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mmm just ate a case of peanut butter cups and a case of frito's ... *dies happy* chased it all down with a few gallons of koolaide!!!

I would have to say then that no, they don't need it (just personal opinion) but insurance wont pay for someone 5'5" @ a low BMI with out comorbidities (read as diabetes, arthritis etc) and even then its a battle royal to get it done. But who am I to say they can or can't or should or shouldn't? If they have the money and want to do it, that is there bag to carry.

Well I can't honestly answer that poll. I mean what is this person height? Are they short? Tall? what? Do they have health related issues due to the extra weight? Honestly, if the person is healthy and of average height I would lean towards saying no, it is not necessary for that person to get it. BUT I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. This is something that should be discussed by the doctor and the patient. So honestly I can't answer the poll and feel comfortable with my answer because there are so many variables that would make it so the person that wants it would benefit amazingly or something else. Sorry hun

I have learned never to complain it is cold here anymore. Yesterday it went from mid 60's to 90 ... yeah I am so not complaining again. I need more fans ....

Honey we all pretty much know (or will know) what you are going through, I have lost and gained and the one spot that always stuck around either in skin or fat was my 'pooch'. But look at the alternatives, now you are getting so healthy and in shape and just feeling so much better (physically at least). To be honest I would rather deal with the skin then the fat. Check with your insurance, some have riders that if you have had WLS you automatically qualify for plastic surgery, some you have to have rashes and just general medical issues with the excess skin. Mine (tri-care) automatically qualifies me for plastic surgery with WLS (I THINK, I am still researching it and so far all the reps have told me I qualify since I had WLS)

With my hubby that just isn't a problem for me. THe ex P.O.S yes it never happened .. I became the queen faker, ex fiance POS same thing ... queen of faking ... Then I met the hubby :thumbup: and problem solved, in 11 years I have never faked one. :crying:

I don't now if it is my area or not, but when I went to GNC to buy a case of grape Isopure (its my FAVORITE) they told me they were phasing out Isopure and discontinuing it (she didn't know if the manufacturer was cutting the line or our local GNC's) Grape is awesome .. hehe the apple and fruit punch ones have to much back bite...

Oooh I forgot that you can get this stuff from places like adam & Eve.com that is meant to help with the gag reflex .... but I wouldn't know that

Practice makes perfect and I am pretty sure your significant other would be a very willing guinea pig ... :thumbs_up::thumbs_up::w00t:

Sweetheart your husband needs counseling. I think you would both benefit from marriage counseling but your husband especially. Even the best relationships can benefit from marriage counseling I think. But your husband really needs to get some help with his insecurities, as they can lead to severely abusive behaviors as you are finding out. Right now he is on that cusp of either realizing he is being a raging jerk or falling into an abusive pattern that will only push you further and further away. You need to put your foot down and tell him that he needs help for his insecurities. No one, and I mean NO ONE deserves treatment like you are getting right now.

ROFL you just reminded me of something I did one night at work (I was a waitress/manager of a 24hr place) One of my regulars and I were discussing tattoo's. He didn't believe I had any, so right in the middle of the smoking section I proceeded to show him. ALL my tattoo's, At the time it was only 9 or 10 of em, but the look on his face when he realized what I was doing. :w00t: (He was a body piercer so he had/has seen much MUCH more skin LOL) Besides I had been trying to get into his pants for ages, figured that might help me a bit. :thumbs_up: (oh, and there was only like 5 customers that night, 2 were cops, 2 were strippers, and 1 was him .... I wound up dating one of the cops after that night ... so much for my piercer fantasy.... :thumbs_up:)

my cats are funny as heck on cat nip just sayin ...

