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@ No, do not cry! I felt that same way when I was with my kids, I didn't want to embarrass them. My mom is super morbidly obese and one of my earliest memory's was having a parents come to school day which my mother attended ( she is an artist, painter) After she left one of the little kids said something to me about how big my mom was. We were only 5-7 years old. I never realized my mom was different, I just loved her. I remember that really caught me off guard and I went home and cried which in return made my momma cry. I think that kinda stuck with me so When I was at my heaviest I didn't go up to the school unless I absolutely had to. Most of my daughters friends had never met me. A few months ago my daughter was in a "grace notes" competition for school and I got dressed up and went to watch her. After the competition was over on the way home my daughter said "mom you want to hear something funny?" After you left my friend said "I hope this doesn't offend you but your mom looks like a Barbie doll". Ha! Can you believe it??! I just smiled and said "whatever" but on the inside I was fist pumping ! That my friend was one heck of a NSV!!! You too will have your moments, just wait!

@@dhrguru Lol! Yay! I knew I wasn't alone.

@@The Candidate Thank you so much! It's a whole new world in the clothes department now. I'm constantly complaining that I don't have anything to wear but now it's because I keep shrinking out of everything!

@@ShrinkingPeach That's wonderful! It is an amazing feeling that you just really can't understand until you've been through it. In a way I feel like we are lucky to get to witness it. There's a lot of struggle in being overweight. It's not easy, this whole process isn't easy either but when you put it all into perspective it's pretty cool. We are given the chance to be "reborn". I definitely feel like a different person. Good luck on your journey!!

This morning was a weigh in day and as I sat and marveled at the fact that I'm only 6 lbs away from hitting that elusive 100 lb mark I thought about just how much my life has changed in 8 short months. 8 months ago I was starting a new semester In college and it had got to the point to where I could no longer fit into any of my clothes (like, none of them!) I HATED clothes shopping, I hated the whole process of it from the horrific full length mirrors to the equally horrific lighting stores insist on using. So I decided instead of putting myself through the trauma of clothes shopping (I flat out refused to go up anymore in size) I would just buy myself two sets of black 2x scrubs to wear to school. Now, normally that wouldn't seem like such a big deal seeing as how I do wear scrubs for my occupation (nursing) but at the time I wasn't even working. I quit doing contract nursing to go back to school full time. I know nobody ever though anything of it, people just though I had been at work. I never lied or said I had been working it just never came up but I knew. I felt pretty defeated at that point. I knew I had to make a change. I got to the point I really didn't even want to leave the house but I had to go to school. When I think about that and then compare it to the fact that I just went out and bought myself some new scrubs In size MEDIUM ( I really am working again now) after only 8 months it seems like a real life miracle. I'm not sure why I'm really even sharing this but maybe it will give some newbies that are feeling the way I did some hope that it can and will all change. There is a light! I guess I'm just feeling extremely blessed and humbled this morning. So if anyone else would like to share their "fat confessions" I'd love to hear that I'm not the only one that did wacky things Life is good!

@@MrsDixon Sounds like your having a crappy time and your experience isn't the best but it's not everyone's experience. I had absolutely zero hunger for the first 7 months. I'm just now kinda starting to feel some hunger so I wouldn't. "Promise that" people will. I wasn't able to drink 64 oz either but I did fine. I never went back to the hospital. If you just had surgery in June then yea,your still way to new to be dooming your own life. You have a lot of progress yet to make and believe it or not it will Get better. Or at least I hope it does for your own sake. This surgery is the best thing I've ever done in my entire life. I will be very interested to see how you feel at 8 months post-op. I'll be keeping an eye out for you

It's normal what you should do IMOP is stay off of that scale! It will make you crazy, you should focus on healing right now. Good luck!

No your not crazy (for that anyway, girl I don't know your life - do whatever you feel you need to do. It's your money!

Congratulations your one of the "lucky" ones

Yay! Good luck! Only advice is take it one day at a time and remember it does get easier

@@Chylyn7 It is nice indeed. Count your days, put in the work and you shall depart from the Plus size department

Well She's a moron so.....moving on!

Well you have a few options A: lift weights and try toning that way along with squats ect....B: have plastic surgery, something are just not going to bounce back not even with exercise. C: probably the hardest just learned to love yourself the way you are. That's all I got

@@Pastano Well get un-afraid because to be honest I don't get 64 oz of water in a day 8 months post-op and I'm still alive! It's a goal. We strive for it but you won't die if you don't make that number every single day.

Yay! It does get easier and believe it or not at 8 months post op some times I do a couple of days of my pre-op diet just for fun. Much easier now of course. Hang in there!

Yay! Congrats!

@@HappygoSusan they are a nut bar, they use to only come in sweet flavors but now they have savory flavors which I love! They make life worth living I get mine at Walmart.

@@Shustar Your too sweet! Thank you

@@Shustar Your right I won't but I will shut up about it at 1 year post op! No, that's a lie I still complain about my c-section pain for 16,14 & 6 yrs ago. But I will look hot doing it!!

I don't even have a goal! I always wanted to be 180, I'm 5'8 and that seemed like a fantasy number. Now I'm in the 170 and I'm thinking maybe 150? How does one even come up with A number? I'm guessing BMI number? I guess I will know it when I get there.

@@bayougirlmrsc Well if mine turns out like that I will just shut up about the pain. @@bayougirlmrsc How tall are you?

@@bayougirlmrsc Wow! Looks fabulous! You're surgeon did a beautiful job!

I'm going to go ahead and say ahead of time I'm NOT good with the whole jP drain thing. I actually took my own out after this VSG. I couldn't take it anymore. I called and told them I was pulling it and then I did. Omg I felt 1000 times better!!!

@@CanyonBaby Oh yes vacation is in order!

@@CowgirlJane Ok well then that doesn't sound so bad. Man, I'm on a rollercoaster here! -