Are there any Australian Sleevers out there, Would Love to hear from you.

Yeah we have had our Internet appointment with our surgeon' date=' blood tests and swallow test. Next on the list an Internet appointment with phsyc and nut. Then a live appointment with the phsyc and nut on the 21/10 and SLEEVED on the 22/10. Yeah Soooooooooooo excited we can't wait

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I love it that your surgeon is cooperating with your unusual circumstances!

I have been offered a new job on the Gold Coast starting early December. I will tell you all about it when I see some of you on the Gold Coast for our catch up on 5 October. Needless to say I doubt I would have been approached or been offered the job if I had not lost my weight! Excited but happy about this new chapter. It's a 12 month contract so I plan to rent a one bedroom furnished apartment to say in during the the week instead on commuting from Brisbane every day.

I have been offered a new job on the Gold Coast starting early December. I will tell you all about it when I see some of you on the Gold Coast for our catch up on 5 October. Needless to say I doubt I would have been approached or been offered the job if I had not lost my weight! Excited but happy about this new chapter. It's a 12 month contract so I plan to rent a one bedroom furnished apartment to say in during the the week instead on commuting from Brisbane every day.

Yay Kelli!!!! So happy for you!!!

I have been offered a new job on the Gold Coast starting early December. I will tell you all about it when I see some of you on the Gold Coast for our catch up on 5 October. Needless to say I doubt I would have been approached or been offered the job if I had not lost my weight! Excited but happy about this new chapter. It's a 12 month contract so I plan to rent a one bedroom furnished apartment to say in during the the week instead on commuting from Brisbane every day.

Well done!

Congrats Kelli,well done

That's awesome news, Kelli! It's so interesting how losing weight helps our confidence and pushes us to try for things we might not have thought about before. I've become much more assertive at work too and have reaped the rewards! And I know Lissa, Dean, and Shellie have all had shifts in focus at work if not outright job changes.

I do always have mixed feelings about this and I'm sad that obese people are treated so differently. I still grieve a bit for how I used to be and what I used to have to deal with. I'm still obese but it's amazing the "approval" you get when you are dropping weight.

That's awesome news' date=' Kelli! It's so interesting how losing weight helps our confidence and pushes us to try for things we might not have thought about before. I've become much more assertive at work too and have reaped the rewards! And I know Lissa, Dean, and Shellie have all had shifts in focus at work if not outright job changes. I do always have mixed feelings about this and I'm sad that obese people are treated so differently. I still grieve a bit for how I used to be and what I used to have to deal with. I'm still obese but it's amazing the "approval" you get when you are dropping weight.[/quote']

So true misty, our weight can define lots of things on our lives without us even being aware of it sometime.

That's awesome news' date=' Kelli! It's so interesting how losing weight helps our confidence and pushes us to try for things we might not have thought about before. I've become much more assertive at work too and have reaped the rewards! And I know Lissa, Dean, and Shellie have all had shifts in focus at work if not outright job changes. I do always have mixed feelings about this and I'm sad that obese people are treated so differently. I still grieve a bit for how I used to be and what I used to have to deal with. I'm still obese but it's amazing the "approval" you get when you are dropping weight.[/quote'] Very wise words Misty. I am sure everyone relates to this at some level. I feel that I am taken more seriously at work and that my opinions are listened to. I guess they know I mean business now! That was evident by my determination to lose this weight and what I did to achieve that! although I have met a lot of people that did not know me before the weight loss so I guess that is the 'approval' you are talking Congrats Kelli! Well done to you - first the Gold Coast, then the world! We are in the Gold Coast now, I am sitting in Movie World waiting for my son and his friend to get off the Scooby-Doo Spooky ride!!

Very wise words Misty. I am sure everyone relates to this at some level. I feel that I am taken more seriously at work and that my opinions are listened to. I guess they know I mean business now! That was evident by my determination to lose this weight and what I did to achieve that! although I have met a lot of people that did not know me before the weight loss so I guess that is the 'approval' you are talking Congrats Kelli! Well done to you - first the Gold Coast' date=' then the world! We are in the Gold Coast now, I am sitting in Movie World waiting for my son and his friend to get off the Scooby-Doo Spooky ride!![/quote']

Hi Sue, We are heading to the Gold Coast this evening for a fund raising dinner at the Marriott and are staying overnight. Where are you staying? We will be in Tedder Avenue at Main Beach for Breakfast then shopping at Marina Mirage tomorrow morning. Let me know if you are around to meet up for a coffee as i would love to meet you face to face.

That's awesome news, Kelli! It's so interesting how losing weight helps our confidence and pushes us to try for things we might not have thought about before. I've become much more assertive at work too and have reaped the rewards! And I know Lissa, Dean, and Shellie have all had shifts in focus at work if not outright job changes.

I do always have mixed feelings about this and I'm sad that obese people are treated so differently. I still grieve a bit for how I used to be and what I used to have to deal with. I'm still obese but it's amazing the "approval" you get when you are dropping weight.

One thing I've noticed is that I was invisible when I was obese. People just wouldn't look you in the eye or even look at you. Now I'll be standing at a crossing in the city and people will just smile at me for no reason. Before I wouldn't even get acknowledged. I still find it strange.

One thing I've noticed is that I was invisible when I was obese. People just wouldn't look you in the eye or even look at you. Now I'll be standing at a crossing in the city and people will just smile at me for no reason. Before I wouldn't even get acknowledged. I still find it strange.

Wait until you have some grey hair, are female and fat. Then you are truly invisible!

My weight loss is obvious now and I getting a lot of positive comments.A bit too many at work actually but I figure that something more interesting will come along soon enough lol! And -yes-I am more visible to people generally.

What is really unsettling me is the number of people and 'friends' who are congratulating me * then * bringing in entire cakes or chocolates or creamy pastries for me for no reason ( not a birthday or celebration). It is really, really bizarre.

Wait until you have some grey hair' date=' are female and fat. Then you are truly invisible![/quote']

Lol!

Hi Sue' date=' We are heading to the Gold Coast this evening for a fund raising dinner at the Marriott and are staying overnight. Where are you staying? We will be in Tedder Avenue at Main Beach for breakfast then shopping at Marina Mirage tomorrow morning. Let me know if you are around to meet up for a coffee as i would love to meet you face to face.[/quote']

Would love to catch up but we are on the theme park pilgrimage with two 14 year old boys so it would be a rather early breakfast with the whole tribe in tow! I will message you in the morning when I see how we are going. I am seriously going to try and get back up when you meet up in early October - my husband and I will sneak out of Sydney on our own!

Wait until you have some grey hair' date=' are female and fat. Then you are truly invisible![/quote']

I hear ya!