Hello Everyone,

First of all I want to wish those luck on upcoming or previous surgeries. I am new to the sight and just looking for some re-assurance and support. i have done alot of reading, research and asking around and I believe in my heart of hearts this is the best choice I have ever made in my life. I'm a bit nervous and scared, I have been told all my life I was fat, ugly..ect. ect...so my self - esteem is already gone. Just once, I want to be told I am beautiful and most of all I WANT to feel beautiful.

Looking for a buddy in the Florida area to lean on or walk through this together...someone to share my thought and concerns and vice versa. I am heading into my 5th visit with my dietitian and thus far I have only lost a helf of pound...I wasn't told I had to loose anything prior to surgery..but I'm guessing it would show I am trying right? I just feel like I am eating to get it out of my system, although I am not gaining...I just want to enjoy food for the last time in my life...is that wrong to say?

Any encouragement, helpful hints..ideas are more than welcome. Keep in touch!!

Jeannie

Eclectick,

Beauty is on the inside, not the outside. Your physical body will wane in old age. Your heart and soul do not. Physical beauty is fleeting. Love, warmth, kindness, gentleness, patience, hard work, none of these things are ugly. If you showed them before the surgery, you'll still be the same after.

and just as lovely.