tifferoni326

this is before surgery..Im in the orange if ya cant guess..there not very many full body pics of me that exist wonder why? lol me and only one of my sisters me, my workout buddy (the dog) and my fathers boss..only full body shot i had

:whoo:YAY to everyone...:whoo: I am down about 100 lbs since Feb 8 07 Thats from a 22/24 jeans to an 8 my bra size..48DDD to 32 C good job everyone keep it up!

1. I can tie my shoes without losing my breath! 2. My eyes don't shut when I smile! 3. My big hips have less bruises! 4. I can feel my bones! 5. I can see my feet! 6. I can wear an underwire bra! 7. I can run! 8. I can feel my muscles! 9. I can see my cheek bones! 10. I can walk much further without getting tired! 11. I can cross my legs! 12. I look younger ( I got carded twice in one week!) 13. I can shave my legs in the shower! 14. I Have Dimples In My Cheeks.....they Are Coming Thru! I Can See Them! Now, As For The Dimples In My Butt!!! I Hope I Will One Day Never See Them!!! 15. I can get out of the bathtub without 911 on speed dial! 16. I can bend over and..... GET BACK UP! 17. I can shop......anywhere! 18. I have so much energy especially after I exercise! 19. I can bend down without getting out of breath! 20. I'm more flexible during sex! 21. My big bow hips have went down more than 20 inches! 22. Men are turning their heads constantly! 23. My face is so much thinner and prettier! 24. I have collar bones! 25. The fat from my back is disappearing! 26. I feel so good! 27. I'm starting to like what I see more and more! 28. I have a Fricking Rib cage and can feel it! 29. I fit comfortably in an airline seat! 30. I can ride all of the rollercoasters I want! Whee! 31. I can curl up in a chair with my knees up like a little kid. 32. I can give myself a nice pedicure. 33. I am amazingly small boned, who would'a known? 34. No more high blood pressure meds! 35. I no longer run from anyone carrying a camera. 36. I can give myself a BATHING SUIT TRIM down south and actually see what I am doing!:clap2: hehe 37. I can wear boots up to my knees without fat exploding out the top 39. I can crouch down to get doggie kisses and NOT require an act of god to get back up 40. I no longer feel like a beached whale when I wear black or grey 41. I found my hip bones

alright..so maybe your app will take a lil longer. Its ok breathe/ We are all here for ya and will help anyway possible. sleep Apnea..you may have risks for it and not have it..I was approved based on the fact that my neck was greater than 17 inchs around, i snore and frequently wake at night..but i have never had sleep apnea I was in the smae boat as you..Im young so my age prevented me from having alot of huge health problems. One way or another, you can do this. We are all rooting for you because we have all benn there Good Luck:whoo:

Ok so I need to get this off my chest... Last Sat my parents had thier annual christmas party. We fire up the margarita machine..yes a reaal heavy duty one thats like 5.5 feet tall..and everyone gets drunk and we karaoke anddrink and dance. Well mostly these are my parents friends but I get along really well with most of them. ANYWAYS So I was looking pretty damn hott..people didnt recognize me hott. And I was singing and being a lil crazy.. I was wearing this brown dress and some fuck me boots..as they came to be called all night long..they are these knee high leather boots. HAD to buy them bc my calves actually fit in them..anyways so I am minding my own business. drinking partying whatever and my dads best friend since like elementary school comes up to me. I call him uncle, he picked out my middle name..I have always thought of him as an uncle..well apparently now that I am skinnier..i am not family anymore. He comes up to me and compliments my appearance "wow you look hott..I mena damn hott.." ok no big deal.. then he actually offers/asks me to join him and his girlfriend for a threesome..seriously. Im not the type of girl whose commonly approached at partys and asked if they wanna go for a romp in the hay anyways, but of course this was my first party in a size 8 since i was like 4 so..ubt he actually wanted to know if I was interested...UGH. I wanted to throw up..the man named me..he changed my diapers..now he wants to do me?! Needless to say I was embrassed. thankfully no one else was around to hear this..I told him he didnt make enough money for that to ever happen, then walked off. I didnt want to get too upset, i realize he was pretty drunk..he followed me outside and asked how much money...cause he makes a 100,000 a year... Ok so I am sorry, this really was never a question of money for me. I am a biologist..we make no money, and have accepted this..I just didnt want to get into a moral discussion after Id just have my umpteenth margarita. Ugh I felt soo dirty.. Im not gonna tell my father...I am daddys little girl and hed be pretty upset...and I know alot has to do w the alcohol but still...ugh Just had to tell someone....on the plus side however I am now hott enough to be propositioned for sex at a party..now if it just wasnt someone hows the same age as my father!! Gag!:phanvan

