Rozz76

If we are being honest - then yes. Sometimes I do.
When I want to drink some frozen adult beverages but cannot due to my drastically smaller stomach.
When I haven't eaten all day, I cook some good stuff or go to my favorite restaurant and I can only eat a few bites when I really want about 8 bites.
When i want to gulp down some iced tea because I'm very thirsty and I have to take slow small sips because I can't hold it all at once.
When I want some delicious stuffed jalapeno peppers and tequila based drinks and I can eat ONE pepper and drink a third of my drink.
When do I not regret it? When I get on the scale, when I notice how good I feel most of the time, and when I notice that people don't comment on my weight loss but I see them looking at me with a hint of jealousy on their face. Booyah.

So even though I had 2 Positive Pregnancy tests..they did blood work to confirm.....and I got the results this morning.....I AM OFFICALY A MOM-TO-BE!!!!

I am a traveling notary in Florida, currently separated from my DH. I have two grown sons and a stepson that I will continue to claim as mine forever.
I'm 45 and just bought my first ever house alone!! I've been moving for days, so have been offline for a few days.
I've been self employed for 10+ years and I love it!
I see, read, live to garden and do DIY projects, and I am an aspiring writer. Someday...
Lissa

Two reasons:
1) Because people judge / shame. You might be tough enough to stand up against that kind of judgement but many of us aren't and it can be tiresome and humiliating to deal with that.
2) And because of internal guilt. I am not proud that I've come to this, I know full well I should have not shoveled food in my face for the past 10 years, I could have done something when I was 20 pounds overweight, and I didn't.
I, for one, have told no one but my husband, and it'll stay that way. I'm not proud of it, I guess. But I'm doing what I need to before I end up diabetic or dead of a heart attack.

Sooooo after a long battle with the bulge and beginning a weightloss program,moving, leaving 1 program ,attempting weightloss on my own...failing miserably.. Beginning an another program getting all the way to the end & scheduling surgery only to be told 3 days before that my insurance at the time (aetna) was the only sector of that insurance that had an exclusion.... Sad face!!! Then,I got the word that my employer would be switching to new insurance Happy face!!! ...So Jan13 my new insurance kicked in (IDX blue/highmark) and i was told I had to do the 6 mo diet ordeal ... Well my 6 months are up my paperwork was submitted on 6/10 and 2 days later I got the call that IM APPROVED !!!!... NO QUESTIONS NO ISSUES ... So 8/14 is my date im so happy but it still dosnt seem real !!! This sight has been NOTHING short of a best friend for me encouraging me holding my hand and giving me hope and determination that i can do this and i deserve this so thanks to all of you beautiful postive people .... Keep on losin:)

Wow... so, Ive been away.... I had my surgery on May 17th i the afternoon... But 7pm I was in the recovery room feeling a lil pain, but definitely nothing like i imagined... The only issue i had was the nurse that was complaining telling the other nurse that if they dont get my blood pressure under control i would bleed out.... (wait a minute)... LOL... I opened my eyes and said "Im not sleep, I can hear you, what is going on"... finally i was told that that particular nurse was overreacting... later that evening turned into the next morning pretty quickly with me waking up to Saturday morning and asking "when can i get up... cause i felt a little sore, but no pain and no issues other than having to pee every hour... Soon after they got me up and let me walk... the nurse kinda just said... Go ahead,... I got a lil nervous because i thought she was gonna walk the hallways with me... but she wanted me to go alone... so i sat for a few and then I went... and i was a little slumped but again NOT IN PAIn.... fast forward, the leak test which is simply you taking sips of dawn dish detergent (cant convince me otherwise) once i was okayed and told i was good and could go home... GREAT!.. Got home, my kids were excited to see me.. and that night sleeping was hard, not cause of site pain etc... for some reason it just felt like my whole body would get stiff after sleeping every like 30 minutes.. and it was extremely hard to move... So sunday was a real relaxing i dont want to do anything day... But by Monday, 3 days post op i was walking and walking and walking... all around my neighborhood.... Best decision ever..
Highest weight: 344
Surgery Date: 316
Current weight: 304