I Love and Appreciate You All!

I just want to say what a great bunch of people we have in this forum. There are very few disagreements or arguments and generally everyone here is very respectful of one another. I just spent the better part of the day in the underworld of this site and I have to tell you there are some really nutty, bitter, angry, vicious, and flat out mean people. 

It turns out there are two separate threads about me in another forum that I made the huge mistake of trying to chime in on. Holy crap you would have thought I am the anti-christ. There are people on this board (not this particular forum) whom I have never seen, spoken to, or anything that really straight up do not like me.

Anyway I don't think I will be heading over to that part of town again any time soon. I just want to say that I am very happy with our little community here. I wish we could put a wall up around it to protect ourselves but unfortunately we cannot.

Everyone here should feel pretty good about how well we all get along.

And thanks to everyone for all the positive feedback, it makes everything I do worth it.

Keep it up Keith. You recent post titled "me", showing your current state, was inspirational. If a few nay sayers can't handle it they should see what goes on in forums out there. They should also get a life and remember the common reason we're all on this site. Just because something doesn't work for them doesn't mean it isn't working for 100's of others.

YOU ARE A INSPIRATION THEY ARE JEALOUS STAY IN THE WHITE PICKET FENCE STATED WELL! DO NOT GO THERE EVER AGAIN WHY SEE THAT STUFF! STAY

Tell us where it is and we can go beat them up.

No. Its a scary scary scary place. I don't want anyone to leave our white picket fence community.

Have you looked at the heavyweight board? They really hate me there. I can't really blame them. I talk about being size 0 and moan about a regain of 3 pounds when they have hundreds to go. I get it. I have nothing but respect for their courage and realize that our paths are different. I wish they had a little understanding back, but it doesn't hurt me that they can't see my struggles too. Obesity is a disease we all share and it's never going away, no matter what size we are right now.

I'd just like to state for the record that I have posted a complaint on the BMI Over 50 board that I'm jealous of people that are at goal in 6 months, start at a size pants that I'm at now after losing 200 lbs, etc. However, I always admit that these feelings come from me having a rough day and jealousy! lol

The frustration is about me, not the "lightweights" that didn't let themselves get to be my size. I "complain" because I'm envious that you all took responsibility for your health much sooner than I did. I recognize that everyone has struggles, so FYI if anyone reads a post on that board like that from me, it's just me *****ing and not meant to offend! :)

You are all that and a bag of chips in my book. I totally get where you are coming from. There is no other way to read your response on that post than the way you just described it. Hugs in a (big) way. The ones that bother me are the ones that would have denied me this chance because they don't think the lightweights deserve it. They think that we should just suffer in our fat prison. That makes me mad.

I don't blame you. There is a big difference between being a bit jealous/envious (which I believe is a natural human reaction) to feeling as though you don't deserve it. We should all be supporting each other and not arguing over whose journey is harder or more difficult!

I commend you for posting that still have to keep up with your weight struggles.  It shows that these surgeries are not an easy fix to weight loss and it is just a tool there to help us along.  WE actually have to plan everyday of our lives on what we are going to eat next.  What we put in our mouths is what defines what our bodies are going to look like.  People can get away with it for a little bit until all of a sudden their body and metabolism catches up to them.  OMG then we see them back on the forums asking us for advice.  Sometimes these are the same people who were not too long ago making fun of us for asking the stupid or silly questions.  I admit I may be a newbie to my Sleeve, but I am not a newbie to being overweight.  I know what I need to do to get to my goal, and I am almost there, not because I sat on my butt eating cheetos.  I eat healthy and I exercise, plain and simple.  Occasionally, I treat myself to something not because I feel i deserve it, but because I can.  I know what I have to do in my life to counter act my indulgence.  And for me, i will never beat myself up for occasional piece of dessert or latte.  So why let somebody else. Thank you Elina for showing that you too have struggles but you move past those as well and just get on with your life.  It makes me smile everyday.