What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Has anyone seen this movie? If you have then you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, it's a WONDERFUL movie. Rent it, you won't be disappointed! Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen.... 1993. ANYWAY..... I'm in no way doubting my decision for surgery but when some of these commercials come on t.v. like NutriSystem, Medi-Fast, etc. I think, now THEY did it (of course, at the bottom of the screen it says "results not typical") why couldn't I, without having to result to drastic WLS. But I've been there, done that, and that, and that and every other THAT that came along. So I know the answer to "why couldn't I" and I'm okay with it. And I'm so very grateful that I've been given the opportunity and know that this surgery is for me. I remember watching this movie, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, with my kids and what Gilbert Grape and those kids in the movie had to go through with their mothers SUPER Morbid-Obesity life, and death. And they couldn't bear the thought of the embarrassment and their mother being ridiculed any longer, even in death. I know that my obesity affected my kids while they were growing up... you know how kids can be cruel, "your momma's so fat" jokes, etc. I've recently sat and cried and told them how sorry I am for any embarrassment they have gone through in THEIR lives because of how I've lived MY life up to this point and I would never want them to go through what Gilbert Grapes family went through, especially in the end. I know it's "just a movie" but it's reality. And just as another reminder of WHY I'm having this surgery, for myself, for my health, and for my kids, I watched it again tonight. It is sweet and it is sad. And it has given me even more hope for a brighter tomorrow. I wish for you all brighter tomorrows as well. I love this quote: "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I cannot wait until I can say it. "Life is a terrible thing to sleep through." "Get busy living or get busy dying." The Shawshank Redemption "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. --Erma Bombeck I just ate my willpower! I exercise every morning without fail. One eyelid goes up and the other follows. -- Pete Postlethwaite I have flabby thighs; but fortunately my stomach covers them. If God had intended for us to touch our toes, He'd have put them on our knees. Whenever, I think about exercise, I lie down 'til the thought passes. I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. --Joe E. Lewis I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. --Ellen DeGeneres I've decided that perhaps I'm bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge. --Paula Poundstone I have gained and lost the same ten pounds so many times over and over again my cellulite must have déjà vu. --Jane Wagner

yes Lisa that was a good movie ,i cried because it was my life too i too have told my daughters how sorry i was for all the yrs i put my obesty 1st i missed out runing and playing with them .they both cried with me and said momma we love you u were the best mom and still are and we need you in our life for yrs to come ,you have to run and play with your grandbabys ...so now i cant wait to start my new life ...god bless Brenda in tx . ... PS LIAS F HOPE YOU R DOING GOOD HUN MISSYOU...