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I've considered dating myself in lonely moments but I'm not my type.

I had a date with Raquel Welch, Marilyn Monroe, and Christie Brinkley all in the same night, but was disappointed because Elizabeth Taylor couldn't make it...then I woke up.

If you hit a wall you are going somewhere. Stationary people don't hit walls.

I have both. I'm a year and a half out.

After surgery folks lose varying amounts of weight and some even gain weight. The 8 pounds does not indicate anything bad, your body is adjusting. It will slow down, stop, resume, gain, and lose again on the course of your new journey.

Elvis once shot a TV because Robert Goulet was on and he was mad at Robert Goulet for dating one of his singers. Shoot the TV. If not practical, remind yourself that it is just food, it will still be there when you are skinny.

I have learned in my 64 years to not let what you want stop you from enjoying what you have. When I started on this journey at 340 pounds I wanted washboard abs. Now that I am past goal and 210 pounds I have them. Unfortunately, there is a little fat and the remnants of my deflated beachball stomach skin covering them. Top part, saggy pecs but still not too bad: Bottom part...whoops.. But how about my life? What I can do now... all day... would have literally killed me in 15 minutes before I lost the fat. My prospects of living longer are much brighter. I am a much happier person to be around. I feel like I have come out of a long, dark, foggy nightmare. Will I ever see the six pack? Probably not. Don't have the green to make the plastics scene. Will I enjoy my life anyway. Durn tootin'!! Perfect is out of my reach but pretty darn good looks pretty darn good.

I love sharing the experience of drastic life improvement with my fellow forumites. It is just flat-out exhilarating to defeat defeatism and enjoy life in a new way. Of all the forums I have been on there is more warmth and humanity expressed here by a wide margin. Best piece of advice........be your own BFF

I was working in my niece's yard the other day with my shirt off in the hot Florida sun. My wife, sister-in-law, and my niece walked by. My wife whistled and my niece said, "Hey yard boy, you want to rub tanning lotion on my back?" I said, "That's how Deb got me!". They all laughed. I felt like Matthew McConaughey for a minute.

I don't know if you believe in aversion therapy but if you do this product could help:

http://news.health.com/2013/03/28/gut-bacteria-may-be-key-to-gastric-bypass-effects-study/ Bacteria from the gut of a gastric bypass person has thinning properties. My wife is a gastric bypasss person and is thin. She's my backup in case the fat comes back. However, getting her bacteria into my gut presents logistical problems. If it just involves kissing I'm covered.

Good angle on it. Ya, my baby has spit up a lot, woke me in the middle of the night crying for food, and cost me a lot of money. But now that he is growing up he is making me proud. I did a good job raising him and he is taking care of my health in my old age.

Thanks! I made the graffiti for an odd habit I have of posting on threads that I am sure will be deleted. Kind of like painting on a wall set for demolition. Unfortunately, the mods here are on their toes and the duplicate thread was gone before I got back. So I posted here on a regular wall. Hope I don't have to get a brush and soap and clean it off.

Beautifully written, Alnnmay3. You've made the scale a friend by being your own friend. Continue to do that and the scale will align with your smaller wardrobe and hightened energy for life that is sure to follow.

I used to wear my pants like Curly, now I have hip bones. Pants can now be shorter. Nyuk,nyuk.Nyuk!

Half of the battle is seeing the enemy. You know who he is and how he works. Courage has brought you this far. You have what you need within you. Do what your logical mind says. Let changeable emotion roll on by. Win.

The worst part of coffee is not the caffeine, it's the acid. Reflux is a present enemy of sleevers and too much coffee can aggravate it. What I've read says that the Water in coffee cancels out the diuretic effect of the caffeine. It doesn't hydrate you but doesn't dehydrate you either. As we know, coffee has health benefits as well. A google search will yield the pertinent information. My wife thinks coffee is a wonder drug. It makes her husband worth talking to in the morning.

It actually could help folks..if they let it. I have my own version...a wife that gives me the dickens when I eat too fast, too much. I will let her know she can be replaced.

ya...women come in here all the time...plant flowers in the urinal...

I lke this list: http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/tc/stress-relief-and-relaxation-overview

See you on the other side...my best to you!

I'm a year and a half out and still hit the shakes but not every day. After workouts or working hard all day shakes are mandatory. I sprinkle whey powder on my cereal sometimes. Whey powder tends to bind me up and being an old guy I place special value on my bathroom performance.

Don't buy expensive clothing on the way down. I had pants that had outgrown me before I had even taken off the tags. I learned pretty quick though. Thrift shop became second home.

Welcome! Since you have a 6 month wait before your surgery the 140 pounds before Dec. 2014 may be pushing it a bit. Not impossible, though. In either case, you will be intensely happy with the weight loss and the clothing change, not to mention the release of energy and easing of movement.