Frustr8

You know MouseCat we live in the wrong Era. We could have swooned into the nearest man's arms and they would regard you as a tender flower to be gently nurtured. Yeah we couldn't stand it constantly , but once in awhile? Yeah Baby Yeah!

Bet you may still find some, all the weight we once carried will and did take a toll. And like a lot of other things in our life, the note just fell due, and it may hurt to pay!

Apparently you have to eat healthy more than once to get I to shape. This is both cruel and unfair. I Do Protest, but someone will take a firehose to me to shock me into silence. And I'm still Big enough that I will make an excellent target!

Hey Krista, LIFE is not over, with more commitment you can still make it THERE!

And you will never be as young as you are TODAY and as old as you will be in the FUTURE! Take each day as it comes, be grateful you have been given the chances for more sunrises and sunsets. That is a privilege denied to so many!

And @Rene S how are you doing and how did things turn out for YOU? It's Almost July 2019 and I have been wondering.

I use Wellesse liquid calcium, I get it at my local Wal-Mart, runs $5.99 and tastes like an Orange Push-up Sherbet treat. Don't distinguish any chalkiness to it as long as you shake it up well!

And N.Y. Elizabeth, that is both a Lofty and Achievable Goal. I will be cheering you along every step of the way! I started 52+, now I am 31.1 after a little less than 10 months & I am 73 years young. So you can come close to my record or pass me easily. I have faith in YOU but even more important YOU need to have faith and support YOURSELF, for this Will Be Your personal struggle and ultimate ✌victory!

Green , Herbal or Decaf Tea. Also try the Protein Waters chilled or my favorites Propel (Strawberry-Kiwi) or Nestle Splash ( Acai- Grape) plus don't stop doing an ounce, 2 oz tops with your baby medicine cups every 15 minutes. I still often do it THAT WAY, even at 10 months nearly. Will be 10 months July 5th, lost more than 120 pounds, a bunch of dress sizes, the size I am now is the size many Bari-pals start out at but I started with a 52+ BMI so I AM PROUD OF ME!

I would like my body as thin as my patience and my hair as thick as my thighs. Nobody said THIS would be EASY but I swear I heard it SOMEWHERE!

Isn't it, just! I still like mine "I will forgive you for the audacity of asking such a personal question if you will forgive me for not answering!" Which is a LONG WAY version of "None Your Beeswax, Baby!"

And take pictures even just on your Smartphone, documentationion goes a LONG WAY toward proving it has an effect on your life, not just a Vanity Surgery!

Keep smiling?, even though sometimes through ?tears, it will self- limit, not heard of a single person going bald? from weight loss although you might feel a bit mange- ridden for a while!

No I doubt it, but with weight loss Your CENTER of BALANCE does change, maybe that could put extra strain on your spine and that made them herniate. My bottom thought- you are now being closer watched health-wise and it was noticed sooner. This is what I keep telling me as my specialists and PCP keep finding things, hopefully in early enough stages they can be taken of. I think every test recently " Oh by the way, did you know you had____?" and I'm going Hunnh? Oh well, it is what it is and I'm going along for the Ride Through Life!

Keep Upbeat, my friend, don't let Stomach know what's coming! It's going to be a whole lot thinner before you get thinner in the rest of your body. But you know IT'S ALL GOOD, it really is! Next zmonday you pay your dues, gain a life enrollment in the Bananarama Club, a sacrifice for the Greater Good. And I will be very proud of you, come what may! YOU ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE-- A STRONG COMMITTED WOMAN and I am proud to know you, even from this far away!??

STAY STRONG my Little Sister, we will beat this yet! Frustr8

Just remember for Green Tealael, Kale Has Never Failed! She has done her best to keep the Kale Growers solvent!

Well welcome Cris and Dee! As much as I babble on here, I too am a loner, shy in real life, like the late Richard Burton the actor I kind of hide it pretty well. But I was an only child, learned early to read and amuse myself, because in early elementary life there was no one to play with. As I grew more, I did learn to play sports, was a Girl Scout, 4Her but still preferred my own company. And now, I have summoned up enough bravery to be on BP, and all my nay-sayers that trampled my emotions, they're all dead so no one left to ridicule me. And now Frustr8 can stand up and be counted, but inside I truly am restrained and shy! Now you know one of my hidden secrets.?

And if you want even more encouragement, at just under 10 months I am 31.1 and I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT! This means after starting at 52 BMI the first time I went to OSU, I have gone from Morbid Obesity, through Straight Obesity and am ready to soon topple over into Overweight and I did it all in my 70s,now 73, my body looked a deflated wreck in places, too too many years a BIG GIRL,but at my age. few men except doctors request me naked, so I'll continue to cover with clothing. Spent this weekend running elastic through my 20/22 jeans and slacks to get a little more wear there. A little scared to try on 18s for fear they will miss-fit somewhere, but I shall, fear should no longer be in my Clothing life, should it?

And you didn't vomit up everything? Precious Pouch would have punished me long before I got to a PAIN POINT!

And our group seems large but I ?you all for relating your struggles too! I'm thinking of a plaque that says: I MAY BE WARM NEVER AGAIN WITHOUT SWEATERS, LAYERED CLOTHING AND SOFT BLANKETS!

PERFECT! That should be all he/she should have to know!

Let us know what your doctor says, okay? Heavy periods are a bummer, I used to sneeze and spot through my clothes, yeah, TMI, but the gospel truth. Don't know how I could made it through surgery,the hormones being released from my fat and still be cycling. I would have probably, knowing me the best, drug myself to the Gynae and begged to be spayed. Would he have done it? Not my current of record, but mine from Columbus, yep , he wanted to after Tomkitten's birth 40 years ago. Probably why I never darkened his door, had a few more appointments with varied , never discussed it, now my own here, he has no desire to. Told me the only way he would was if my uterus "fell" and my cervix was protruding out of my body. And he also doesn't have correct Feng Sei, so even the forces of nature are not making him brighter. So he is living his own life, and I will be ding dang donged if I EVER. walk through his. office door again!

And much. ?to you Francess, what we have chosen is not especially easy but the health rewards are fabulous. I am about 25 pounds from my personal goal but already at the point Surgeon and his head Nurse-Practioner Valerie had judged enough. Well I am a tad peeved, they have not scheduled me another appointment until August 14th, I feel either they have turned their back on me or I am no longer of interest to them!

I would still check in with the Gynae, better make certain that you were an alarmist than have something or some reason for it.???