Good Morning!

Thanks Dana, Rachel and Christie for the warm welcome! I'm still finding it a little surreal to be talking about my weight, or the issues that go with it, to anyone, let alone in a public forum. Don't get me wrong, it isn't that I can kid myself (or anyone else) that I'm some cute little thing, nor have I ever tried. I just never let my weight get in the way of who I am, probably much like many of you. I'm just me, like me or not, whether I weigh 100 lbs. or 500 lbs. It just wasn't ever something that I openly talked about. Which would explain why I didn't even know that I had comorbidity factors or what they were, until recently. I noticed a post by Wayne this morning, something he said jogged my memory back to some information my husband came across while were were doing research this past weekend. It stated that "satistically" less than 3% of "morbidly obese" (that would be me) people will successfully loose weight and keep it off with diet and exercise alone. WOW! I knew I wasn't alone in the diet war, but I certainly didn't realize it was to that extent! Welcome Wayne, and good luck with your journey! Well folks, I have a mountain of house work and some guy coming to sell us a furnace this afternoon so I'd better scoot! ttyl Tammy

HELLO TAMMY,WELCOME,SO GLAD TO SEE YOU POSTING.I KNOW IT'S HARD TO FACE THAT WE ARE OVER WEIGHT SOMETIMES AT LEAST I DO ANYWAY,BUT NOW I KNOW I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO LIFE TO LIVE AS A HEALTHY PERSON AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BIG SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE SMALL,WOW I AM EXCITED I DID WEIGH 425 AND THE DAY OF SURGERY I WEIGHED 380.I LOST 45 POUNDS BEFORE SURGERY TO MAKE IT EASIER ON ME AND MY DOCTOR.THEN I WENT DOWN TO 318 TO COME FIND OUT I WAS DEHYRATED AND NOW I HAVE IBS AND I WAS PUT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 8 DAYS AND BOY I WAS UPSET WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL I WEIGHED 336 AND I WENT TO THE DOCTOR'S THURSDAY I WEIGHED IN AT 332.BUT THEY SAID I NEEDED THIS FLUID.YES I AM STILL HAVING SOME PROBLEMS BUT YOU KNOW I AM SO GLAD I DID HAVE THE SURGERY,I DON'T REGRET IT AT ALL,AT LEAST I HAVE LOST OVER ALITTLE 100 POUNDS AND THIS HAS MADE ME HAPPY ABOUT THAT.I DO FEEL BETTER I CAN DO MORE AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO LOSING MORE IN THE FUTURE.IF YOU NEED ANYTHING JUST GIVE ME A YELL OK AND I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN FOR YOU,I AM HERE TO HELP SUPPORT YOU.YOUR FRIEND BONNIE