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Topic: RE: Today...
CONGRATS
YES THE PRESSURE IS VERY OVERWHELMING BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT ALL THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE CONTINUALLY WATCH EVERYTHING YOU EAT, HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOUR GAINING, ECT.....
THAT IS WHY I SPAS OUT ALL THE TIME CAUSE I KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE. I SHOULDN'T LET IT BOTHER ME BUT IT DOES.
GOOD LUCK SWEETIE
Topic: RE: it's official--exercise is hazardous to my health!!!!
you'll have to school me on that one all the concerts I have been too I had to dressed. LOL!!!

Topic: RE: it's official--exercise is hazardous to my health!!!!
a maxi dress to a rock concert??? only a guy would give that advice...lol...other than business and evening attire, most of my current casual wardrobe are pants/jeans or short skirts and dresses ...
Topic: RE: it's official--exercise is hazardous to my health!!!!
you can always wear a maxi dress...
Topic: p.s. Melissa and the rest of you athletes--
I fully blame my jogging injury today (see my post below regarding exercise being hazardous to health) you guys-- your posts inspired my lazy butt to go jogging to begin so it all you fault. please feel guilty and apologize


kidding, of course, and, yes, i will take my bruised and battered self jogging tomorrow again



kidding, of course, and, yes, i will take my bruised and battered self jogging tomorrow again
Topic: it's official--exercise is hazardous to my health!!!!
or, the more fair way to put it, i'm a klutz of the century. went speed walking/jogging this morning, was soooo proud of myself until i tripped over a tree branch fell (flat on my face and accidentally beat my lip to where i literary have a fat lip now---see jogginf makes you fat
. worse, a scraped my leg really bad on that tree branch...not just a scrape looks like a freaking war wound..really bad. so even though i'm down another lbs from Wed and am now 128, with 5lbs of neosporin and all the bandages i'll have to put on, i'm about to officially become the only person in history to gain weight as a result of a simple 3 mile walk
also, have a night on a town planned later, including a cool concert (lead signer from Pearl Jam, forget the name), the guy i'm seing is dragging me but i love stuff like that anyway. so much for the cute mini-dress i was planning to wear--have 2 go with jeans instead
don't let this deterr the rest of you--no one is as uncoordinated as me (unless they are extremely drunk or something).
love, Nat


also, have a night on a town planned later, including a cool concert (lead signer from Pearl Jam, forget the name), the guy i'm seing is dragging me but i love stuff like that anyway. so much for the cute mini-dress i was planning to wear--have 2 go with jeans instead

