ShellieBell

Thanks you soooo much for your support. I will keep everyone posted on how things are going. I have to agree with you..... this forum is giving such a great opportunity to learn from one another......how cool is that? Have a great day!

Girl....I just love hearing from you. Everything you say is so appreciated.

Hey...just wanted to check in with you and see how things are going?

Congrats on getting closer to your one yr mark of being a "quitter"...may all your "head cravings" take a hike somewhere...heehee!!

Thanks for the friends request. I totally love this site too.... I mean seriously how genius was it to think of something like this. Cause I don't know about you but being fat can be lonely at times. I love the fact that EVERYONE here understands that and that they don't judge you as being a weak person because of it. Please keep in touch with me and let me know how things are going for you. I will keep an eye out for you blog entries.

Thanks for the friends request. **smilin**

I try to have a good attitude....of course I struggle some days more than others...and I am ok with that. I know that it is only through my struggles that I can grow and become who I am meant to be. This site helps me so much...there are times that I am so lonely and feel isolated due to my obesity and interacting with with others who can "feel my pain" makes it not so hard to dust myself off after a fall...whether it be because I tripped or because someone pushed me down.

I really enjoyed looking at your before and after pics. I am in the pre-op process of approval....some in sense my journey has only begun. I read that your procedure was in 2008. I struggle with being comfortable in my own skin....please tell me it gets easier...heehee!!

Hey...thanks soooo much for the encouragment....it really helps!! I love reading about your journey it has really been inspiring.....and everywhere I turn on this forum I see you giving such real advice...thanks for that! Shellie

Hey girly....soo sorry....I accidently posted my msg on your profile.....it's been a long day...forgive me

I haven't had the surgery yet.....I am in the process of getting insurance approval. I am just trying to soak up as much information as I can by talking with others that have been banded or also in the begining stages. I kinda have the mentality that I need to arm myself (with knowledge) so I can win this battle( against the insurance co who in the back of their minds...just see me as a fat lazy person...who if she would just get off of the couch and step away from the trough wouldn't need this surgery anyways) :laugh: I definitely feel like I found a place that I wouldn't be judged in this forum...I am excited to be a part of it. Shellie

Hey girly...thanks for the friends request.

Thanks for the book recommendation......people pleasing....one of my biggest weakneses

Self....If you always do what you have always done....you will always get what you have always got.