Attended the second managed weight loss meeting today, and now only have four more to go! After the next one I will be halfway there, yay! It was an interesting class. Ended up being more like a group therapy session. After the meeting, I was talking with a couple of ladies and one said to me "you're not THAT large." I didn't think much of it until after I left...but, I did on the ride home. I told my husband I'm a woman without peeps!! I'm too fluffy for the skinny gals and not fluffy enough for the fluffiest ones...sigh. Have you ever had anyone make a similar statement? Did you take it as a compliment or dig? In your mind what size is TOO small for WLS?

I meet the NIH criteria and I've been shopping in the plus size department for years now, so I personally feel it's time. My high blood pressure, bad back, knees and feet tend to agree. All the way home I kept thinking "well, dang how large would you like me to get". It seems every year I find another diet followed by another 20-30 lbs gained post diet. Is it wrong to want to nip it in the bud? Meh! I am, however, getting very excited about the future. Went shopping the other day and found that I have NO desire to buy any more clothes at this size. I found that I was window shopping for what I'd like to wear in the future...man, I can't wait!! =)

I think they were trying to make you feel better. Some of my friends told me, "Oh, you're not that overweight" and "I can see that you are big-boned." What I said was, "Thank you, I know I carry my weight well, but I weigh more than a LSU linebacker and it's not healthy for me to stay at this weight."

I think someone should consider weight loss surgery when they have repeatedly tried conventional diets and failed and the risk of remaining obese outweighs the risk of the surgery.