LizTex2587

Hey tall can be super sexy! I'm only 5'2" so I be needin' the extra inches that come off my waist top be added to my heels! Lol

I'm getting ready to do my pre-op diet...and I can just know it's gonna be hard, but I'm gonna do my best!

High heels!! I'm so ready for them!!!

Lookin' good lady!!

Keep it together Pip!! You can do this! LOL

You look fabulous!! Congrats!

That's hilarious!! i was thinking of a similar scenario myself just yesterday, and wondering if it would be totally wrong and i begrudginly told myself that it would!

i'm sorry, but you have a pooping PLATFORM?!?! I didn't know there was a market for that! lol. If this works for you then that is great...but I am sitting here trying to figure out the logistics of something like that and coming up with some hilarious scenarios...oh man...what a good laugh!

Just found out I was approved!! "I'm Walking On Sunshine" seems to be a pretty appropriate song right now! And don't it feel GOOD!?!?!

Not too sure about the date yet. before the end of the year though!

BAHAHAHAHA!!! I just found out that they approved me two days after it was submitted!!! I cried like a baby! I'm so excited I think I just might explode!

I agree! I apologize to any that might have been affronted!

ok guys....i'm kinda freaking out.... I JUST FOUND OUT I WAS APPROVED!!!! BAAAAHHHH! I'm so excited that I don't know how to handle myself! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Not necessarily upset...but a bit dismissive. That's just how it seemed to me...maybe I misinterpreted? Sorry if I did. Most were supportive!

I was there...I saw it...BRAVO!!!

Everybody poops yall....I even believe there is a book about it! let's just chill...There was totally a disclamer in the title of the subject. I believe it said "This is a disgusting post... If that didn't prepareyou, you have no one to blame but yourself! Anyway, I'm so sorry that you had to go through this Slim! But I guess it's just one of those things! Hopefully it will never happen again and everything will be..er...smooth sailing...

single...solitary...alone...*cold, so cold* BAHAHA! (yes I laugh at myself all the time) I have always been single. I'm ok with it most of the time...and then another friend gets engaged....or married....or has a baby....and then I start to panic and think I'm gonna be alone FOREVER! They are dropping like flies around me! LOL. I don't think that WLS is a magic solution to what I call "singledom" but you can't really deny that when you look and feel more attractive others will be increasingly attracted to you as well!! btw I'm 25 from South Texas!

i only smoked for about 4 years...but I chain smoked really bad. I have been nicotine free for I would guess around 2 years (not really sure. will explain later)...It was not WLS that motivated me to do this...I quit for my personal religious beliefs and I will fervently say that my faith helped me kick it for good. But probably the biggest thing that worked for me was that I stopped counting how many days I had gone without smoking...to me it just felt like I was reminding myself that I was choosing to deprive my body of something it craved. Instead of counting the days, months, and so on I just simply said,"from this point on, this is no longer part of my life"...does that make any sense at all? It totally does in my head, but i have tried to explain it before and some have not really grasped what I was getting at. Best of luck to you! You will feel so much better once you drop that habit! Not only are you no longer filling your body with those toxins, but you will be healthier! Smoking cigs decreases your immune system! I hope it works out for you, and don't hesitate to look my way for encouragement!!!

I don't think there is anything wrong with your head Human nature is just as multifaceted as humans themselves...People deal with things differently! That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with having these feelings... That being said, i believe that they you will either let them drag you under or let them motivate you to get better and feel better physically and emotionally! I think talking to a professional can be a good thing...Sometimes we just need to be heard by an impartial party, and feel free of judgement or knowing that that person is not going to simply placate you because they love you. You have the all the power to change the things you don't like or that make you feel bad...you just have to tap into it! That's what I think!!!!!

Oh sweet day in the mornin'!!! You just literally MADE MY DAY! I'm down in the Corpus Christi area and I also have BCBS of TX...and i'm just waiting on the approval...they have had my case since the 23rd...and I just have not been able to bring myself to call them back again and see if the have a result....I'm too afraid of rejection! I know every case can vary...but reading your story made me feel so much better,gave me some hope....and a little kick in the rear...THANKS! I'm gonna call in the morning!

Thanks everyone for your input! I appreciate everyone's perspective!

Yikes folks! Claws away!

Religion and Politics are only bad topics to discuss if people make a big deal out of them and get ruffled by the opinions, thoughts, and beliefs of others! Just because you don't agree with or even like what some people say or think does not mean that you have to become offended or agitated(sp?)! I heartily disagree with some of what is being said, and I will defend my thoughts and beliefs to my dying day, but I refuse to do it in a manner that makes someone feel battered or demeaned. I won't debate my beliefs, but I will share with someone who sincerely wants to know or is curious. Having said that, there are things in this life that we don't understand..we will NEVER understand them...that's where the faith comes in! If I had to sit here and try and wrap my mind around WHY my mother had a massive heart attack in her early 40's and had to have a triple by-pass, or why she was abused by a family memeber as a child, or why she has two degenerative disk conditions that have caused her to have the back of a 90 year old ever since she was in her 20's and need mulitple surgeries, not to mention things that have happened to myself, friends and other family members, I would literally go MAD! I just know that my mom has the kind of faith (in God) that can move mountains, and keep her going when by all rights she should be paralyzed or dead. That's what faith can do. I respect everyone's right to their own opinion, and I'm just expressing mine!

The pumpkin cheesecake sounds amazing! I'm sorry for your difficulties. I hope it will get better for you soon. Thanks for all of the great suggestions!

How great is it that you guys have done this together!!!