Hi everyone. I wonder if anyone feels the same way? Holidays & Depression? Usually when I work out I feel better- but this month I got really low- feel low- emotionally and physically, but beyond the tired I usually feel, I'm depressed because I feel so lonely. And I don't want to cry about it. This is the part I hate about being single. Plus I can't tell if this is after TOM PMS. And I don't want to resort to feeling sorry for myself and Im not stuffing myself to fill the void. I took off a 4 day weekend thinking I need the time off ( I do) and that I could see my family. My mom isn't coming until later in the week. My son is working the next 5 days. I have a date with this guy I met last week at a dance club. He is 36, @5-10, attractive, works out, name is John. He keeps telling me he keeps telling me what he wants to do with me and to me. My girlfirend chastized me for even dating a guy so much younger (shes 36). Normally I should be happy that this guy is interested and pursuing me, after I stopped talking to him.Its kind of funny- because you get used to men not being interested, so when they are, you don't know what to think. Not rushing into anything- but at the same time- my hormones have been hopping like crazy. Also I think that when my son was younger- it was easier to throw myself into what he was doing- school- sports etc, and submerge and hide myself away. Eat and hide away, submerging more and more. You know what I mean? And its easy to fall back to that- not by volume of food- but out of habit.This really is a lot to deal with - and I refuse to allow sabotage of all my hard work. Plus my son took new pictures of me. While they are not bad- I still feel "lost" because I am still like 60lbs from goal. So that depressed me too. I am 15lbs from Onderland and Depressed. its a Holiday weekend. And I just feel alone and everyone else has plans. I hate feeling this bad. Donna

I need to seriously update my profile. Anyway, no question is dumb. Here's how I use photo bucket. In photobucket, once you upload a picture, you should get some html code at the bottom. You then copy and paste the code into your profile where you want your picture to go. I don't know if the code below will come up as code or picture, but this is how I do it. There should be a < at the beginning and a > at the end. img src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/bibliora/P1010022.jpg" Torrey (281/190/160)

Rita, Dr. Robinson is still doing bariatric surgery there. I actually made an appointment with him before Dr. Lautz, but really liked Dr. Lautz. I don't know about Dr. Jackson. I dealt with a female PA named Dorothy who was very nice. I really like that hospital, everyone is great, caring and professional. Thanks for the compliment! Carrie

Carrie! Without a daubt you are a success. You are are very beautifull girl,judging by your pics... not to mention that 235 is in a different category from 381 healthwise. Best wishes to u. Rita P.S. a few years ago (1999-2000) I trained for my surgery rotation at the Brigham with Bariatric team... Drs. Robinson and Jackson ... and 2 female PAs ..are they still there?

I had a wow moment today. I work for the Navy, and we sponsored a Blood Drive today. I went over, kind of expecting to not be able to donate. But, they gave me an A-OK to donate even with checking iron levels. Then, they got in first time and had a good blood flow. I have donated over a gallon of blood in the past, but had to stop about 12 years ago because they couldn't seem to hit a vein anymore! I also have been an really hard stick for blood for years to the point that I had a little vein above my elbow that could be hit with a butterfly needle. That was the only place that they could get blood for routine blood tests. When I had my surgery, I blew the IV and the phlebotonist came in and worked for almost 2 hours to get a line back in. And then today, ...WOW..., I gave blood and it wasn't an ordeal! I feel great! Eileen 327/210/160ish