I find a lot of names on here interesting and I'm sure there are good stories behind how everyone chose them. Anyone like to share? For me, Kindle is my horse's name and she was the "straw that broke the camel's back" in my decision to have VSG. I feel bad for her, having to lug my fat ass around the mountains and would love to be able to hop on her without having to find a rock or log to climb up on. (there's a dozen other reasons behind my decision, but my profile name is my tribute to her and how much more fun we will have next summer!)

Wls4me because one day out of frustration, after quitting weight watchers for me I said to my husband "weight loss surgery for me it is now". Not very creative

My hooker name however: Buffy Fifth Avenue. Sounds like I'm a high class hooker ?de1c

My name comes from my dream to one day be skinny and beautiful wearing skimpy clothes. I was a lap band to bypass revision so I finally feel this may happen

Sjidaho

SJ is my cars name "street Jesus" an Aerosmith song. And Idaho. My state.

Barnicale Bill was a name given to me many years ago when I was a boy working on the fishing boats in New Zealand

OK... an obvious one here.... Ginger (my name), B (first letter of last name) and Snaps because I got called Ginger snaps when I was a kid but GingerSnaps was already taken.

My stripper name? Gigi Newson ..

I usually go by Toxiclight, as that's my handle pretty much everywhere (my website is under that, and most of my art is produced under Toxiclight Art and Design), but I wanted something different for here. In the few months prior to coming here, I had started designing tattoos, and I drew a whole lot of infinity symbols and butterflies, and I can relate both to this journey. The commitment to a new lifestyle is eternal (infinite), and the butterfly refers to coming out of my cocoon of fat and being the beautiful person I was always intended to be,

Back in the day 18 years ago, I needed a name for an EBAY account. There was a document labled Production Action Request (PAR). I used the acronim and added my birth years. I have used par1959 as my go to since then. It could also be my over par score playing golf.

It is the simplest description of me, county + "gal" + zip code, to be honest I use it for websites I am not sure of, well nearly 10 months later I am still a BariatricPal.

I played fiddle a lot during my college years (helped pay tuition, books and food). For a short while, I even was part of a Celtic band and we played a few pro venues (read: paid), including show box in Seattle. One of my favorite busking places was on capital hill because people were so giving and colorful. Now that I am "grown up with responsibilities", I have not fiddled so much in the last 10 years because of family, work and other time commitments, but I would love to get the bug again to do it. I used to play all over the Seattle area at this jam session and that jam session, hopping from tavern to bookstore to eatery, usually given Guinness for our tunes. So that is where my user name comes from.

Edited May 22, 201412 yr by Fiddleman

What a fun thread! Always good to hear the "rest" of everyone's story.

Many years ago I was the office manager for a group of automation engineers at a very large defense company. Their nickname for me was Empress of the Known Universe and Beyond (EKUB). Since then, I've defaulted to the Empress moniker whenever needing to set up a userid (other than my actual name) and since I live in Colorado, it made sense to add the Colo to the front.

Blessings!

I sold diamonds and I've also used it all over the internet for years.

I'm raising my four grandchildren...my angels

Well I have toddler twins. Staying at home with them is a lot of work. So I ROCK.

SHMILY stand for "See how much I love you" something shared with my first husband and me. Google SHMILY and you will read the sweet story....

I'm a cellist with a belly.

Forsythia is a flowering bush. It is also the name of a Veruca Salt song that I just happen to enjoy. And it is not terribly common for a handle so I can usually procure it on the websites I want to go to.