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GO!! Show off the new you. I never went to any of mine mostly due to my weight. Sad that we beat ourselves up over our appearance. Half the time we are all thinking about a bulge here and there. Go Please don't miss out make those memories!! Heck, most of my guys from HS and bald and potbellied. At least we are adults now so why not. BIG HIGH 5 and FIST bump too. 200#'s is something to be VERY PROUD of.
Hi Hockeymom, I just got back from my 40th HS reunion yesterday, and I'm really glad I went!!! I got to see some old friends and I have no regrets...but I'm afraid I might have if I missed it??
Focus on the small changes and the success they bring. My program had me make small changes and make them stick and then more small changes and that Builds success...and remember, even the smallest step forward means you're not where you were.
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
I had to laugh at the Kelly Osborne one. She had the sleeve done, yet says her weight loss was from a mushroom based diet. I feel bad for Chrissy Metz she has no idea the damage she is doing to her body at her size and she holds the weight in the worse place for anyone in the stomach. Hopefully one day she will realize the dangers.
For some reason OH did not promote the conference like they did years before. It seemed like they had something on the home page every other week when it was getting close.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
Nobody can tell you how to stay positive through the whole journey. Take it one day at a time. Stay positive for 24 hours. If that is too big a chunk take it for a few hours at a time. Keep a journal, read about weight loss and health, take up new hobbies, work with a therapist, find exercise you can do, set goals, get support from others. Getting healthier will make a difference but start working on positivity every day.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I weigh over 700lbs I want to know if you can me any advice on how can i stay positive through my weight loss surgery journey, I get very Discourage easily And it's hard for me to stay positive
Only 11 days out is way too early to be getting "buyer's remorse". It was around that time I was pounding walls, yelling at people (inc. my surgical concierge) and wondering WTH have I done to myself (or even whether my surgeon knew what he was doing and possibly messed me up inside). 
It's like suddenly having your jaws wired shut, as far as your food intake goes -- that's the best way I could describe that phase of the surgery. 
Eventually, you and your body will adjust to the procedure, you'll have more confidence in it and what's going on, esp. as you see the pounds fall off. Soon your mood will swing just the opposite way and you'll be so glad you went through it. Keep the faith! 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
UT OH .. I just checked on the date, and apparently the Conference was this current weekend. I missed it, after all this time waiting on it .. 
Wish OH would have sent our reminder emails to all the members last month. I was thinking it was further into October, not at the very beginning of the month, for some reason.
Oh well, hope a lot of members were able to attend and it went well .. I haven't seen any reviews, pics, etc. of it posted (yet) .. 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Curious as to whether they will pick up the cost of the revision surgery (i.e. as "compensation for their participation") or whether that is on us, if you know? 
If the production co. covers the cost, this would be an excellent opportunity for members who need the surgery to have it done, either w/o ins. or whose ins. co. refuses to cover it. 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Wow .. frankly, amazed anyone could even be alive @ that weight .. 
You need surgical intervention, ASAP. 
I would think the best way to proceed would be a DS, performed in two parts/procedures, given that extremely high of a BMI, for added safety. Have you checked out the DS forum yet? With that high of a BMI, the surgery is now usually done in two parts, with the V.S.G. (sleeve formation) done first, to reduce and control/limit your intake of food. After your weight has reduced to a lower level (whatever the surgeon feels is appropriate 
) then you return for the second part of the DS, which is the actual re-routing and bypassing of the intestine, designed to cause "malabsorption" of the food you do take in, to achieve additional weight loss. Please look into getting this done, ASAP. Sometimes insurance will cover it (plenty of posts on the DS forum on that subject) but if you don't have ins. there are other options, inc. doing what I did, which was to go out of the country to have it done cash pay for only a fraction of the U.S. cost. 
The only problem with that approach in your situation is you may, and likely do have, "travel limitations' due to your size. Also, doing a two-part procedure would mean having to go out of the country twice. Good luck to you, and please check in to let us all know of your progress.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
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