gain goal regain How was your 5:2 day today?

[M2G 1,836]

OMG I'm SO happy we are back together again and that we are completely PRIVATE!!! YAY! Thank you Laura-ven!!!

I don't have time to read everyone's updates because I got stuck over in the lapband vs. sleeve vs. RNY thread that is over in lapband land...I decided to respond.

Now I'm out of time but just wanted to pop in here and say YAY! So glad the gang is back together again! :wub:

[Georgia 2,908]

Well, she's back from her cruise! She's waiting to debark. And she hasn't weighed in 9 days with three plus meals a day! LOL. Should be interesting. Um, 5:2 doesn't work on cruises. Ha!! BUT the puny of walking and stair climbing is sure to help and 5:2 on Tuesday.

[No game 14,437]

Happy Saturday girls. It's nice to see some more if you back! I'm up with the chickens because I had to drive my daughter to her reserves weekend o_o

Georgia you look happy on your cruise!

Brown, it sounds like long week!

Cheri, are you feeling any better? Shingles ugh!

M2G, lol I've gotten caught up in a couple of those lapband discussions!

The best they have is "well you'll never see me cutting out 85% of my stomach" and "well what are you going to do when your stomach stretches ALL THE OUT in 1 to 3 years"

[feedyoureye 3,087]

OMG I'm SO happy we are back together again and that we are completely PRIVATE!!! YAY! Thank you Laura-ven!!!

 

I don't have time to read everyone's updates because I got stuck over in the lapband vs. sleeve vs. RNY thread that is over in lapband land...I decided to respond.

 

Now I'm out of time but just wanted to pop in here and say YAY! So glad the gang is back together again! :wub:

Haha! I'm in the "Lapband Haters" thread! Its like going to a train wreck, you just can't look away! More power to'em.

 

Well, she's back from her cruise! She's waiting to debark. And she hasn't weighed in 9 days with three plus meals a day! LOL. Should be interesting. Um, 5:2 doesn't work on cruises. Ha!! BUT the puny of walking and stair climbing is sure to help and 5:2 on Tuesday.

Welcome back! You were gone at the right time, its been a mess around here, but its looking up!

[coops 1,790]

Georgia, your photos are lush... looks like you had a fantastic trip! Good to see you back x

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Cheri I hope your feeling better these days. Happy you didn't get the rash too......

Georgia your pics look awesome. So much fun and what a beautiful family.....

OD I know that your get a good pic for your dating site....Men are totally visual! It is so hard to work through ending a relationship and it takes time......Good that you had an old friend that you could go visit.....I'm going to visit an old friend of mine that I've known for 40 years.........We are family......we help each other out....

LV's up with the chickens! LOL

I call this site the Breakfast club......

Jane I know how frustrating it is to want to get out and be more active but it's still the time to coddle yourself....... :wub: Yep, love yourself......

M2G I went on the Banders site and they were very argumentative and reading way too much into each other's post! Yike what a mess........It was entertaining though......

Coops I'm happy your staying within your bounce range. It is so totally frustrating. You are into a smaller pant size! That's fantastic! Congrats, the other 14 lbs might take time to drop, but they will drop!

Shoot, I forgot to weight myself this morning Damn!

Today I will be making this the best day I can and eat healthy........

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

I only gained half a lb from all the candy and chips I ate last night. I am happy about that.

 

Maybe I can make it through the day today without crying.

 

What are we going to do with the email group? If nobody emails to it, won't it just sit there? I don't think it needs to be canceled.

 

Have we had anyone else wanting to join? I think we are big enough. If anyone wants to join, we should have them start a group.

We talk about 5:2 in theads.

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

So Daisy, sounds like you think a facelift is worth it. I like my face fine, but, i definately have the chin wattle thing from all the weight loss.

My arms are amazing from plastics. I still can't get over it. Rest of it is good too, but I guess I have fixated on having normal looking arms...lol

I HATE recovery though, can't believe I am even asking someone about a facelift after this life in hell recovery.

I didn't hear much of the details about allen, but I am guessing that he had good attributes too and that you really miss him. I guess you also feel sad for the "what it could have been"

I feel sadness over knowing that I have made the decision to find a real boyfriend. I am very attached to my part time boyfriend and I know he has strong feelings for me. Problem is, he has ISSUES. He told me from day one he isn't really boyfriend material and he wasn't kiddin. It still makes me very sad because we have such chemistry and he truly makes me feel like a Goddess. Sadly, I hardly see him and he is not the type that is really "there for you" so ... he needs replacing even though what my heart really wants is for him to become a fulltime boyfriend. That isn't going to happen and he is too old for me anyway... but the heart still feels sadness for "what might have been" had things been different.

anyway, I am thinking about improved photos, thinking about speed dating instead of just the online thing and thinking about date night clothes. OF course everything looks like crap over compression garments because they make my ass look weird.

All my photos are basically cell phone shots and they generall suck. I would like to find someone who has a great camera to do natural looking GOOD pics, NOT like portrait studio shots.

Daisy, why do you say you still look fat? Sounds vaguely dismorphic to me.... one thing I have learned about men is that they are not as picky about women being full figured as I once thought. Honestly, I got more looks from men when I was 20# heavier.

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

It's like the camera does put weight on you. They say being on tv adds t0 lbs.

 

I've never really taken a picture that I like. I need someone that knows how to pose people.

are pms working yet? You could pm me your email address and I'll send my profile to you. Coops made it sound better, but I'd still love it if someone come make at least one witty comment in there. I want to sound fun and witty, not dull and boring, like I usually sound.

 

The men my age in the 60 range, look 90 to me.

 

I totally understand about your "part time bf" i would want more too.

