Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Linda. I have been overweight off and on my whole life it seems. When I was younger, I swam competitively all summer long. Weight that I had gained from poor eating habits during the school year just melted off during the summer months. Unfortunately, the cycle continued year after year. Eventually, I became a "grown up" with real life responsibilities, stopped swimming, had two boys and then layered on the pounds. Like all of you, I have tried several diets, some very successfully but only learned how to "DIET", not eat. For the record, I am a really good dieter. However, eventually, something would happen, I would get bored with dieting, or just got plain hungry and stopped the diet. And back to old eating habits - the cycle continues.

I have been following the boards for several weeks as I educated myself on WLS. I visited my surgeon today and have scheduled surgery for August 4th. I was all set to get the band until I went to his seminar. My doctor wasn't pushing any one type of surgery but as he discussed the options available, the sleeve sounded pretty good. The more research I did about the sleeve, the better it sounded. So 6 weeks from today, I will get my sleeve.:thumbup:

Hi Linda, just checking in to see how you are doing. You are in all of our thoughts.

I wanted to check in and let you know that I was thinking of you today ! ! !

Linda, I'm thinking of you. Feel better soon. Hugs, Judy

Hope all is well with you Linda, our thoughts and prayers and good wishes are with you

Checking in again to see if anyone has heard anything. I wonder if she took a laptop with her? If not, it may be a few days before we hear how she is doing.

Hopefully we'll hear something from someone today - I don't think she was the only one going to be down there for surgery - so hopefully someone else who is down there and on the site will let us know something soon.

Wondering about BobBay too - his surgery was Monday --

Hey Everyone! My surgery went great. Still sore and am having trouble getting in all the protein and fluids I'm required to have, but otherwise good. I never thought that I would struggle getting enough nourishment. My whole life, I easily got more "nourishment" than I needed - hence my weight problem. Several of you talked about what a chore it was at first to get enough protein everyday. I could not comprehend it. Well, I do now. Sipping anything (protein, water, broth, etc) is work. I just don't want it. I am sure that as my stomach heals it will get much better, but for now I will begrudgingly sip, sip, sip.

I am so glad to hear everything went great for you. I swear those first couple weeks of sipping is the worst, but rest assured it does get better.

Linda, thanks for checking in and letting us know how you are doing. Welcome to the other side! As for the drinking, I promise it does get better! Take care.

How are you feeling today?

Sip, sip, sip

Hey SoCal ! Thanks for checking in on me. I'm a little stronger each day. I just woke up from a long nap. Still having trouble getting in my fluids. I have already gotten 75% of my daily protein requirement - so much better there. I went for a walk around the block this morning - made pretty good time. All in all, not a bad day.

How are you feeling today?

Sip, sip, sip

OOOHHH LA LA ... look at the sparkle!!!!

How do I get a sparkle?

OOOHHH LA LA ... look at the sparkle!!!!

I made several. I plan on rotating. I am a girly girl :blushing:

How do I get a sparkle?

You can go here:

Glitter Graphics | Glitter Text | Myspace Glitter Text Graphics | GlitterTextGraphics.com

or here:

GlitterMaker.com - Glitter Graphics - Free Glitter Graphics - MySpace Glitter Graphics

The last one is full of pop ups.

I made several and saved the code so I can rotate around. The first link there are so many choices. Make the size smaller than 120 to preview though or some of the other fonts go off the screen. You can change inner and outline colors.

The sig I am wearing right now was made at the last link. I wanted it to match my ticker for awhile. I might match my ticker to my sig....... humm..