Yes you can! Just takes a bit of practice ... *innocent look* Not that I know ..... :thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

Plain good info to have, I was going off of the information I had when I was going through massive sleep studies (it was "new) when I was younger and having massive nightmares and massive insomnia episodes. They never did figure out my insomnia, been like that since I was a kid (hell my mom said even as an infant I would go days with out sleeping longer then 15 minutes at a time). Sleeping pills work, and when I take them I sure as hell don't remember ever dreaming. I don't "drift off" I just *bam* pass out when I go to bed. I don't like taking them at all though. Hate the punch drunk hung over feeling they give me :blushing: BUUUUT back to the dreams, I always remember my dreams. Some I wish I didn't cause right now with out the hubby to make them better *wiggles eyebrows* gets frustrating ... well I shouldn't have said that ... byeeeee

UGH I got into it with a friend of mine yesterday. She was going on and on about how she just knew the lap band wouldn't work because I have "only" lost so much weight since I had the surgery. I was trying SO hard to be patient with her and explain that before any adjustments any weight loss is a bonus, and a month or so out from surgery is for healing NOT weight loss. She was going on and on about how I 'destroyed' my body and it wasn't even working etc etc etc. After about 15 minutes of listening to her blather on and on about it I finally lost it and just let her have it. I told her that the first month is healing, not weight loss and ANY weight loss is a bonus, and that I did NOT have gastric bypass I had the lap band. It is a different system and it takes longer with out "immediate" results. I finally really blew up on her and told her that next time she calls me she had better be sunshine and roses or she wasn't to ever contact me again. When I slammed the phone down the twit was crying. I have no NO patients for idiots lately.

That is easier to answer then you think. Sometimes when someone dreams it is what is called a "Physical dream" not in the sense you are flip flopping all over the bed but your body and muscles react just the same as if you had been running a marathon with out actually moving. Chances are you have more dreams then you remember and they aren't physical, but normal sedate dreams. A suggestion I have is to keep a dream diary next to your bed and write down the dreams you do remember. Try to find out what you are dreaming and which ones wake you up tired. It wont actually help but you will be able to at least see in writing what you are dreaming. You can get medication from your doctor that will drop you into a deep REM sleep and with the deeper REM's you don't actually dream, its when you are in a light REM that you dream. I wouldn't go the medication route unless it is truly causing you problems during the day. Even then you doctor might want you to go in for a sleep study to see if they can find a physical cause for the waking exhaustion.

heheh same here, my tramp stamp is probably older then some of the girls getting them now .. LOL

Not a ho tag, its a tramp stamp ... hehehehh

FlipFlops I agree with you, to a point. You can only reassure someone so much before it becomes a mental issue beyond what a normal person can deal with. After a point it becomes a job for a trained professional not a spouse, especially if that spouse is doing all they can do to assure the S.O. that there is no need or concern for the insecurities. Putting that kind of pressure on a person is not fair nor is it right, there has to be a line that goes beyond what a spouse or S.O. should have to deal with after that line it is up to the person to get help for their psychosis into insecurities.

I hate the fact I still have 53 days before my hubby gets home /end depressing posting just to post ....

To a point it is our job to smooth there ego's and insecurities.... to a point.... Then it is up to the S.O. to realize that they are just being silly and there it nothing to worry about. It isn't an exact science to figure out where to draw the line, but constant accusations can cause more harm then good. Your hubby needs help hun, beyond what you can give him. Talk to him about maybe joint counseling sessions? It couldn't hurt to find a marriage counselor that deals with issues like this and help him overcome his fears of you leaving him. It could be that he is starting to feel that now that you are a 'brand new you' that you will want a brand new S.O. to go with the look, that maybe he feels you 'just settled' with him because you were big and didn't feel you could get someone else? Talk to him, try not to get angry and find out where the insecurities are coming from. If you two can't resolve the problem suggest you both go see a marriage counselor. It wouldn't hurt in the slightest.

*off topic* Everytime I see the thread title I think of that tim magraw song ... *on topic* Grats! Sounds like you had a blast!!

Froggi you are not a whore for asking. It is one of my favorite things to do on my hubby ... .... wait was that outloud???????? Just tell them to go stuff it cause they don't know what they are missing. (TMI ALERT!!!) The thrill to know that I am in charge of that one thing, controlling every angle movement and speed ... its wow .... it just flat does it for me ... (/end tmi)

I have a lotus flower on the inside my left forearm (just above the wrist) ... (technically I have 13 of them cause every tattoo has one (and an ohms) somewhere in the tattoo ....

I love all my tattoo's ... all 13 of them and I am working on the designs of 4 more