Allen's problems are all connected to money. He gets himself into these deep finacial holes because he can't  handle money.

[Globetrotter 1,340]

woohoo, we are back! The only problem I have left is that replies to this thread to not show up in my notifications, which is mildly irritating.

thank you Brown for the support, I have been having some weakness lately that is frightening but not more frightening than the spacey airheadedness that goes along with it. I recently started taking an MS drug and that was hugely emotional for me.

I agree with Jane OD, I think there might be a little dismorphia going on there. I also see a similarity in your and Jane's mourning for relationships that you know are bad for you. Were these men a replacement for the food? Crossover addiction? I'm taking a time out from all things food related today, I've been having serious Constipation so I am eating all fiberous fruits today and drinking green drink etc. to get things uh, moovin and groovin!

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

No there is no body dysmorphic going on here. It's just in pictures. I can't seem to get a good pose. I'm going to have one of my friends try to take some this week outside that are full body shots.

 

Globe your box is on it's way. I hope I got everything in there that you asked for.

 

As far as men being a replacement for food,   that's not exactly right either. Truthfully, I got WLS so I could have a man in my life. I can say it all day long that I did it to be healthy, but the truth is, I knew I 'd never have a bf if I stayed fat.

 

Then you fall in love with someone, and everything is great in the beginning. He managed to keep all his money problems a secret for a good long while. Slowly I started to find out about things that didn't sit right with me. Then there was the straw that broke the camels back and I knew I could not be wtih him

anymore. That does not mean I stoped loving him. I just know from experience that you can love someone who is not right for you. It's very hard to break up with someone you love.

 

Tonight I went to the casino where there was a live band playing. I had a blast dancing. I had some guy from out of town interested in me but he's 11 years younger than me. His friend was in the band. He wil be back in a month when the band plays here again. I hope to dance again with him then. This was just what I needed!

 

The scale is not going to be nice to me tomorrow.

[M2G 1,836]

Okay, back today and a few more minutes to spend "here" and not "there" LOL! (Yeah, what the heck is up with that comment, great you went and had ***love this part*** HALF your stomach ***um, duh it's 85%*** out and it's all just gonna grow back and you will be a little piggy again)

I believe that the Google group will indeed just sit there. When I signed in I saw a few other groups I had joined that were just dead, but still there. lol

Sarah, OMG, your pics are amazing! Truly a huge difference, you are beautiful!

Daisy, please do send us (or you can PM me if you want) your new improved version, maybe I can add something to it. I was a graphic designer for 20 years and a lot of my job involved "seeing" other people's edits, so therefore by osmosis I am also an editor. And you are looking for witty, yes? I don't know how "witty" I am, maybe Laura can chime in also.

Georgia, OMG love the cruise photos...you got all dressed up and I love that. It's one thing that I *hated* doing as a plus-size gal, was dressing up. Everything just looked ridiculous with my fat rolls stuffed in. You are just darling, as is your granddaughter! (You have 2 right?) Thanks for sharing.

Brown, I'm so glad you are here...and keeping up the good fight! (What is your real name, BTW?...now that we are private at all!)

Coops, I know the struggle only too well. I'm so glad you went out drinking and had a good time. You are a gem and I adore you so much!

Cheri, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! OMG, I'm the same age as your hubby. You are just a baby. LOL. Don't you hate it when people say that? I hope you are feeling better, that shingles sounds awful. And a nap-striking baby too.. NO FUN!!! On a side note about age, I've been putting off going to my hairdresser (saw her in early Aug) because I'm really trying to grow my hair longer (not sure why, maybe a vain attempt at looking younger???) Anyway, I'm finally going to see her this next Wed because I cannot cannot cannot deal with the gray hair anymore. It's only been a few months since it was colored but sh*t these gray hairs are just more than I can stomach. I usually go every 3 months like clockwork, but tried to just "extend" it a little bit and am finding I just cannot deal. Ugh. It looks the worst when I pull it into a ponytail to go workout.

Cheryl, it does sound as if the time off for recovery is giving you a chance to process and have some clarity. I hope you will find a man that is both wonderful, makes you feel like sexy godess AND is there for you 100%. We women deserve NOTHING LESS! The part-time stuff doesn't sound like it's making you happy, and you deserve to be happy.

Alright, sorry if I forgot anyone or anything...I had 2 pages to read. But just want to say again how happy I am that we are private!!!

Oh and I won't post them here but my most recent photos are HERE:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/285050-3-years-ago-today-i-had-the-vsg/#entry3206404

I think most of you have seen it but if you want my most recent photos, that is where you will find them. It's funny because as much as I'm striving to get the extra weight off, as I look at the photos of myself, I realize there is about only an +8lb difference between my most recent photos and the one photo that is my "after" on my profile that was taken when I was still a newbie at 14 months post-op. I don't really see any difference even though the scale says I'm +8lbs heavier. So all this obsessing...well, let's just say maybe I need to do a little less of it.

[Georgia 2,908]

Okay, she weighed!! I was only up less than a pound!! Whoo hoo!!!!! Guess that 37 miles I walked helped those high end meals and Desserts after all. They said the average person gains 7-14 pounds on a cruise. LOL. Thank you , Sleevie and the fact the I walked the stairs constantly now!!!

[M2G 1,836]

Sheryl, many apologies for spelling your name wrong. I would go back and edit this post but when I first hit "post" the site went all wackado and my thread looked cray cray. I'm too afraid to go edit a post that long!

[swizzly 901]

I believe that the Google group will indeed just sit there. When I signed in I saw a few other groups I had joined that were just dead, but still there. lol

Yeah it'll just 'sit there' until I delete it. I spent a long time setting it up, it doesn't just disappear. Like me?