I went to the one in FT LAUD. Let me tell you the speakers SOME were good but the people who showed up were B&^(&*......they all thought they knew everything most were older and just mean to the new post sergery peeps. I was a lil upset and did not understand. I had one lady give me a lecture for drinking Vitamin Water Which i am addicted to . she said it had 13 grams of sugar which was to much BUT my dr put me on gatorade day 2 and it has the same as gatorade and i dont down the whole bottle in 5 min i drink it through out the day. AND i do drink tons of regular water to. But that was just one experiance. I am not sure why the people who are a few years out are like that the new peeps there were like us. Open to talk and attentive and egar. The vets were bitter and mean...GOD I HOPE I DONT GET THAT WAY!!!! So if you go maybe the people in your area wont be so negative. I was not to happy with that. J

SIZE 2 lol I WISH!!!!!!! J

Your new photos are amazing. You look 20 years younger. I had surgery 2/23/06 in Celebration, FL and am down 94 lbs as of today. Isn't it great!!! The woman at the bank told me how much younger I look now. Plus, I feel younger. MaryKay Dailey Christmas, FL

I keep having people tell me how great I look. I tell them I need to loose another 30 lbs and they tell me "where?" and I point to my tummy. When I look in the mirror, I still see the EXACT same person I've seen all along. I don't look that different to me. When I go clothes shopping, I go straight to the plus size department and start checking things out. I know all the clothes are too big, but I go there anyway. I've resorted to taking my husband shopping with me to keep me from buying clothes that are too big. I've heard it takes a while for the brain to catch up. Anyone else having problems like these?

You should feel good, you look awesome! Hugs, Sandy