Hello?? West Coast where are you??

It seems that we have lost the west coasters!! Come out come out wherever you are?? I miss you!!! When I go on 'recent posts' I get sick of seeing my face on there!! I want to see the lovely faces of our mid-west, and west people. Anyone there??? Calling California chicks?? Mid-west chicks? Southwest chicks? Oh, and of course I am always looking for the guys!! Any lurkers out there?? love donna P.S. Love the Germany chick!!

*sneaking way way west and hopeing no one notices* Hi there I'm from the west now,,,,hehe I put a 1 yr pic on the main forum if you wanna take a peak. I tried laying down I can't sleep I'm a wee bit down tonight ok vary P.O'd to be honest...How can someone lose 170 in 12 months and NOT see it? k i'm done whining I just came to say hi Shel

OMG--- Shelly you look great. I didn't recognize your new picture...You really do look very different. I know about not seeing it. I lost 115 pounds and don't see it at all. I am not being showoffy about it either. I have been told that it takes up to 2 years to "see" the difference. Yesterday I was tired and depressed about not seeing it. I feel like I have lost maybe 20 pounds or something, it doesn't seem like I have changed a whole bunch. I have started to eat poorly and want to get excited again about loosing... I had my DH pull out old pictures and compared them to the new ones. I also went downstairs found a pair of 24 jeans and put them on. That was a hugh eye opener. I can fit into one leg of them, just like on a commercial. Give it a try maybe it will bring back some excitement over just how far you have come. Do you realize that you have lost more than I weight? You have lost a 5'8" tall 43 year old woman......That is a ton of weight you should be so proud of yourself. There are a lot of people out there who have had this surgery and aren't nearly as successful. Be happy and proud, you are doing great..... donna

Shel, hi, what do you mean you're in the west now?? Where are you, not in PA anymore?? And I could not find the new pic on the main forum, put it here!!! And you're right it is hard to believe that you could lose 170 and not see it. What I suggest and what works for me, put your new picture along side your starting picture. You have got to see the difference then. Here's one thing that I figured out for me. I don't look at myself very much (in the mirror). So when I catch a vision of myself I am surprised that is me. Whereas my husband for instance is seeing this 'new me' all the time so it's not as big a shock to him as it is to me when I look in the mirror. I hope that makes sense. But sometimes it still catches me off guard to see myself!! Put that picture out here little girl!! love donna

Hi - I'm here on the West Coast. Just going through my favorite things...the photos and the encouraging messages. I absolutely love the changes and the help that everyone gives!!!. Also, really trying to get as much info. on the next phase of the journey...the plastic surgery. At this point just waiting for a new surgery date!!! Anyway Hi ya'all....I love hearing and seeing your progress!! Maybe soon I'll get my own photos up. Thanks for all of your posts. Shannon

Hi Shannon, you are in Danville!! I can't believe it. My sister lives in Blackhawk area? Do you know it? Keep us informed about the ps - I'm not there yet, but sure am excited to do it at some point. And yes, get some photos going!! And post more - love donna

I'm here in So Cali! Went camping and am just now getting back into the swing of things, and STILL waiting for insurance approval for my breast reduction and tummy tuck grrrrrr 280/155/140

Hi Shannon, just haven't heard much from you lately -- have you been busy with your mystery shopping!! You would have laughed at me a few weeks ago, in fact when I was in California. I was waiting for my daughter and granddaughter at a store, and one salesgirl was really ragging on the other one. It made me so mad. It was a stupid thing too, I won't go into it. But after my daughter was done (she made me do this while she went outside cause it embarrassed her!!) I went up to the one lady and told her that 'I'm not a mystery shopper but just so you know if I had been I would report you and what you just did was very offensive to me and not only embarrassed me but the other associate as well'. She said she was sorry and apologized! I thought you would laugh at that. love donna

LOL! As a mystery shopper you can't do stuff like that, so that's awesome you could bring their bad behaviour to their attention. All I would have been done is keep my mouth shut and then report it to the client.

yeah, I figured I wouldn't have been able to. But Shanon you would have been so upset. This one clerk and they were both about the same age maybe 20'ish, was really a bully type, and the other one was so meek and quiet. The bully one was on the phone badmouthing her manager (while I was sitting right there!!) and where they could go after work to a bar where the bartender was so awesome. Well the quiet one went to the back room, which was off to the side and opened the door and took a sip of something out of her cup and the bully yelled at her from across the store 'we can't do that, we got written up on that by the auditors'. The meek one just quickly shut the door and went over to earrings and starting sorting them. So when I said something to the bully I told her there were a hundred different ways she could have handled that and she really chose the worse one. And then I pointed out the talk on the phone that was inappropriate and she said, well I was actually talking to another store', and I said worse yet! I hate things like that, and my daughters always say for me to tell them when my injustice personality is going to come out so they can run and hide!!! Anyway, if I promise I won't say anything to the store, will you hire me!!! Ha ha love donna