Now I'm feeling the emotional part...

I hope you get to feeling better. They say you store hormones in fat so maybe it is coming out. Good luck , My husband says I am always moody. love marie

Thank you so much Marie...I feel a lot better now. I guess I was just super sensitive that day. Elisa

Sorry it took me so long to respond i have not been good about checkin in you all can whip me with a wet noodle later. Yea i still feel it. I am sorry you are going through it. Its all so weird ya know who we are becoming and our new body is strange to us i still find myself looking at my legs going "thoses are my legs...MINE" i cried the other day telling someone the story of when i went to surgery the emotion of the whole thing was so vivid. IM SO HAPPY I DID THIS. its just alot to happen to someone ya know. I mean 6 months ago i was a 24 now i am a 10 and in some 8's WHAT IS THAT?? i used to hate people who wore 8's. i used to say i would bomb the store 5 7 9 now i can shop there lol I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD.. WHO AM I? DO I EVEN LIKE THE NEW ME? did i lose the old me? its so overwhelming. i love ya elisa if you need me feel free to write or email me and i will give you my number. You are so lucky you have your husband my family has been great but i feel so alone. go hug him and thank him for being there RIGHT NOW GO DO IT! kisses J 271/184/143

Hey there Julie, yeah I've also haven't been posting as much but I do come in and check at least 3 times a week. That is amazing-You started at a size 24 and now a size 10!! WTG Julie! I'm also very happy I did this surgery. Even though I am a slow loser, I'm very content with what I have lost (-78#s). I really had lost hope of losing weight until I learned about the surgery. As I think back I can't even believe I was going to let myself go on with life like that...super morbidly obese. But I didn't and YES thanks to my wonderful, sweet, caring, and loving hubby! He's the best and I am very lucky to have him. THanks so much Julie for the support. I will definitely send you an email when I start getting those weird, blue thoughts in my head...I need all the support I can get. ELisa

Oh girl... yes, I have been SUPER emotional. I was watching Extreme Home Makeover last weekend, I'm not sure if you saw it, but this poor guy lost his wife really suddenly to a pulmonary embolism, and was left with three little girls. His mother in law started crying thinking how happy her daughter would have been to get the makeover, and then the little 6 year old (the oldest) started crying like her heart was breaking. I was a wreck. I cried my EYES out, and scared my poor man to death, he thought something really horrible had happened. And I could barely get out the words that I was jus****ching Extreme Home Makeover. You can imagine he was so relieved. I mean I was crying like this woman was part of my family. And then the part where the poor guy was saying he wished he'd gone to bed earlier so at least he could have been there for her when she died??? Lost it all over again, HEAVING sobs! I was a mess, and had to go to bed right after at 9pm, because I was so exhausted from the crying. So yes we are all emotional. I guess this is what happens when you spend years eating your feelings. Everything comes out so easily now... Plus like Julie was saying... you are going through so much change. I look at myself sometimes 100 lbs later and I'm like, who the hell is this woman. I still look like me, but when I look at my thighs and hips and they are so much smaller. I'm fitting into stuff I haven't been able to wear since I was in the 10th grade. I'm remembering how I went from big to HUGE, and being miserable in high school and eating and eating after school because I was so unhappy. All of these emotions and thoughts that I've been avoiding for years are present and I'm dealing with them. Just know we're always here for you.