Booyah!!

Awwww, Head Hunger the one beast I still battle. Yep grab a cup of decaf and pull up old fat pictures off my PC and it gets me past it everytime. Hey , What ever gets you through the night right? Cute post!

Great Work!!!

Good Luck. Keep notes, I may need some tips! My date is march 22

Congrats!!! Just walk, walk, walk, and take little sips, sips and more sips! This will help you to continue to feel better!! All the best!

Thank you guys so much. I really appreciate all everyone does on here.

What a wonderful way to share your success! Congratulations...an inspiration for all of us...

Thanks everyone. I love the support I get here!

~claps~ so proud of you AJ.....

Whoaaa!!!
You are so brave!

You are our Super Star! It did take great courage to come out and tell everyone. I'm very proud of your success and your willingness to share that with everyone that might to struggling too.

Love it and what courage to share your story with 3000 people! You are a superstar!!

Great article AJ... nice way to pay it forward.

aj is my hero and BFF

Plication is where they fold the stomach in on itself and then so it to hold that shape. I had a partial plication, but my Dr. does it to help prevent slippage. Here is a link to a good explanation.
https://weightloss.clevelandclinic.org/gastricplication.aspx

Thank you everyone for the support and kind words. it means alot especially coming from people who have gone through it too and understand. Just wish i could push fast forward and get out of this body faster..

~hugs~ oh hun im so sorry you had to ender such a horrable night....
You will show them soon enough...and when your fit and healthy...you will have a strong heart....and help others through times like yu had to endor....
God love you......

Look at the healthy new you! The new tool you are being given can change these things to PAST and good reasons to go forward. The choices are in your hands and wishing you the best. Today is a new day. Needing an extension belt on a plane was a reality and not a happy one. It is PAST and will be for you. Follow your PRESENT and FUTURE, filled with hope and sunshine. TODAY is a new healthy day! GOD is so good!

I tell my kids the reason why some people pick on others or hurt their feelings is because they feel badly about themselves and this helps them cope......but we are adults here and I can turn my mommy filter off and just simply say......SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST A**HOLES!! Don't let ignorant people like that slow you down. The only person that can truly make you happy is you and you will do fine!! Good luck to you!! :-)

Oh Amy. That made me cry! People are so cruel. I myself am 16 sleeps away from getting my band inserted. I am only 23 and am Morbidly Obese. I hate it how people judge me as being a horrible person just because I am large. I am lucky in the sense that I have an amazing fiance who has never known me to be a slim person. My weight issues all began at the age of 9yrs when I was sexually abused by a male family member. Overeating so that I 'hide' myself from the world is all I have done since.
I am looking forward to closing my life book and starting a new one in 17 days time!

amy i feel you and understand...catfish is right....yesterday is over...sure it hurts and it always will..but
use that hurt to your advantage...prove those negative thoughts you have wrong..you are gorgeous inside and out...
there are mean people in this world..i hate mean people..i believe strongly in what goes around..
i was nearly home bound for 2 yrs because i was ashamed to go out..i am still struggling to bring
myself out of that..if i can do it, at 336 when i started, so can you..every day is a new day...

"another reason im posting this is so maybe when im successful with my band that i can look back at this and not forget how horrible things are/were. also i have now decided if i ever date people again my test is going to be what they think of obese people.. if they have bad feedback. theyre out of here."
Hang in there and you will do JUST FINE! People can certainly be mean, sometimes to unknowingly to themselves.
Yesterday is over! Make today a better one and tomorrow will be even better. One day at a time.

I'm preop but I've heard that some insurance will cover the tummy tuck but not an arm lift. But this is just what I've heard.