Hi Deborah, Well isn't that ironic about the leg cramping, last night it happened again. I will be try streching tonight and see if that helps. I absolutly will post my doc's response to this cramping phenominon..... I hope that it just means that we should be streching our muscles/and it is not anything to worry about..... I see him next tuesday.... I hope that you can get some feedback on the bruising, I feel like i can not respond although i have 1 bruise on my arm and have no idea how it got there, but since this is the first one i don't think that im worried at this point. But im curious to know if it is WLS related..please keep us updated if you get any info have a good day peace -kathleen

i like getting the compliments it a far cry better than the snickering behind my back. I too get the shy thing going on. Its kinda like when someone says happy birthday i lost count how many times i burted out happy birthday to you too. DUH . Its kinda awkward on one hand im glad all this has not been in vain and i do like the compliments and reinforcement i just find it hard to say THANK YOU because when you get critized about the way you look for soo long its sooo hard to believe that its simply not the case anymore and that people are sincere and they are actually talking about *GASP* YOU. Its a self image thing and like it or lump it you did qualify for bariatric surgery at some point your self esteme had taking a lil to alot of beatin so i guess its natural that we feel a wee bit self concious. Thats my take on it anyways guess ill have to learn to think and truely belive that DAMN I LOOKING GOOD and you would be blind not to notice me bwhahahaha thats alil over kill but you get my jist

Well I feel the same way you do. I had this one lady tell me oh my have you lost weight and then in the same sentence but boy do you still have a lot to loose. She has actually made this comment twice and infront of other people. It was so inappropriate!!! I tend to shy away from compliments because I feel like if they are all going to end up like this one!!! I guess I have to learn to deal w/ it.

Deborah, I am no where near my goal but I have also worried about this. I met this one lady in my support group that just last week said her doctor wanted her to stop loosing and she couldn't. She is about 5'8" and weighs 145 lbs. She does however not stop working out she goes to the gym for 1 1/2 hours everyday. As an outsider she seems to have gone beyond. But how do you not do that? I think there is such a fine line and at least speaking for me I know I don't ever want to go back where I was. I still have about another 90lbs to my personal goal and my husband actually told me the other day when was I going to stop loosing weight. I never really understood that part of how do we stop loosing weight. Do we have to eat small meals all day long? (wouldn't that be ironic!?!). As far as your concern it id definetly felt, unfortunatley I don't know the answer. But I am greatfull for us to be able to share this concern and hopefully someone knows the answer. As far as the food I eat about 4oz of cottage cheese in AM a protein shake for snack a frozen meal for lunch sometimes a pm snack for dinner it is about 1 serv. of carbs/1 of veggies and 2-3 oz of meat. snack 1 cup of milk or SF pops. Good luck and I hope someone out there know the answer!!! Mayra

Debrah I m so glad that you brought this up..i was just thinking about this over the weekend.... ohh My name is kathleen and im a lurker......HI Everyone.... I have lost 124 lbs and would like to loose another 40lbs, but that is it.... Im hoping that my body will stop loosing once I hit 150lbs, but im not there yet.... Question I have found that I get alot of cramps in my calves and feet.() when im laying in bed or in the middle of the night... Have you guys experienced that too? im seeing my surgeon next week and am going to talk to him about it. But I was curious if anyone else is getting cramps in ther legs. -thanks kathleen