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Wanna play the 5 questions?? For all you newbies and lurkers... It's all for fun and getting to know each other and whoever answers FIRST... asks the 5 for the next day!! 1. How long have you had a weight problem? 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed??

HEY WLS CHIK, GREAT QUESTIONS..... 1) FROM JULY 26, 1960.. THE DAY I WAS HATCHED I WAS 7.9 AND MY TWIN WAS 6.1. SO EVEN STARTED OUT BIGGER. BUT I WAS FIVE MIN OLDER HAHA.. 2)MY FAMILY OF CORSE AND TANJA MY 3)HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE LIKE THAT. MIGHT BE SCARED TO TELL ME 4)LOSING FRIGGIN WEIGHT FOR THE SURGERY 5) ABSOLUTELY, I WILL ALWAYS BE ADDICTED TO FOOD IN ONE SENCE OR ANOTHER BUT HAVE SEEN FOR MYSELF THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THIS EVEN A YEAR AGO. MAJOR CHANGE IN MYSELF. HUGS MARGARET

1. How long have you had a weight problem? Since birth I was a big baby. 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? My hubby he is there for me no matter what. He is there to let me cry or laugh. 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? My friend Donna, she doesn't believe the surgery is safe. 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? Getting insurance to cover my surgery I have an exclusion on my policy so I am looking into other options. 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed?? On food yes a lot I look at food differently now. Myself no I still think I look awful and ugly even though my hubby tells me I am pretty I do not see it at all. I am a good person but the cover needs a lot of work.

(((((((WLS CHK)))))))) Good questions,kiddo!! 1. How long have you had a weight problem? As long as I've been Willby 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? Grandma SOOS!!!!! 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? My older sister Nancy, who would cry every time she would see me "I dont want you to die"......(even though we arent that close) 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? (that dam&#d bowel prep) I will NEVER EVER EVER forget that taste!!! 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed Yes. I think that seeing what length people are willing to go to lose weight and reclaim their health has made me see that obesity IS a disease and not just a personal fault. Take care wls chk willby

1. How long have you had a weight problem? I was 10lbs at birth and continued to grow bigger everyday! So as long as Ive been alive! 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? My DH.. He was there every step of the way... 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? Again, my DH, it took a bit for him to come around.. but he eventually came around.. 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? Getting my insurance to allow me the surgeon I wanted.. everything else was pretty easy 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed?? As soon as I started learning about the surgery my eating habits changed. It made me take a look at what got me to the point of needing WLS.. great questions! Amber

Great questions Chik! 1. How long have you had a weight problem? All my life. First diet was at age 13. 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? My SMO friends! 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? Family. They just don't understand. 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? Not having any guidance or direction given by the surgeon/hospital. Incompetent staff... repeatedly lost paperwork/clearances. Waiting... waiting... waiting... waiting... 11 months and counting... 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed?? Yes. I have to learn to eat to live, not live to eat. And that I am not alone in all of this. Huggs, Ruth

1. Had a weight problem my whole life. Was on my first diet in elementary school. 2. My sis 3. Everyone's been great! 4. Sleep study!!! 5. My views haven't changed just by learning about the surgery. I resisted surgery for years. I have learned a lot more SINCE the surgery and have consciously made connections re food. Steff

1. How long have you had a weight problem? always. 9 lb baby -- chubby toddler -- and it never went away. 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? friends and family have all been supportive. 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? only person who has a problem with it is my primary physician...i'm looking to replace him. 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? didn't have a problem with them. i was self pay, so that made it simpler. 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed?? yes, my views have changed. i'm working to view food as "fuel" for my body...not something that gives pleasure or comfort.

How long have I had a weight problem? Since age four, when I broke my arm and spent the winter indoors, doing 'quiet' things. Who has been my biggest cheerleader? My mom, most definitely! Biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? A thin friend who was all gung-ho pre-op, but now is giving me a butt-load of grief because now I've got a handle on my weight, but he's STILL an alcoholic. Sheesh! Hardest part? Honestly, none of it has been really hard. No problems with insurance, no pre-op requirements that I didn't already meet, and even surgery itself hurt less than I'd expected. Learning about surgery HAS changed my views on food a lot---and so has FitDay.com. It's also made me realize that, while I DID overeat pre-op, I did NOT over-eat enough to have caused someone with a 'normal' meatbolism to reach 395 pounds. It really WASN'T 'all my fault', LOL!

1. How long have you had a weight problem? I weighed 212 going into high school 2. Who has been your biggest cheerleader?? My son 3. Who has been the biggest pain in the butt over this surgery? My sister 4. What was the hardest part of all the pre-op requirements you had to meet or still have to meet?? Getting approved 5. Do you feel that just by learning about this surgery...that your views on food and yourself have changed?? The day I got approved my mom said I was like a pea**** - no one had any ability to make me feel bad about myself. Yes I enjoy food that I know will likely never have again and other food I enjoy it and then say well old friend I'll see you in a year or so