THIS ...DOES NOT SUCK

JUST WANTED TO SAY ...THAT ...THIS ... THE WHOLE WLS THINGY..DOES NOT SUCK. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YA'LL OF THAT.. LIKE YA NEEDED TO HEAR IT ..RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT ..LOL HERES WHAT DOES SUCK..FOR ME AT LEAST 1. BEING FAT. I REFUSE TO SAY OVERWEIGHT,OBESE CHUNKY HEFTY BIG BONED,,ANYTHING...I WAS FAT...I STILL AM ,, LOL 2.HAVING YOUR SHOE COME UNTIED IN PUBLIC AND HAVE TO MAKE LIKE YER FIGHTING YER SELF TO TIE IT,,ONLY TO GET PISSED OFF A ND TUCK YER LACES IN THE SIDES OF YOUR SHOES AND ON THE WAY HOME STOP AND BY SOME FRUITY LOOKIN SLIP ON BULL**** SHOES. 3.SHOPPING AT BIG AND TALL..MIGHT AS WELL CALL IT WHAT IT IS... OMAR THE TENT MAKER AND CO. I HATE IT I HATE IT.. DONT BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH ANOTHER FAT GUY AND LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN,I PROMISE YOU,,YOU WILL BOTH BE WEARING THE SAME SHIRTS...UGLY ..CRAP. 4.DRIVING AROUND WAL MARTS PARKING LOT TO FIND A SPOT CUZ YER TOO FAT AND OUT OF SHAPE TO WALK FROM THE CAR TO THE STORE ....AND WHEN YA DO FINALLY FIND A SPOT YA GOTTA LEAVE ANYWAY CUZ NOTHING IN THE DAMN PLACE FIOTS YOU,,EXCEPT THE SNACK ISLE . BUT SERIOUSLY KIDZ... HERES WHAT REALLY SUCKS ... 1. WAKING UP TIRED AND HEAD ACHEY CUZ YA HAVE SLEEP APNEA SOO BAD ITS LETHAL..DEADLY AND DANGEROUS 2.FALLING ASLEEP DRIVING CUZ YER EXHAUSTED FROM NOT "SLEEPING" ALL NITE CUZ YOU STOP BREATHING 155 TIMES A NITE. 3.NO BEING ABLE TO RUN WITH YOUR KIDS AND STUFF,OR IN MY CASE NEICES AND NEPHEWS 4.NOT BEING ASKED TO GO SKIING OR SNOW BOARDING OR TO THE AMUSMENT PARK BECAUSE YOUR FRIENDS KNOW..."YOU CANT" 5.PAYING TRIPLE FOR A PACK OF BLANK CDS AT RADIO SHACK CUZ IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND ONLY 4 STEPS AWAY FROM YOUR CAR ...RATHER THEN ACTUALLY WALK INTO THE MALL OR WAL MART TO GET THE SAME THING...3 TIMES CHEAPER. 6.GETTING "GIFT CERTIFICATES" FOR XMAS AND BDAY GIFTS CUZ..NO ONE WANTS TO ACTUALLY ASK YOU ..HOW BIG YOU ARE AND WHAT SIZE YOU ARE 7. SEEING FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW ,,FOR YEARS AND EACH TIME YA SEE EM,,THEY SAY ..MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN YER GETTIN BIGGER DUDE,,EVERY TIME I SEE YOU ,YER GETTIN FATTER AND FATTER. 8. THE WAY IT FEELS KNOWING YER MOM OR WIFE OR G/F CANT GET HER ARMS AROUND YOU TO HUG YOU AND REALLY REALLY EMBRACE YOU. 9.BEING CALLED "BIG"......INSERT YER NAME HERE ... 10.KNOWING ..YOU ARE DYING ..MENTALLY PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY 11.FEELING ALONE 12.WORRIED IF THAT CHAIR IS GONNA HOLD YER FAT ASS 13.WANTING TO DIE RATHER THEN LIVE ONE MORE SECOND AS A HUGE MONSTER SIZED NON EXISTENT PIECE OF ...NOTHING. BEING SOO FAT YA DONT WANNA EVEN GET OUT OF BED TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YER FEET...MIGHT AS WELL JUST DIE IN YER SLEEP. THATS WHAT SUCKED ABOUT BEING FAT..... AND NOW ....ITS GONE. THESE WERE THE THOUGHTS THAT CROSSED MY MIND AT LEAST 100000000000000000000000000000 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW STAGES OF MY LIFE ..PRE WLS. FOR ANYONE TO EVER ..EVER DISMISS THIS WLS THING.AND TRY TO EVER SAY ONE BAD WORD ABOUT IT, NO MATTER WHAT YER TROUBLES MAY HAVE BEEN AND MAYBE NOW,, REGARDLESS,,YOU ...WELL I KNOW ME...WAS DYING,,INSIDE...DYING. NOTHING COMPARES TO THAT. LONG POST....IM BORED. IM FEELIN VERY HUMBLED AND VER YGRATEFUL. MY LIFE IS PERFECT, IT WASNT BAD REALLY BEFORE. I SWEAR ,,,REGARDLESS OF WHAT I JUST SAID ,ON THE OUTSIDE I WAS SINGING..LITERALLY..LOL BUT I WAS DYING INSIDE. TOO PROUD TO ADMIT IT ..... YEP. THE FUNNY FAT GUY,,HOW CLICHE' BUT I WAS THE CLOWN IN THE RAIN HOLDING THE BROKEN ROSE... I CANT EXPRESS IN WORDS HOW MUCH THIS WLS MEANS TO ME... BUT DONT LET MY WORDS MAKE YOU OR BREAK YOU. CUZ NO MAN COULD HAVE SWAYED ME... ONLY ONE THING MADE ME WORK THROUGH IT. GOD. AND MY 3 F'S FAMILY ...FAITH...AND FRIENDS.. ROCK ON SOLDIERS RONNIE

