CoolBreeze

Good for You. You are NOT alone. I am not alone. We are family - VST family and we do (I found out the first day I joined) care about each other. That's a great feeling. So to paraphase what you said.... LET GO & LET GOD. He's got this, get out of his way. Lord it took me too many times of standing in front of him to realize I should move to side.

I too am a Nike fan - always have been. I said when I see 'Onederland' (haven't seen her in decades ) I was rewarding myself the those Nikes to link to my ipod. I have a pair of run/walk (waffle design on sole) nikes now, so that will have to do for now. Heck I barely took them out of box. Thanks for the info.

Carolc, I know just how you feel. I was always hesitant about going to a gym because every(body) there look as if they did not have to do a gym. And they sometimes stare at you and start giggling, snickering etc. Well, I told myself if I can go butt naked in an O.R. and have several people see me and ALL my jelly rolls, hey, I should be able to go to a gym (jelly rolls covered of course) and get those rolls in shape and not give one damn about who is laughing, giggling and such. Don't judge me when you have no idea what could be going on. Don't judge me when (and I'm pretty sure of this one): you more than likely had a few rolls on your body. They way I'm looking at it is, when I meet my goal the laughs will be on them and I will sashay my new beautiful butt (and body) right out the door saying 'get me body'.... hello . I did not ask your permission. I did not solicit your advice. I damn sure DON'T NEED YOUR APPROVAL! . Ok I am off the soap box, reckon I too needed to vent. Do what you have to do for you. I'm with you... we all are. Oh yeah, I started my gym program on Wedensday and I felt good ... and tired. . Let's do this!!!

Not one day has gone by and not one will that I regret having been Sleeved. You will go thru anxiety, nervousness, being scared all of that. The thing to remember is why you're doing this in the first place (your son, your health, YOUR LIFE). Don't worry, you are not alone, you're here and we support you. God Is Good, you are in exellent hands. Stay focused. Stay strong. Believe

I did it. I finally joined the gym at my job. Can't figure out why this make me giddy :wub: , but it does. I am truly looking forward to starting a program and sticking with it. The center is staffed from 6:30a - 7:30p but members access it 24/7. I'm ready now, it's on!!! I see ONE(derland) coming soon. Ok, why am I THIS EXCITED!! Is it the sleeve? Alright, I'll take that. Now, can I get some advice on what I should be doing before / after workouts? What to wear...yes this is a serious question on my part because I don't know if I should wear something special because of being Sleeved. Thank you my fellow Sleevers.

Mine are also dermabond.

I just took my multi, whew , I feel better now. Thank you all.

Have you tried putting a paket of splenda in it - I did because it was the only way I could get it down. On the other note: give yourself time, it's only been a week. You'll get thru it. If you can drink milk, try muscle milk lite - chocolate, vanilla, strawberry flavors, not sure of other flavors. Or you could try whey Protein isolate, it comes in a few more flavors than just choco,van, strawberry.

I can't remember if I took my multi vit this morning. Do I take it anyway or just wait until tomorrow? Would there be effects of missing a day? What do you think?

And here I thought Red Bull (sugar free) was caffeine free too. I love (loved) Red Bull

I went thru that anxiety myself in June. One side was "Am I doing the right thing"? The other side was "will the scalple slip from him hand"? I know I was doing the right thing, I tried every diet there is and nothing worked, so that wasn't it...They don't use scalples anymore (unless they ABSOLUTELY have to), not to mention I had complete confidence in my surgeon, and still do, so that wasn't it either. I was nersous, its to be expected - It is major surgery after all. And since this was my first in surgery in 16 yrs, yes I nervous as hell. After awhile I calmed down and was looking forward to what the future will hold for me. And with the Good Lord Above, the future looks brite. You will be alright. Stay focus.

I think someone mentioned 'twoderville'. I like it, I just want out of it

OUTSTANDING!!!! FABULOUS!!! WONDERFUL!!! SIMPLY SPECTACULAR!! oh yeah, congradulations.

BigCraig also on here, has said his starting weight at surgery was about 600lbs (surgery was in May I believe). He has lost about 200lbs and doing great. You might want to look him up and read his progress as well. There are so many inspirational stories here that you and your sister-in-law will truly inspired by them. Good luck to you both.