lack of eye contact .... all those signs that goes along with someone who'd rather NOT be around you ... We'll see how she acts now ... Praying for progress!!

@@cindyw41 I just point the fan at the wall now...I HAVE to have the noise!

@@amandasue Darlin ... the only thing I can do for you is pray ... and I am ... Please take care of YOU ... You cannot be the healthy mom and wife if you're not 100% yourself ... Be good to yourself Hugs from GA !

I was sleeved on 7/8/15 ... I have been cold ever since .. and I live in Georgia! Seems like this winter .... though to some it's not extremely cold ... I am always freezing ... My poor husband will lose weight by default ... He'll melt it off for as high as I have the heat all the time! I was prepared to be "cold" but not "colllld" .... that's okay ... I'll take any side effect that comes my way ... I get cuter clothes and feeling better with each day ... So I'm good :)

@big_mama_s There are so many questions to ask when you're first starting your journey ... the most important I feel ... is to make sure you're having the right surgery for YOU ... lapbad / sleeve / bypass ... they are HELP you lose weight ... each in it's own way ... but the key word here is HELP ... as @@OKCPirate has said in several posts ... it's a tool not a magic wand ... you have to embrace that .... You have to put in the work ... the tears ... the pain ... to get where you want to be ... Make sure with your surgeon you're getting the proper WLS for YOU ... Talk about how long is the surgery ... how long is recovery ... make sure you understand your Fluid requirements ... your Protein requirements ... exercise ... food choices ... all of this and so much more is so important to know before hand ... that way when you're home after surgery having buyers remorse ... you already know the answers ... ( most of us have that ... but get over it quickly ) Be prepared to try several kinds of Protein shake / powder ... not all of them are even worthy of a space on a store shelf if you ask me ... thank God I found one that I can actually look forward to drinking You know your body ... you know what is right for you ... it's a hard hard choice ... but trust us ... it's the best one EVER! GOOD LUCK!!!

@ExplosiveAmnesia Im so glad that you have a resolution! What a relief you must have felt knowing that you weren't crazy! You are doing SO well in your progress ... Keep up the GREAT work !