Ok, new post topic. Does everyone that has the extra hanging skin have plastic surgery?..Does working out for 2hrs 5days a week not help the extra skin shrink?..Im worried the most about the extra skin I have alreay. I've been working out now for 2months before surgery hoping it will give me a head start on the hanging skin. I worry that Im goin to have to have plastic surgery to have it takin off. Does this mean I have to work out longer?

Hi Lorraine. when I lost my weight I gained back 20 lbs from my lowest, but I figured if I maintained this I would be ok. this last week I gained a few, but its just the feeling of being out of control again, and also using food to entertain me. I need to get a grip. I put my exercise bike in the living room today, I figured that would give me motivation. The big thing is though I suddenly feel as if I dont know what I should be eating. what do you eat? I see your posts a lot. take care :-) sandi

hi everyone, well I have been a little too ****y. I thought I could eat whatever I wanted and my body would not let me eat too much, so I would not gain. but now I dont seem to ever be satisfied. I lost my job and I am at home and eating all day long, i feel so fat. i hate it. I had a tummy tuck and its always been so flat, now it feels pudgy again. what should i do? any suggestions for me? thanks for your feedback, I need it!:'(

Hi to all my buddies. I know our time is precious and we are busy...so lets catch up. First of all where is everyone? I have been around. I am enjoying my retirement and soon will be gardening a bit. I found it hard through the winter, but now it's a bit different from last year. It was in November of 2006 I had the hammer toe surgery. It was the worse thing I ever did, but it's too late to complain. I suffer very badly from the effects the Diabetes had on me. I have no feelings in my feet from the Nueropathy. Any good news from anyone? My good news is that I have started walking again. I gained 12 pounds since my operation last year. Now I can wear my sneakers and walk. I always loved walking. I have lost 5 of those pounds and will get the rest off. I am still with my boyfriend and it will be 2 years in July that I live here. We have adjusted well to each other. Please lets post just a few words to say Take care and Peace to all Lorraine

Hi, Sorry I haven't written in so long, but I have been very ill. I barely could get out of bed since October of last year, let alone type, and it's only recently that I've been well enough to catch up. Between my ME/CFS and Peptic Ulcer Disease that nearly killed me, I have been through the mill. I went down to a size 2, and they were getting loose. I'm 5'4" and was so thin Joe said he could hang his hat on my hips. After a life flight to Danville Hospital and a weeks stay, they found the internal bleeding from the ulcer. It was caused by stress from my insurance company who felt that my condition didn't warrant Short Term Disability. So I was denied. I'm fighting it, they laid me off, knowing I couldn't draw unemployment compensation, and Joe only makes half what I did, so no insurance and COBRA costed a fortune. Well, we were approved for MA this month and I am applying for SSDI. So maybe that will help, if they approve me. I am also with a differ FM doctor and she is great. She got me off all the narcotics the other Dr had me on, put me on Lyrica, and two antidepressants, as well as a stimulant called Provigil. I'm doing a whole lot better, I'm up to a size 6/8 again, which is just right for my body, around 140lbs, but I won't ever be able to work again. Too much damage was done for too long between the stress my body went through and the stress the insurance company caused. But at least I'm alive, right? So, that's what I've been up to. How about somebody else? Nona