Well said, Ronnie!

Wow Ronnie- wow. This is very eye opening. Sad but true. I love what you wrote. I'm so glad you're better now. Grace -121#

Thanks for that slice of humble truth pie, ronnie. You crossed over into the zone of, how bad do you want it....Great job

WOW RONNIE!!! That is so true and so amazingly incredible. I am so happy for you and your successful weight loss. This has been a tremendous journey for you! I feel alot of those same emotions.....and like you were, on the outside I am a happy person and joke around and make everyone around me laugh and feel happy. But that is a big front, I am dying inside so bad. Not because I am actually unhealthy, cuz Im not....I just have all of those bad feelings rolled into one most days. I am really Thankful for this site and for people like you who seem to make a dream become a reality....because you have been there and share your life with us. I want to personally say Thanks. Its days like this and people like urself that help the emotional people like me. Take Care Ronnie, & Bright Blessings!! Rock On My OH Brother!! Jean

JEAN...ITS NOT ME ,,ITS YOU,, TRUST ME PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND,, TRUST ME IM JUST DOING WHAT COME NATURAL,AND GIVING BACK SOME OF THE JOY AND BLESSINGS I HAVE BEEN GIFTED WITH. AND KNOWING PEOPLE LIKE YOU ,,WHO ARE MY FRIEND,,ARE OUT THERE ,, MAKES ME WORK HARDER. AND YOU'LL DO IT TOO. ITS LIKE THE OLD PAYING IT FORWARD THING BE NICE TO SOME ONE ,A STRANGER AND I CAN ALMOST LAY MONEY ON ...THE YWILL DO THE SAME ,,IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM. THANK YOU JEAN..FOR MAKING ME BE A BETTER MAN ROCK ON RONNIE

You Are A Total Sweetheart Ronnie!! Thank You And I Loved That Movie! I Will Pay It Forward, Promise! Jean

You are too cool Ronnie! Chyra

Hi Ronnie! I am usually on the CA board but thought I would take a peek at whats going on out here! I am just now getting my pix so people can see who they're talking too! I want to say ditto to everything you said!!! I have to agree, WLS has given me my life back also!!! I Thank God for opening that door for me!! Many Blessings to you!!!

very well said.... do me a favor and post this from time to time... bc it really brings a person back to day one.... and reminds us that we did this for a reason....