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cdawson0425
on 4/17/09 3:14 pm - Houston, TX
Yeah you are right you will always be labeled as something or another.
nikkemo
on 4/17/09 3:22 pm - Orange, CA
And the more weight you lose, the more they talk.  I say do what you feel comfortable doing.  I'm a pretty open person so when people ask, I tell them.  But I will only say it once.  After that, I assume that they are wasting my time and trying to **** me off by asking me stupid questions.  Now that's what I don't have tolerance for.
Honeymoon challenge Participant.  It's about to be a hot summer

Michele S.
on 4/17/09 9:36 pm - MD
I have been totally open with everyone I know since I decided to have the surgery.  I have not encountered much negativity because I don't give people room to comment on my life.  This is my decision and my health, not theirs.  I think that being so open has helped a lot of people.  I get a lot of people approaching me on the side at work or calling me to get more information because they may have been thinking about the surgery but are scared.  I have reached my goal but I am still very open with everyone about how I got here including the men I meet.  My belief is that to know me you have to know where I come from and what my priorities are.  I can't date someone who thinks I should eat more or not exercise so much.  This surgery and its effect on my life is the most tremendous blessing I have ever received.  How can I not share this with others!
Michele
277/244//160
Highest weight/day of surgery 6-9-08/goal reached 2/24/09!!!
God is Amazing
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cdawson0425
on 4/18/09 1:51 am - Houston, TX
I feel the same way Michele. I would not have it any other way. This is a life changing experience for those of us who have been over weight all our lives. I am just waiting for the day I can walk into a regular clothing store and buy a normal size pair of pants. I too have a lot of people pulling me to the side to get my surgeons number. So I also feel you on helping others by sharing my story.

Channell
Rhonda S.
on 4/18/09 7:05 am - Bensalem, PA
No, I'm not ashamed.  I did what I needed to do for my health - physical and emotional  I know me, I know my journey and I know that without surgery I have the infamous 2-5% chance of keeping the weight off ..WLS helps improve those odds if I do my part...I've lost and gained back many, many pounds over the years...and I believe as I've been around the food and dieting block many times  I have gained a tiny little bit of wisdom. And truly at the point I saw the surgeon for the original consult I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.. Losing weight is fun once it really starts kicking in  but my real job will come once the weight is off... I continue to do my emotional work through counseling focusing on how and I why I use food in my life and thats going to help me be successful.  Now, I'm working on being more consistent with my exercise - I'm not loving the sweat but i am loving health...

..WLS was performed on me, and I allowed that to happen  for me not nobody else.  If somebody wants to be negative, they  can just stay on the line until somebody who wants to hear that shiot picks up.

thus far I'm delighted with this decision -- I work in a small office (8 total) - I don't spend every freaking moment talking about the surgery but they all know I had it and they have all been really supportive - most people know somebody who had it and the folks they know have had a good experience so its been fairly positive - I joke about the toddler food I eat these days [Gerber meat sticks - yum, yum - toddler graduate tv dinners in a pinch] and for somebody like me who loved the buffet table to go to a restaurant, order a side of cottage cheese and a to go container - spending a total of $2.00 - its a kick and a riot.

mostly I get comments now that my weight loss has loosened my inner clothes horse [the more I like how I look in clothes, the more I want to find clothes to look good in - except I'm not that far out and so I'm not going crazy on that].  Between the almost 40 pounds I lost pre-op and my post op 30 so far - I'm at a point where the weight loss is more noticeable. Its honeymoon time and I'm enjoying it.

Rhonda

 

 

 

 

meekie_09
on 4/18/09 11:52 am - NEW ORLEANS
WAS NOT AND WILL NEVR BE ASHAMED OF MY TOOL.....I'VE NOTICEED THAT THE ONES WHO HATE ARE THE ONES THAT ARENT BOLD ENOUGH TO DO WHAT I DID,SO THEY FIND EVERY LITTLE THING WRONG TO SAY ABOUT THE SURGERY. IE;PEOPLE DIE,YOU'LL LOOK SICK,YOU WONT BE ABLE TO EAT,YA KNOW STUPID **** LIKE THAT....I SAY,HELL,ID DIE FROM BEING MORBIDLY OBESE,I DONT NEED TO EAT WHAT I USED TO EAT ANYWAY, I'D RATHER BE SMALLER AND FLABBY THEN TO BE BIG AS HELL LIKE YOU,AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT,I KNOW WHO GOD IS.....GET LIKE ME!!!



OH CHANELL, I CANT SEND YOU  A REQUEST CUZ UR PAGE IS PRIVATE,SO SEND ME ONE!!!

~~Real Eyes Realize Real Lies~~ The Rainbow Comes After The Rain.... So I'm Enjoying  The Rain

      
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