I'M SOOOO Happy!

Hey All! I had the BEST weekend in terms of my weight loss. For most of my life - I have been the "fat" sister. I have 4 other sisters. As we grew older, some of my sisters have put on weight and lost weight. All but one has still always weighed significantly less then me. There is one sister in particular that has always been the "smaller" sister. This weekend her 6-week old boy (her first) spit up all 4-ozs of his bottle all over her and needed a new shirt. I was the only one with extra clothes available, so I lent her one. It was too small for her!!!! I lent her another one that I have that is roomy on me! I was sooooooo excited! I will say that she just had her first baby where she gained 90lbs. But she still can't weigh more than 175 right at the moment! I do still weigh more than that - but since I hit the gym all the time - I am less flabby and fit better into shirts! Only you all would know that that feeling is better than ANY food tastes in the whole wide world! PS - she used to ALWAYS tease me about my weight as a kid (even though I wasn't "fat" then). I didn't take the opportunity to gloat right then, I figured the gesture was reward enough! Take care all! Barbie 281/213/150ish

I do understand how that would feel. Of course my sisters were both heavy so we never really got to pick on eachother about it. Now my oldest has lost almost 130 lbs (she had a RNY also) And my other sister lost weight using atkins. So we are all small now. Or at least smaller than we were. But we certainly pick on eachother about certain attributes. That is so awesome for you! i know I have seen people I went to school with and they don't recognize me. It's a great feeling! Keep up the good work!!!!! Stacy

You are doing great Barbie!

Hello Barbie, I know all to well what you mean. I have a younger sister who has ALWAYS been thinner than me. Although for her sake, I do have to admit that she has NEVER teased me for being larger than her. BUT...when I had this surgery, I chose NOT to tell her about this, as matter of fact I haven't even been speaking to her since she decided not to attend my only daughters wedding a year and a hal*****he reason she didn't attend was due to the fact that she has put on a great deal of weight and she didn't want everyone at the wedding to see her the way she was. The bad thing was, she blamed ME for her not attending. (long story) Anyway, someone opened their mouth, and she now knows that I had this surgery done. She had the nerve to say..."Its not fair that I have to loose the weight the hard way" When I found out what she said I nearly freaked out.....I got the easy way out????? I'm nearly 40 years old and have been dealing with weight issues all my life. I personally never said anything to her about it, but my other sister who also deals with a weight problem filled her in on her ignorance. Anyway Barbie......WHOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!! I know that had to be an awesome feeling! I also think its awesome how you could keep your self-control and not gloat at her expense.

Renee, Thanks for the chuckle! Although - I'm sorry to hear about your sister and her missing your daughter's wedding - she will regret that for the rest of her life. I hope that you two can patch things up soon - life is too short to stay mad long... Great job on your loss too! It is by certainly no means the "easy way out". Barbie 281/213/150

aaaahhhhhhh I am smiling for you. Sometimes it is just so hard to put those feelings in to words.... But we are all feeling them. Best wishes Dawn -78