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Rides do tell you something. Went through a similar thing at Universal, sat, watched, and waited. Now youngest granddaughter and I make everyone else wait while we ride the adrenaline spikers!

Welcome!

We set up imaginary people in our minds with their negative reactions and then look at ourselves through their eyes. It's human nature to prepare for the worst. No doubt you will run into negative folks. Look at yourself through your own eyes regardless of what they "see". Don't borrow shame, don't accept it at the hands of others. It is up to you to know what is right and wrong. People that get this surgery learn to know themselves and defend that identity. Adversity is a university. You have a good list of reasons to be proud of you. Unload the self-doubt along with the fat. Give yourself permission to be extraordinary. From what I see you have good reason to be proud. But it is not what I see that counts, it's what you KNOW.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/getting-fit-and-strong-the-bruce-lee-way.htm?mcid=facetraining Not for everyone but very interesting article about the workouts and the philosophy of The Bruce.

Will your daughter tell your friend that you had the sleeve? If so, your secret may be out after your talkative friend lets it slip. Prepare to be outed even if it doesn't happen. Doesn't hurt to be ready. If you have to tell, talk like you did a good thing. You did.

....astronauts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_name Remember, it's not the pull of gravity that matters, it's the composition of the mass.

I am happy to pray for you! God speed.

I will check into it. Like you, that loose belly area is about it. Thanks!

If you have healed up well I say jump in. No, step in carefully. Say hi to rubber ducky.

WELCOME!!! :)

I believe an over abundance of food dulls the thinking. I have had times when I had nothing but water for days. When I wasn't thinking about cheeseburgers my thought was clear and lucid. Since my surgery my energy has improved immensely and I think my brain functions better. I have been working off my new found mental energy at this forum and other places online, writing a lot, and talking the legs off of my family and friends. New enthusiasm for life and better firing of electrical impulses in the brain makes for a hunger for communication and creativity. Marfar7, you are looking at things in a new way and considering things that passed by you before. Sounds like a fresh brain to me.

Sometimes in preparation for the worst we brace for a storm. When the storm passes by and doesn't whip our butts we are left with the braces. Leave them up. Save them for the stalls and lifelong maintenance.

Rice ain't nice, to wife and I anyway. Steak and white turkey meat can get us if we don't eat slowly and chew like contented bovines.

Welcome to you, Steve. Sounds like you are on your way. You certainly have lots of folks around who are going through the same thing.

BayshoreBuddy, Ok, how did my cat get into your picture? I suspected Tigger was moonlighting as a model.

Chew slower, take more time between bites, concentrate harder on the flavors, savor the moment. Don't talk while eating, don't be distracted. It's the enjoyment you are after, not volume.

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My year and a half on the forum has helped me think through a lot of things. I have shared my struggles and the struggles of many fine people about how we are perceived and communicated with by friends and acquaintances who notice our weight loss. The following are things that have bothered us: Didn't say anything about it, said I "lost a ton", said not to lose too much or my face would look bad, said they liked me better before, quit hanging out with me, got jealous, said I took the easy way out, and now that I'm slim they: are interested in me, talk to me, hit on me,.... why not before? The list goes on, we get offended by just about any reaction or no reaction. On top of it all, we are even suspicious of good reactions. We are bugged by how they said it, when they said it, who was around when they said it, and why we think they said it. The fact is that when we are bothered by people we take most of the unpleasantness into ourselves. The botherers are ordinarily oblivious to our conflict. The other annoying fact is that people say and do stupid things because people are stupid. They only know and care to know so much and ride along on superficial comfort levels. I will share what I learned about fighting. Idiots will try to goad you into a fight by insulting you. Because they say something bad they think they can make you react by getting involved with them in physical or verbal violence. What they don't know is that I refuse to get involved with people I don't like. Further, I don't respect idiots and don't care what they say about me or that other people hear what they say. Other idiots will lose respect for me for not fighting, intelligent people will lose respect for the idiot. Fights many times end with a wrestling match on the ground, way too intimate for me. I reserve my wrestling matches for people I love and then violence is not the objective. My violence is reserved for actual physical self defense and the defense of loved ones. What's that got to do with it? You are in charge of your reaction. You don't have to be bothered, you don't have to retaliate. Know who and what you are, don't be brought down and manipulated. Teach them a lesson? I charge for my teaching, (guitar), and then I don't teach people I don't like or that I think can't learn. I let fools be fools unless they truly want to learn. If you want to live with peace inside you need thick skin. You need to let things bounce off of you, don't take them in and stew over them where they damage you. Forgive people because they are people, remembering that you, too, are people. We are all stupid in our own way even as we are beautiful in our own way. People don't know what to say to a fat person or an ex-fat person that will absolutely and in any circumstance not offend them. Mother Teresa couldn't handle such a task. We need thick skin so folks can talk to us. The best advice I ever heard is to throw away your book of revenge. Love love, hate hate. Peace, my friends.

Be sure to get calcium citrate, it is more absorbable.

I re-read your post. Rare? Horsehockey! Next time tell them to show you the proof. Sounds like hearsay.

When you scroll down do you see a white box?

Do you still feel it? It should have dissolved by now. I always either get chewable calciums or just chew up the tablets. The tablets taste bad but I'm not picky about taste. i sometimes chew up a chewable multivitamin with it to drown out the taste.

Good work!!!! Wow!

I know you'll be coming down here to Florida soon, Disney is a blast. I was in 3 coasters today at Busch Gardens with my fearless granddaughter, Katie; Cheetah Hunt, The Scorpion, and Sheekra, all gut-wrenching screamers. Could not fit in the seats pre-sleeve, slid right in today. Empowerment ahead!

Hi Blikemike2013! I like that name. May God bless you!