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Please.... everyone tell me your experiences with ALM TJ... good bad and ugly... i need to hear it.

So their promise of 5 star accommodation is not so true?

May 26th!

???? you look fantastic!

Thank you! I have read 1 horrible story... im hoping for something different to come next.. just need honest accounts Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I have scheduled my vsg for may 26th, I know that I need to do this for myself, For a number of reasons... for years i have self loathed and been miserable in this body that I live in. Dieting with exercise works for me, but only for a short while... because i dont see the results i want... then I begin to binge again, packing pounds back on. I feel ashamed to tell anyone what I am doing... (i live in a town of about 800 of the most judgmental b!T©he$ both men and women around)i don't want their judgment clouding my heart and mind... i have told only 1 of my friends, my grandma (who is against it), my husband of course (who thinks I'm going to die), and my dad (who will be traveling with me for my surgery) . Is keeping this to myself a bad thing? Is being ashamed that i need help the bad part? My husband is so afraid that something will happen to me and he will be left to raise our 2 kids on his own... Feeling a little overwhelmed. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

At least you didn't let it take you out. I'm proud of you! Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I agree, my husband and I never should have done this to ourselves... he was a slender 6'3" 200# when we met, he started driving a truck and sitting all day long... gained 80 pounds. He loses quickly and has lots of self control... i think it would be much easier for him. I have zero Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

You're right... actually i was hoping i could get him to do something too, he's overweight as well. His dad had a quadruple bypass in his 30s i believe, my mothers 1st heart attack was at 34, both my maternal and paternal grandmothers died at 57 due to heart conditions, diabetes and prescription drug abuse, and one of them was an alcoholic as well. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

Thanks so much for all the input, kind words and encouragement. It is greatly appreciated. I have felt so ashamed of myself for years... when i was in high school i was 5'3" and a whopping 115 pounds, and freshman year of college 108, after breast augmentation and only 1 round of the birth control shot i gained 30 pounds that i have NOT been able to lose. Add to that the 50 pounds i gained during pregnancy, i was almost 200# when delivering both of my kids. I have taken qsymia and diet and exercise... dropped 40 pounds in about 2 months... but started gaining back as soon as i quit working out because i went directly back to old habits of over eating. Today i am starting a diet and exercise to lose all i can before surgery in May. I will turn 30 December of this year and i hope to be happier in my body by then. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I am scheduled for may 26th... excited and nervous too. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

Thank you, I appreciate your advice and encouragement. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I should add that the 1 friend that i told was supportive, nervous for me but supportive, my dad asked questions to make sure i had done my homework. But promised to support me no matter what. I will tell 1 other friend in the next couple weeks but just dont think i can handle the negativity from other people without smacking someone. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I appreciate the encouragement... so many here will see it as me taking the easy way out... not realizing that it isnt at all easy. I just can NOT self loathe anymore, i can't stand to see myself in a mirror, my clothes and body disgust me, and i cant even stand the idea of my husband seeing me naked... its really for all of us. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App

I tried the lemon flavored today, pretty decent, tastes like sugar free country time lemonade if i were to compare it to something. Sent from my LG-E980 using the BariatricPal App