Hi all..real quick intro..Im 22, banded in Feb, almost to goal weight. I want to have some PS done, so I can actually be a normal 22 year old...problem is, I am working on getting my teaching certificate so dont have alot of money. I want implants and a tummy tuck and maybe an arm life..if you have had PS in Texas or Mexico could you relate some of your experiences to me? Thanks. My parents are dead set against Mexico, but if I have to come up with the money, then O well Thanks so much

yep call the doc..also make sure you are drinking room temp drinks..anything that i drink thats too cold or hot hurts at first..but seriously call the doc

I have to write with multi-colored pens..have to. I buy pens by the box and they are all multicolors and I write notes with the different sets and they are all in apattern of colors and everytime I make a new paragraph or whatever..new pen..yep Im a lil OCD I know I also used to do what you did with your face to my scalp..I have really thick thick hair and when I was younger a fungus which grows on everyones scalp become overzealous and it would make like really big dandruff flakes that would fall out at the slightest touch..it was soo gross, thank god I finally got a solution to it..blow dry my hair..so now I cant go like more than 10 mins with wet hair..it drives me NUTS those are the ones I am most aware of..O no wait..I bite my cuticles like a choc-oholic eats a chocolate bunny at easter... but besides THAT I am completely normal:huytsao lol

A new toy makes everything funner! When I did Protein shakes I had a Blender Bottle..Its this bottle with a whisk ball in it, Id pour in the mix and shake it all up..gave me a work out and tasted yummy!

claps and congrats on losing thus far. I know its hard, but try not to compare yourself to your mother. she had hers done earlier and honestly shes not you. Endo of story. Everyone loses at a different rate..I stopped losing weight about 2 months after my surgery. it was like my body put on the brakes, doing everything it could NOT to lose the weight, becasue it realized this was for real. I seriously went for 3 months and lost like 3-10 lbs..it was awful and I felt worthless and honestly angry!!!I had restriction and was walking but nothing.. Now, check out my ticker..not even a year after my surgery and Im almost to goal. It suddenly clicked with my body. I began to lose again. Please dont get too down about losing. I know its hard, but please keep in mind, you have 20 lbs gone that will NEVER be back. Go pick up something that weighs 20 lbs..its alot of weight. As to food..i play with mine alot, to give myself ample time to see if Im full. It also helps to chew alot, for the same reason. Just slow down and enjoy the taste of food. its something I had to learn to do. Please dont worry, the weight will come off! If you need to talk or rant about it, message me. Ive been there. I stopped coming to the forum bcI would get depressed when I saw everyones tickers and my didnt freakin move! tiff

hahah I was just thinking the same thing..I look HOTT in clothes..take them off ugh Now thats Ive lost so muvh weight Im noticing that I am really not as pretty as I was hoping to be..Kinda thought there might be a swan under the fat..nope! lol My sister is famous for double sided compliments..her new fav for me is..O tiff your face is so thin now, it makes your ears look even bigger!:faint:

Ugh I offically hate both of yall..Italy..or a beach trip..Man o man I would kill for one..a trip ANYWHERE would be nice at this point..what a great way to meet people

HAHAHAH I am so sorry, but does nayone else wonder how in the heck do these kids get in college? :confused:I love the alligator idea...ever wonder how a flood, which btw alligatos LOVE could shorten thier lifespan? hmm..alien viruses from asteroids..well thank god I got a biohazard suit for next time one of those asteroids comes down in my front yard..hate to get the Venus flu or a cold from Pluto..maybe even the ring of death from saturns rings!... As horrible as this sounds I can beat this..I was sitting at home one day watching animal planet on this episode over whales. My little sister is sitting on the couch..she is also in school right now, howI have no idea but anyways, she turns to me and asks "Tiff do whales breathe?" I sit there trying to make sense of her question. Is she asking me how they have the lung capacity to hold thier breath for so long, is she wondering how thier lungs can hold air as they dive deep where the pressure increases...then i realize..shes actually asking me if they breathe..air. "Yes Brea, being mammals, they use oxygen, and they fill thier lungs up with it, much like we do". Her reply" O, well I figured they looked so much like fish that they had those slits in thier head (I assume she meant gills)." I actually let it slip out..I can't help myself.."Moron"..to which she replys "Well how am I supposed to know they are mammals..and that all mammals are the same. Reptiles and fish breathe Water, whales might too"..I honestly got sick and left..too many things wrong in her last statement to correct..Thank god shes pretty though because she will never be married for her intelligence!:embarassed:

Welcome to the board! Good luck on your journey..I dunno what type of liquids you are supposed to stay on but when i did it I would go get Chinese Soups and eat them..broke up the routine anyways good luck

i mostly feel sorry for people like this. It must be hard to have to carry around with you all the past offenses that an entire race experienced. What a heavy load. Meanwhile I had a friend who had a lower GPA and lower ACT scores and same extra activites as me, difference between us..Im white, shes black..She got accepted to a better school that we both applied to..I always thought it was a race thing. But thats ok. I am glad I dont feel guilty or responsible for things that occur to people the same color as me in the past. And Im also glad that MOST people are responsible and sensible to realize that not everything is about color anymore. Maybe one of these these holdouts from an old way of thinking will finally accept that many people see people, not color. Until then, just feel sorry for them. Its all you can do

