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Hi Nana: What happened to me is, I decided not to have the surgery. They had us start losing weight when I was in a preparation class--and I continued to lose after the class was over..I've lost 44 pounds now with diet and exercise. I started walking every day on my lunch hour. I enjoy it and...

Lisa, thank you so much for your kind words--they helped. And what really helped me was I called my sister and told her and she was wonderful--not what I'd imagined at all. Very supportive--told me to keep her informed and she'd pray for me. She said I was brave--that she'd be too afraid. Made...

It does sound fun but I don't know if I can relearn it..what do you think?? I did it when I was a kid..but definitely not since then!

I got called on Thursday--they needed a new chest xray and I've been cleared for surgery. I had the chest xray Friday morning so am expecting to hear something this upcoming week. I'm scared and excited at the same time. Anyone feel like that right before--like "am I doing the right thing or...

Anyone who has never been this size has NO CLUE how bad we feel inside--how we beat ourselves up everyday and how we remember comments like that and play them over and over in our head. Plus, what makes people think that every thought that comes in their head has to be blurted out?? I think many...

Supreme Protein bars My favorite bar is Supreme Protein bar--in peanut butter pretzel twist flavor. It reminds me of a Payday candy bar--so good. 3g sugar.15 g protein. 210 calories. Awesome bar--some of their other flavors are good too, but this is my favorite. www.supremeprotein.com

Thank you. Much appreciated.

I typed a long post in the Introductions over the weekend...it has yet to show up. What gives?

Tonite was my last prep class (Kaiser Permenante has you take a series of 12 classes for infomation/learning about WLS) Now I have to wait to be called to schedule surgery and/or meet with the surgeon. They told us tonite most would be scheduled for surgery in January--I just have to wait to...

Falling and not being able to get up (bad knees) by myself. Twice. That's an awful feeling. Airplanes with not enough room in the seats/aisles/bathrooms. Restaurant booths. Not being able to shop for clothing anywhere except mail order or plus sized stores. Looking at myself in the mirror...

Hello to all! I'm glad to be here--there's so much information to be had. I'm just finishing a 12 week education program from Kaiser Perm...Monday will be my last class. After that, we're supposed to be contacted regarding surgery. Kaiser does either gastric sleeve or bypass. They discourage...