Hi Everyone!

Excited to learn that all the hoops have been jumped, all the papers have been stamped and I got my approval letter from my insurance company! My surgery is scheduled for February 10th.

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been "chubby", "a larger girl", "slightly overweight" and all the other cute phrases that people come up with to nicely state that I was FAT. I laugh when I read that people look at their younger, thinner selves for motivation...the last time I wore a bikini I was two and even then my mom should have known better.

I have no grandiose ideas of being a size 8. I simply want to be a size "healthy". I want to know that when I have children one day that I will be able to keep up with them and that my weight did not cause in-vitro problems. I want to run around outside with my huskies and not panic people that I am going to die. I guess I just want to be normal.

There was a time when I wore my weight as a badge of honor. You knew who your true friends were because they knew you and liked you despite the weight. After all if a person did not want to get to know you because of your weight did you really want to be friends with them? As I have gotten older I have realized that this can backfire as well. People make impressions on first meetings that you cannot change...

Hope to see everyone's exciting results...

I just found this site.

I just got the approvel papers in the mail, but we haven't set a dad.. i know its some time in March.

I don't want to be skinny by any means I want to be healthy and not be discusted when I look at myself in the mirror. I am just waiting on my tax return so I can pay my part of the bill and then set the date... I will need all the help and support I can get....

Best of wishes for all those like me who are just waiting to get started and congrat's to those who are blessed enough to have started their journey...

Congrats Ladies on your surgery dates, I can't wait for my letter to arrive:)