Just thought I would start a thread for having a little fun! I know there are lot's of creative minds here... help me come up with ways to pass the time until my surgery! :cool:

#1. Frequent all of the "skinny butt" clothing stores... ask for things in size 5 and for a dressing room.

I can't believe I've missed this amazing thread until now! I am deeply moved, on several levels.

Exorcising our negative feelings is very important, and I think a process we all handle in our own way. My particular approach was to focus on what was working in my life--essentially, my job--and pretty much ignore what wasn't--my weight, my terrible first marriage, my alcoholic mother. For a long time I pretended these negatives don't matter, that there are a lot of people worse off, and as long as I have (whatever was giving me joy at the moment) I'd be OK.

Hey, whatever works. At some point I got to a place where I decided I'm worth more, and I jettisoned the husband, detached from my mother, and, well, lived with the weight. But that was pretty good for a start!

There are plenty of negative memories from my childhood, lots of diary pages scrawled with 'WHY CAN'T I LOSE WEIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?" in psychedelic colors. I was "Thunder Thighs" on my high school volleyball team. Charming. But you know what? Time heals lots of wounds, and when I think about these times I'm really over them.

There's a lot to be said for being 42. You get a lot smarter with age. :cool: