wow thanxs all for for the welcome!!!!

 thanxs all , just what i needed i got up this am and i  was really happy too read all your stories, and her eyour advice , as i have a hard time the last week , getting sick almost every meal ,too the point in went too the er  , i was pretty scared, im better now talked it over with dr thanx god the dr was there again . what  ireally hate is people dont seem too understand , family , friends , coworkers ,and people that are around u from day to day . all they see is u looseing weight and how the outside looks not that u battle every day inside and outside

I agree with you that most people don't see how difficult this journey actually is!  They see the weight "melting" off and don't realize that the mind is even harder to work on than the body!  This is a rollercoaster....and most "outsiders" don't see that!  That's one of the reasons I love this site sooo much!  The people here are going through the same sorts of things I am going through and they are so supportive....it's amazing!  Anyone that tells you that you've taken the "easy way out".....they just DON'T know what they're talking about!
Hope you keep feeling better!  Keep us posted!  Ruth

that is why this site is so important to so many of us.  WE understand, and are here to support each other.  "WE GET IT".... No one ever said this was gonna be easy (Except for those people who DON"T get it)...   just take it one day at a time and  you will feel better. Best of luck to you, and we are happy you are here too.  come visit daily, I love the company. hehe,, Hugs, Cheryl

Glad to have you part of the group.

I didn't look at your profile last night - I rarely go into profiles just because it's all I can do to keep up with the posts.

I see that you've had your surgery already - good for you - it certainly is a process both emotionally and physically.  I was sick for about the first 5 months - really questioning what I did to myself - however that did pass and I feel better and better every single day. WLS is so not the easy way out - it's hard, just in different ways that other weight loss methods.

I can relate to some of what you said in your blog - I was grocery shopping last night - and I wasn't invisible. I know that sounds strange - but I felt like such a freak that people would rather pretend that I didn't exist rather than acknowledge my presence - now a lot of that could have been in my own head - but people are holding doors open, saying hi - things that didn't happen before.

oh i dont think its in your head , i know at almost 600 pounds things were very hard all the way around and i was not like huge , i as they say i carried it well ! i hate that saying for sure, im at 375 today things are so much different sometimes i cant stand people that new me " you look awesome" or what are u doing? i go too the gym almost every day and work out for atleast a hour a day , now people in the gym are starting too stare at me , the weight is falling off and falling off fast  in two months i have lost  65 pounds since the operation . and around here i was always known as big dave thats how people know me  kinda scarey how that works, now i walk bye people and they have too look twice or walk bye me and i have too say something too them.i have a long road ahead that i will take one step at a time , but i can see where u are coming from

ok, now DAVE???  you just can't come on here and not tell us your name, geee,  I could have talked to you about my DH or sex, not knowing your a guy, now, I got it, I"m all set,  so, Let me welcome you again, Dave...YOur doing so great, Hugs, Cheryl

sorry cheryl , im new too the site , im still getting around , i changed my name i did not no it was going too use my  log on too site as my profile , now i figured it out , lol , im still trying too fill in the rest . i will in time i guess , lol

cheryl, we can still talk about sex. he's a man. i'm sure he likes sex too. LOL. we all know i do!!!