so tired of everyone at work telling me not to do it!

[MeMeMEEE 206]

I work from home so hadn't really discussed it with work people. I had to go in the office a little over a week ago so I shared it with the few I wanted to (also work from home folks that I don't see often) and one told me about her experience with looking in to WLS (she decided against it) and let me know of another former co-worker who had RNY recently. My boss also shared that her husband had RNY years ago. That was nice. Then one of the other ladies came in and started ranting about another lady in the office who had just had RNY and posted on Facebook about eating baby food for the rest of her life (???). Really glad she wasn't someone I would have shared with! And sooo very glad I work from home!

[NtvTxn 1,262]

Love, love AL!!! My husband's cousin and her husband just retired to Gulf Shores two years ago....soooo sad! LoL It is beautiful there, but we like all of AL and the people there, just like most of the south, are so nice!

30 lbs - yay, I remember when I was there, it feels great, just wait, you'll be looking back to "now" before you know it! I can't believe I'm coming up on a year! I went from wearing 18's and 20's to jeans that are 4's and 6's (depending on the brand). I'm serious, I wasn't this size when I was in 9th grade! I didn't expect to be this size when I had surgery. My shirts are a M, I was wearing a 1X, but a 2X was really more comfy because they didn't "touch" me!! You know what I mean??!!!! You have so much to look forward to, enjoy the journey!!!!

I am in NW Alabama! You are right, their jaws are gonna drop when they see the lbs melting off of us. I think with some folks it is concern but some are just fearful we'll look better than them!

I believe you on the energy and feeling good. I've lost 30 lbs and it's amazing just what that amt has made on me. I can do so much more. Can't wait to shed the rest of this fat suit that I've been wearing too long!

I am looking forward to enjoying clothes shopping so much. Being able to buy things that are cute and fit good will be so awesome.

[KellyL 173]

Wow 4's and 6's!! We were talking about single digit sizes on another thread and I just can't even imagine. Like you said I don't remember those sizes in the 9th grade either. That's so amazing!!! Congrats to you, you have definitely rocked it. I know what you mean about your clothes touching you, i'm the same way! I like my clothes being loose. Of course I will prob be different when I'm smaller.

Thanks, i love sweet home Alabama. I think there's a few of us on here. Texas is great too, I love San Antonio and Austin but its been yrs since I've been there. I wanna do a lot of traveling after I win the lotfery lol.

[NtvTxn 1,262]

I never dreamed I how "low I could go". Who knew??!!! I initially thought, 'if I can just get into a TEN'. We really don't have the confidence in ourselves that we should!!! Then I just started losing and even though it was a lb here and two or three lbs there, and it would usually take three or four days of going up and down before it would stay off.....it was consistant. I saw that this was really working!!! I got to a size fourteen lickity split, then a twelve. I raised the bar, my "goal" wasn't a weight, it was a size. If I could get to a size 8, an EIGHT....it was like a dream, but not in my wildest dreams had I thought I'd ever get that small, but by then, I knew I could!!! I got there, and kept going. Now.....I still pull these little bitty things out of the dryer, look at them and think "NO WAY" but sure 'nuff, I slip them right on!! It is soooo nice not to have to lay down EVER to zip up jeans!!! It is wonderful to KNOW I can walk into any store and buy clothes. Seriously....your whole world will change when you can enjoy buying something cute!! I some times just go to try stuff on.....all by myself. Amazed! Once your head catches up with what the doctor did to your tummy, you will like the way clothes fit you. It takes a while before you get use to buying clothes that do FIT!! I will still grab a 6 and 8, instead of a 4 and 6 to take into the dressing room. What a mind game!!! (I was born in San Antonio, Lackland AFB) I love to travel too.....I would all the time if I had all the time and money it took to do it!!!

Wow 4's and 6's!! We were talking about single digit sizes on another thread and I just can't even imagine. Like you said I don't remember those sizes in the 9th grade either. That's so amazing!!! Congrats to you, you have definitely rocked it. I know what you mean about your clothes touching you, i'm the same way! I like my clothes being loose. Of course I will prob be different when I'm smaller.

Thanks, i love sweet home Alabama. I think there's a few of us on here. Texas is great too, I love San Antonio and Austin but its been yrs since I've been there. I wanna do a lot of traveling after I win the lotfery lol.

[cwalker 12]

Ah I'm so tired of everyone at work telling me not to get the vsg surgery! No I'm not too young,I'm not making a mistakke and no its not your life to decide if I should get this surgery or not no matter how stupid they think it is. No one understands here that diet and exercise alone doesn't work for me wls is not just my first option I've tried everything sooo if I wanted everyone at work to have a input in what I should do then I would have asked =) just had to vent a little bit. Anyone else going through this?

I told only a couple of people before. I called the rest of my family a couple of weeks later and my bf on the way home from hospital. I ahd my husbands and daugters support. DONT let them get to you, it is your life! Hugs!