don't let this deterr the rest of you--no one is as uncoordinated as me (unless they are extremely drunk or something).
love, Nat
Topic: RE: Today...
Melissa,
That is amazing..i can't think of a better or more inspiring candidate for this project.
Also, even though I'm not very politically correct and, in general tend to snicker at "sensitivity training" stuff, this one I find truly worthwhile and necessary due to some of the comments/snickers i have heard about obese or even slightly chubby people from others. When you move to a new city and/or meet people who only see a size 2 girl they don't tend to assume you may have been one of those "fatsos" so, of course, you must be in on the joke....i have a sharp tounge (comes from years as a litgator) and, boy have they paid dearly for those...
amazingly, some of those comments came from otherwise intelligent, well-educated indoviduals who would never make a rasist, homophobic, sexist or other type of "bigoted" comment. nor would they make fun of someone with diabetes, mental retardation, etc. But i guess obsesity is perceived as fair game...after all, "if that chubby chick just put down her big back and got on a treadmill once in a blue moon, she might actually get laid once in a while...hahaha"
so go get them girl!!!
love, Nat
That is amazing..i can't think of a better or more inspiring candidate for this project.
Also, even though I'm not very politically correct and, in general tend to snicker at "sensitivity training" stuff, this one I find truly worthwhile and necessary due to some of the comments/snickers i have heard about obese or even slightly chubby people from others. When you move to a new city and/or meet people who only see a size 2 girl they don't tend to assume you may have been one of those "fatsos" so, of course, you must be in on the joke....i have a sharp tounge (comes from years as a litgator) and, boy have they paid dearly for those...
amazingly, some of those comments came from otherwise intelligent, well-educated indoviduals who would never make a rasist, homophobic, sexist or other type of "bigoted" comment. nor would they make fun of someone with diabetes, mental retardation, etc. But i guess obsesity is perceived as fair game...after all, "if that chubby chick just put down her big back and got on a treadmill once in a blue moon, she might actually get laid once in a while...hahaha"
so go get them girl!!!
love, Nat
Topic: RE: Today...
That is awesome Melissa! You are such an inspiration to all of us, and a great advocate for the obese and formerly obese! I couldn't think of a better person to do this video!
Congrats and "break a leg!"
Congrats and "break a leg!"
Topic: Today...
Hi Gang!
Just wanted to share with all of you what I got asked to do today...
All of you know how I got chosen to be the first bariatric coordinator for my hospital system just to later turn the job down due to the overwhelming committments that came with the job. Well I have maintained a relationship with my replacement, Connie. She has asked me to show up at the hospital today at 11pm to do a "video shoot" for the an obesity sensitivity training video!
Part of acquiring a Center of Excellence with a hospital is to provide mandatory training for each and every staff memeber of the hospital and surrouding clinics. This prepares everyone (including kitchen staff, security guards etc) for people of size being in our system and being friendly towards them and accepting. Basically a no tolerance of obesity stereotyping or outward displays of prejudism will be tolerated once this video is viewed.
I gave them a before pic of me at 328 lbs and they will show that pic and ask what the people viewing it feels when they see my picture. Then they will take a pic of me today and ask what they feel when they see this person. They will go on to reveal that I am the same person and not judge a book by its cover etc...
Part of me is extremely excited but then this REALLY puts me out there in the "limelight" if you will. More pressure on me to maintain my weight and even more "microscope" focus on me like I spoke of in reply to Dawn's post on Wednesday. It makes it a lot of pressure but I only hope it helps me and of course can never put down a flattering opproutunity to help educate people on why making fun of an obese person just shouldn't be accepted and what we mentally go through.
Wish me luck.. I am excited....
Just wanted to share with all of you what I got asked to do today...
All of you know how I got chosen to be the first bariatric coordinator for my hospital system just to later turn the job down due to the overwhelming committments that came with the job. Well I have maintained a relationship with my replacement, Connie. She has asked me to show up at the hospital today at 11pm to do a "video shoot" for the an obesity sensitivity training video!
Part of acquiring a Center of Excellence with a hospital is to provide mandatory training for each and every staff memeber of the hospital and surrouding clinics. This prepares everyone (including kitchen staff, security guards etc) for people of size being in our system and being friendly towards them and accepting. Basically a no tolerance of obesity stereotyping or outward displays of prejudism will be tolerated once this video is viewed.
I gave them a before pic of me at 328 lbs and they will show that pic and ask what the people viewing it feels when they see my picture. Then they will take a pic of me today and ask what they feel when they see this person. They will go on to reveal that I am the same person and not judge a book by its cover etc...
Part of me is extremely excited but then this REALLY puts me out there in the "limelight" if you will. More pressure on me to maintain my weight and even more "microscope" focus on me like I spoke of in reply to Dawn's post on Wednesday. It makes it a lot of pressure but I only hope it helps me and of course can never put down a flattering opproutunity to help educate people on why making fun of an obese person just shouldn't be accepted and what we mentally go through.
Wish me luck.. I am excited....

Hugs, Melissa
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock
LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock
LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos

Topic: RE: Wednesday Weigh in & Accountability
hi guys, sorry i've been AWOL for a while
height: 5'4
HW/SW: 225
Last week 135ish (not sure)
Current:129 (beengood about the diet, but, unfortunately, still very inconsistent about the exercise part
Lowest: 116(for about 5minutes around march of 08)
as far as whether I'm content with my weight--not quite, i'd like to be 14 or at least 10 lbs. thinner and also more fit (just need to get the energy and motivation to start seriously exercising again). at the same time, it's no longer an all consuming constant struggle or obsession the way it was before and, for a while, after surgery. i have realistic body image and know that i'm no longer overweight and haven't been in a while and appearance wise (not to mention health-wise), it's obviously a huge improvement. i get tons of compliments on my body from people who have no idea that i was ever heavy so i guess it kind of helps my residual "former fat girl" insecurities. So I guess I generally like my figure and appearance but, having come all this way and also having re-gained a little would like to get to my personal best or my "dream goal"
height: 5'4
HW/SW: 225
Last week 135ish (not sure)
Current:129 (beengood about the diet, but, unfortunately, still very inconsistent about the exercise part
Lowest: 116(for about 5minutes around march of 08)
as far as whether I'm content with my weight--not quite, i'd like to be 14 or at least 10 lbs. thinner and also more fit (just need to get the energy and motivation to start seriously exercising again). at the same time, it's no longer an all consuming constant struggle or obsession the way it was before and, for a while, after surgery. i have realistic body image and know that i'm no longer overweight and haven't been in a while and appearance wise (not to mention health-wise), it's obviously a huge improvement. i get tons of compliments on my body from people who have no idea that i was ever heavy so i guess it kind of helps my residual "former fat girl" insecurities. So I guess I generally like my figure and appearance but, having come all this way and also having re-gained a little would like to get to my personal best or my "dream goal"