I was just reading a thing on the bariatric eating website and Susan Maria was talking about people not following the doctor's orders and she said that anyone who couldn't lose 10% of their body weight before surgery did not deserve to have the surgery. Excuse me? She has no clue all the crap I have gone to to try to lose weight. Hell, if I could lose 10% of my body weight, I would just do that 10 times. In my opinion, if you can lose 10% of your body weight, you can lose weight. I am seeking this surgery because I cannot lose weight. If I could lose weight, I could just lose weight. I don't know. It just irritated me. We have so many people who have no clue about morbid obesity who make assumptions about us, but when ONE OF US makes a comment like that, it upsets me terribly. It reminds me of a time when someone was talking about Jeremy Norman on the BB. The poor thing was having so much trouble and his family were so worried about him and some idiot on the BB posted that someone needed to talk to his caregivers because someone had to be feeding him massive amounts of food for him to weigh that much. We all know that when you eat like a normal person or less, and you end up weighing over 600 lbs. (I can't remember how much Jeremy weighed at the time,) there is a medical problem. His caregivers were NOT feeding him massive amounts of food. _I_ do not eat massive amounts of food (unless I'm in a Mexican restaurant, which is not a daily or even weekly thing,) so it infuriates me when people make comments that I should lower my calorie intake. My PCP put me on a 1400 calorie a day diet for the 6 months supervised diet and I GAINED 10 lbs. And I can't think of anyone who would say that 1400 calories is a "massive amount of food." I did, on occasion, eat more than 1400 calories. When my nephew got married in January, I ate more than that at the reception, I think...although I don't generally eat that much around my family since they have made so many comments about my weight and I went out to eat 2-3 times during the 6 months, but 3-4 days out of 6 months is still not massive amounts of food. I did not choose this surgery as a "quick fix." Maybe if I was younger and didn't have so much to lose, maybe it would have been a quick fix. I don't know. I just know that, at this point in my life, I cannot lose weight. There is something wrong with me, a medical problem. And not one doctor seems to be concerned about the cyst on my pituitary gland. Oh well, I have enough stress in my life. I don't need to keep stressing over this. It's just that people need to be EDUCATED about this DISEASE and when one of our own makes a comment stating that we can lose weight, It really upsets me. Ok, got that off my chest. I am always stressed on Sunday. There was a lot of little innuendos today at my parents' house about weight. My dad has lost weight and is down to 130 lbs. My sister's mother-in-law has leukemia and she won't eat either. My dad is 90 years old and my sister's mother-in-law is in her 80's. Elderly people don't eat that much. And their NOT EATING is causing them problems. So making digs at ME because I am morbidly obese is not going to put any weight on my dad or my sister's MIL. And MY being obese is not the cause of my sister's MIL's leukemia. Last I heard, her plans for dinner one night was two vienna sausages and 1/2 an apple. And that's not two cans of vienna sausage. That was two Vienna Sausage. Apparently, she'd been working on that can of Vienna Sausages for a few days. Ok, enough of me. I'm off like a prom dress.... Love ya'll, Joni

Hi Joni, I was wondering the same thing myself. This board has been quite literally dead. Maybe everyone is away for the weekend? Sorry to hear about your dad. I'll keep him in my prayers. Man, that milkshake sounds good. I might try that with my grandmother. She needs to eat, too, and hates Boost. Might be able to trick her with the milkshake. Hmmmmm, oh, the possibilities. I was fixing to post myself. I have gained 5 pounds this week and it's really freaking me out! I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I knew that I'd gain weight when I started working out, but I didn't figure it would happen this fast. 5 more pounds and I won't make the highway patrol's weight limit. Even though I am failing miserably, I'm trying to stay calm. I have a little less than a month before the test. Hopefully, I'll quit gaining and start losing again. Oh, and there's no way to keep cool down here. We had a heat index yesterday of 115! Can you believe it? And the humidity is awful. Even at 3am in the morning it's hot or at least uncomfortably humid. Miss you Joni, Gisela

Ok, Renee, how did the interview go? I have thinking of you.... Love ya, Linda

Woohoo! Did you burn off the calories beating up that person you were talking about? You brag away! You deserve it! 143! Oh my gosh, I would be SO happy if I weighed 143. Love you, Joni

Hey!!! I have a face