wow this change has been so much bigger than I ever could have imagined! I have friends supporting me but they just dont really understand - maybe its the skinny thing. They love me and are very proud but its hard to understand unless you have been there ya know?!? needed a little loveee

When I found out I had collarbones, I almost shit a brick. Haha

ahahahaha, i like to say that I know how that feels.

BTW! i have wrist bones!!!!

ahahahaha, i like to say that I know how that feels.

BTW! i have wrist bones!!!!

Oh my goodness, I though collarbones were amazing but then yeah, I saw my wrist bones. Love it!

I too have friends like that. I am really close with my friends family and they are always saying can't you just watch what you eat? Well if I could contol myself 24/7 would I look like this? I feel like saying thats a stupid question. And its always the skinny ones. My friend is skinny and she was like I know how you feel I was fat when I was younger. 1st of all she was young and she was chubby at best. She tells me can't you just eat what you want but in small portions? Yeah in theory I suppose I do but it almost never happens. I eat fairly healthy. I swear I could eat just lettuce and stay fat. Finally we were talking about my wanting surgery and she was finally starting to think in a different way. She said well I guess your right you do have genetics playing a roll. She eats what she wants and stays thin so she couldn't possibly get it even though she thinks she does. I think what made her different view was because I was trying to educate her on it. And I told her that chances are if I diet alone I may lose some but will never lose all and it would be a constant yo yo as it has in the past. I have a bad back I've had surgery and my back can hardly carry me around and I want kids and to live life like everyone else gets too with out worrying about wether or not people are judging me and staring at me and giving dirty looks. I don't know about you but I have this thing when I grocery shop I feel like people judge me by looking at whats in my cart. Its always healthy things but I feel like by the way they look that they are thinking they were going to find 6 boxes of twinkies and 2 gallons of ice cream just because I'm fat.

i never had a really skinny friend...i see myself associating myself with people like me...plumb :thumbup:...skinny girls dont understand...even my best friend who is also over weight doesnt understand why i want to get the band...she says why cant you just diet and go to the gym...she thinks its the easy way out...which i know it isnt....i makes me so MAD! I'm glad there are people out there that understad