FLAME ME!!!!

Ok, now I am officially pi**ed. After looking over the biggest loser challenge..I see that I am third or fourth heaviest STILL...I am so mad.....I have only lost 65 pounds....and some of you are 20-35 pounds above goal......WTH I don't even know who or what I am mad at....the fact that I waited until I weighed 330 before doing the surgery or you guys for thinking you needed the surgery at 200-230....I am sorry, but I am so frustrated right now....SEveral have lost 100+ and the same month surgery as me......I am so mad......I know, I will make several of you unhappy, but this is my rant sorry...

65 stinking punds

Ann we are all going to loose wieght at different rates. None of us can be the same. Now that being said....I was 317 when I had surgery and needed it. But I have no doubt that you will loose all the extra weight. good luck hon, kristi

Ann 65 is awesome I've only lost 76 and I'm almost a whole month ahead of you. What were you expecting. Remember we didn't swallow a majic pill. Our INDIVIDUAL weight loss is going to depend on several things such as: 1. Beginning weight 2. Overall health 3. How well we stick to the diet and excersise regime For me I know that it's slower because of a few things: 1 I'm 53 2. I have diabetes and still have to take insuin 3. I dont excersise as much as I should/would like to Take a good hard look at what your doing and see what if anything you can do better. But sweetie - I would be damn proud of 65 pounds lost forever Buy the way, where the heck is Charleston, Illinois?

Hey Ann--- No flaming from me----we are friends in fatland, my girl!!!! I do the same thing--- I tend to compare my loss to other's----however, it's a 'losing' proposition because someone will always be much better. I just reassure myself that I'm going down (rather than up for the first time in my life), I'm lighter than I have been for 15 years and I'm getting healthier. Although I was pre-op 274 (high 289) I do think people at 200-230 can benefit from the surgery---that's still too much weight on a body....I use to think if I ever got under 200, I'd be satisfied. Now, at 210 I realize I'm capable of so much more and why shouldn't I go for it and try to be as fit as possible?!? I deserve to be a girl with a great body. We all do. It's not just reserved for a chosen few! As for you, cookie, 65 pounds is amazing! That's nearly 7 clothes sizes and 3 times what my daughter weighs---it's a huge chunk of you gone! So, hooray for you even if you are pissy so there....! Cathy

I am one of those that are 35 pounds away from goal. I have lost 72 pounds. When I reach goal I will have lost over 100 pounds. I weighed 257 pounds when I had surgery. But a few years back I weighed 335 pounds. I was headed back up again and couldn't get it off. I had rhuematoid arthrits, diabetes, and high blood pressure. I have a husband 15 years my senior and with beginning alzheimers. I didn't have surgery just to be smaller. It was a health issue. I had to be able to do all the things that I couldn't do. Now that being said, 65 pounds is nothing to sneeze at. It is not that much less than what I have lost. Don't compare yourself to any of us. You are your own individual, and God made you special. You will get the weight off, just keep useing the tool that you got in that operating room. Go visit the January 05 board or any of the boards where people are further out than we are and I think you will feel a lot better about where you are. Give yourself a big pat on the back for how far you have come. Hazel

Are you sorry that you had the surgery? For me it has been a true blessing in the fact that I am off all meds for high blood pressure and diabetes. My joints don't hurt like they did, and I am able to do things that I couldn't prior to surgery. Sure there are things that I don't like, but for every thing in life there is a price. I am sorry that the surgery hasn't been what you wanted, but no one ever said it was an easy fix. You talk about the people that weighed less than you shouldn't have had the surgery. Well, you know we all had to go through the same hoops in order for the surgeon to do it and the insurance companies to pay for it. If we didn't qualify, we wouldn't have had it, because no one would have done it. If you are dissatisfied with your surgery, have it undone and go back to the way you were before. Hazel

I work very hard at utilizing my surgery to it's full advantage. I may not always get to do the planned exercise, but when you own and run a business and many days put in 15 to 16 hours, it is hard to go out and walk a mile. When you go to work at 6am and get home after 10pm, it is hard to always make it to the gym. But I am always on the move and bending and stretching and lifting and walking if not running and working and not light sit behind a desk work, but real heavy physical labor. I have worked for and earned every pound I have lost. I work around food all day every day, and still I don't eat things that I am not suppose to. I follow my doctors instructions and am proud of what I have accomplished. Hazel

I apologize for loseing my cool. That isn't normally like me. Hazel

I'm pretty damn mad about Renee's comment about us lightweights that shouldn't of had the surgery at all. What are we supposed to do wait untill we weighed 300 lbs then put in for the surgery. If I had waited untill then I could of died from an asthma attack or any other health problem that I was facing at my weight. I reconized a problem in myself that I knew would not allow for me to lose weight on my own. I also see my mom daily fighting from the effects of being obese, she has DVT, Diabetes, and a ton of other problems. She and my two little boys were my main reason for having this *LIFE CHANGING* surgery. I couldn't see myself carrying around another pound on my small frame. At the time of my initial consult I weighed 230 at 5'3. My BMI and health problems qualified me for the surgery. My desire to live a healthy life for my family qualified me for this surgery. Thank god the insurance company didn't look at it the way you do Renee, anybody who is 100 lbs overweight deserves to have this surgery if they are inclined to. This board is supposed to be supportive and helpful. I feel like I have been as supportive as I can be and I think everyone else is trying their best too. But to be honest I am hurt and dissapointed in your words. Be it 100 lbs overweight or 200 pounds EACH of us that posts here felt the need to have this surgery. And while you are trying to comfort Ann and put your feelings out there for all of us to see, I just want you know that you hurt my feelings with that statement. For what it's worth, I wish you nothing but the best with your journey, you have made great progress and I truly wish you find peace in your decision. Dana