Growing up, there was 3 girls, so christmas was always hectic. Our living room had a hallway coming off of it and with a door that could be closed..the bedrooms and bathrooms were down this hallway. Santa and later my parents would wrap each girls presents in different paper, to ease the confusion of kids ripping off paper..who has time to read labels? and a scrap of paper was saved and it had our name on it, and taped to the closed hallway door. We would get up early and stare at those 3 strips of paper. I guess when I was 10 or so I was really big into horses and had likw 100 model horses. My father built me a stable and paddock to put them all in, but hid it. I had a small pile of gifts that year and the last box I opened had a note inside..it sent me on a scavenger hunt all around the house..by the time I got back to the tree, there was my stable and pasture..he even made Water troughs and saddle racks. I guess the one thing every year that gets me is my moms decorating..she loves christmas. We have a tree in every room of our two story 5 bedroom 2.5 bath house. The formal living room actually has two trees..full sized. smallest trees are 2 feet tall and go in the bathrooms..every other room has a full sized tree..decorated to match that room. my lil brothers room is done in skateboarding..last year my mom went out and bought a whole bunch of finger skateboards and put ornament hooks on them. garland is hung from every window and ribbon around every pillar. windows get frosted and she even decorates the dog house. While I will never do this much myself, I have always felt that my mother was expressing her love for us in her decorations. Happy Holidays

those arent as good for you as the protein shakes, they wont have the high protein in them..try watering down the shakes..that usually helps..if not find a shake you can drink with as much protein as you can..maybe add soy protein to those or something

Do any of you remember baby jessica? I was young when it happened but a psychic helped get her out..so flash forward about 12 years..my friend and I went at 4 am to this seedy district of downtown houston to go see this guy. Got in line..he saw like 20 people a day and took no money but did have a donation box by the exit..not the entrance. I went first..he told me my weight would come off, I would be happy yad yada then said my dead grandfather was watching me, and he said sorry..my grandfather was a pervert so this kinda shocked me that this man apoligized for him watching me..and he said watching not watching over..then the really freaky thing happened, my best friend is coming in as I am leaving, she doesnt even get across the room beofre this man asks wheres micheal..mike is her bf. I hated/hate the guy so we never talk about him when we were together..ever. Its a sore subject for us so his name is not mentioned..heck now hes her husband and we still dont talk about him! anyways, it was totally weird... as to most of these guys..i look at it as during the day time theyre psychics at nite theyre the call in phone sex voice...they know nothing and do nothing but drain bank accounts..Im sorry but ANY person who could pick the lottery numbers would...they dont want money from thier sight BS..win and then donate it to the red cross..then Ill believe you, instead of writing books and being on tv..as for the gy I went to I like to believe that something was real..but i cant explain it.

Well since I am so close to my goal and my stomach is still fat, I will do 109,500 crunches or about 300 a day,,geez ouch..abs o steel here i come

Or me.. you donated the money to a poor college student what about a basket of organic nuts or dried fruit...wine? men you dont know are the worst to buy for

i got a pic of my insides too..I had the doc print them out and I posted them on my fridge...helped me in the beginning to remember that hey youve got a band, what are you doin?! Course when all my college friends saw it they took one look and all said the same thing.."You need to drink more", my liver takes up a good portion of one pic and its so pretty you could donate it Not really the goal of some of my buddies :waytogo:

as a 20-something I would have to agree...if your are not appreciative of a gift..then you deserve to have it taken away! Maybe he would like to have a house and stuff on land you own, and not konw from one day to the next if you were going to sell it...Why is it so many people my age have a hard time putting themselves in others shoes...grrr

I get like that most days...I mean if you read my stats..down from a 24-to a 10..thats alot of weight..but I dont see it, and I get upset when people call me skinny..becauseI am still as fat as I ever was, and it doesnt seem that the things you do notice, the way your thighs dont converge and explode over the side of the chair when you sit, or that you might actually have a hip bone... they dont seem to add up to it as much...When I get to feeling like this, I take out a shirt I used tow ear at least once a week..and put it on..my shoulder goes through the neck hole on one side...this helps..but remember, you see yourself everyday, so changes are gradual..and while you cant see past that fat roll you still have, everyone notices that roll used to be three!

need a buddy on this? I want to go down at least a size if not a size and a healf beofre my 1 yr bander-versary in Feb...so I need to push too right now...:bandit

I would do it over again..heck even if it was ten times harder than it was, Id do it over.... I love this band and Ilove what Ive been able to do when I use it and Ilove the person I am becoming!