... that I love so many of you! I am overwhelmed with by the encouragement, support, cheerleading, friendships, love and trust among all of us. Where else could we bare our scarred up, naked bodies (and hearts) and feel so great about it afterwards? I have made some very special friends here and the list just keeps growing by the day.

Anyway, I just felt the need to say thank you and to gather you all up in a big !

awwww.....I feel the same way :biggrin1: except I wish lbt would quit crashing on me!

Susan, I agree. This IS a special place. Especially those of us that post often and have really shared so many secrets. We've all grown so close.

LBT is simply amazing.

And I love all of you too.

Hey P'Nut! :wave: I felt the hug!! I agree with you whole-heartedly. I have shared more stories, shown more pictures & bore more of my soul with this group then I have with anyone else. (Besides my husband of course!) I just feel very "safe" here. You all are my friends & seem to understand me when nobody else does.

Thank you!! I love LBT!!

Well said and I agree!

I just love this place and I'm so thankful everyday!! This is the first and only group I've been a part of, and I really do lean on LBT for more support than I care to admit (I've always been the independent type).

I'm still waiting on insurance, but I'm not so sure I would have gotten as far with them if I hadn't been armed with the info I learned here. This site has really played a HUGE roll in my lapband journey.....and will continue to do so.

Special thanks to all of you from me too....I love you all!!!

Photonut, I couldn't have said it better. I love all my friends here. I just stumbled over to this site and feel it was meant to be. We are all so different and yet we all have that one thing in common. I have learned so much from all of you. I look forward to seeing how everyone is doing and have been inspired by many. There are a lot of beautiful people in this world and lbt has most of them. lol

*in her best drunk college boy impression* I LOVE YOU, MAN!!

pnut, i agree. I have met some wonderful people here, made some really stong friendships that I will cherish forever, and found the support and love I could not have gotten anywhere else.

who'd a thunk it, huh?

The feeling is quite mutual, my friends.

I don't come around here often enough anymore... I miss you guys and I'll have to check in more often. This board and many, many of you have been a lifesaver for me. I love reading --- even if I'm not posting so much right now!

I agree Pnut, this is an awsome place

Awww...thank you P'nut....I needed that hug...**HUG*** back at you !!

I agree.....I dont always have enough time to come here and keep up, but I enjoy the time i do get to spend with you guys on here....

Have a good day

Thanks, P'Nut for saying it so well. No one else understands like this group, and I'm so thankful for all of you and this place.

Emily

I just had my surgery yesterday and i hope i can get as much out of this site as it seems you all have. i went for the seminar in late january weighing 283 lbs more then i have ever weighed i had enough so i decided i must do something i now weigh 261.5. I cant wait to start seeing a real difference. Good luck to everyone

PhotoNut - it's funny that you started this thread yesterday. I was feeling those same thoughts so strongly yesterday that I almost posted the same message. I held back because I thought it would be strange for me - a virtual stranger and a relative newbie - to tell you all how much I love you. This site has been my best friend for weeks now but I didn't know how to express that. Thanks for doing it for me!

Seems I'm not alone in my feelings and I guess I must have been feeling that group hug yesterday.

I want to take a minute to apologize to some of you for a few harsh posts. Sometimes my mouth runs away with me and as the days and weeks pass I regret having been so abrupt. You know who you are and I hope you'll forgive me if you haven't, in fact, already put me on 'ignore' and are therefore not seeing this apology! I'm impulsive and passionate which can be a bad combination on occasion. Having said that, I can't honestly say it won't happen again! lol Every day, in every way, I am trying to learn to control all of my bad habits! Sometimes I just slip. I hereby renew my committment to behave more like a 44 year old woman and less like a 15 year old brat! Wish me luck.

You know I gotta get in on this hug (((((HUG)))))!!! I love you guys too!