Beautiful post Sherrie. Yes, Happy Mother's day.

We're celebrating by going to the zoo and aquarium - lots of walking. Food is not part of the celebration.

Just wanted to wish all the mammas and grandmas out there a Happy Mother's Day!!

Enjoy being with family and celebrate your time together (and not the food)! 

A special wish for our new Mamma, Christa and our new Gramma, Holly!!!

Good luck whatever you decide. I too am wishy-washy on the surgery.  I know I could lose on my own but haven't had wonderful luck yet.  Stress is horrible to me. And I know the surgery is a tool.  I keep weighing having support .  And then I think I can lose it on my own and use the money for the tummy tuck or breast lift and tucks of skin here and there.  Then I think if I don't have the surgery, what if I am not here in a year. What would happen to my  family.  So scary.

 this site has helped me so much..
this is huge decision, I thought I had decided but there was this little nagging voice in my head that was making question things, was thinking it was all the anxiety of the potential surgery etc.. but someone posted on this board that there is NOTHING wrong with our digestive system the problem is in our heads..so even if u cut the stomach u have not solved the problem.

see, my personality now takes over when I read something like that..I am a practical person who hates things in excess and do what things wasted..so why would i try to fix something(stomach) that is not broken
yes I understand that this many years as MO has broken my system a little, for example, the hormone signals from my gut to my brain to signal hunger and full etc. but this all fixable..
but it is in my head, and something has finally changed in the way I am thinking
for example, we had Mother's day dinner tonight at a restaurant and I love their calamari but it is fried, I ordered it and that was my dinner, it is an appetizer but since it was fried I knew I would be full etc.. well I was more than full, I have not had anything fried in more than a month, my belly is not too happy..it was good but i ate nothing else and only had water but something is so different in my head, b4 i would have ordered more food, a pop and dessert(my fav at this place is tiramisu) but I did not want any of it..so finally something is working right in my head and hopefully my gut will follow
here in canada it is a very long process, about 8 months to one year with tons and tons of testing, so I losing the weight as I go thru this process and hope in the next two months that my decision becomes for clearly set..

wishing u all the best and mayeb start journalling, it can help when facing a life changing decision

or just keep coming here as u see I talk alot*lol* 

Vent away, it helps to feel better and (((HUGS))) because this is very painful to experience.

Finally, just ignore them completely and don't let anyone see that it hurts you. When people - and it's mostly childish, immature men who do this, it's really not about you but all about them. They feel inferior and to make themselves feel better they try to pick on and make fun of other people who they perceive are weaker than them. This is why they called you out and not your boyfriend. If you ignore them, they won't get their fun and they will move on to someone else. I know it's hard to ignore and to feel hurt, but do it and keep doing it. Hold your head up high.

Mature well adjusted adults don't verbally attack other people. It doesn't have to be about weight, it can be anything - a large nose, limping etc. they just look for a weak point to make a dig. I bet these creeps also have weight problems themselves.

Don't let them get to you, ever, they just aren't worth it.