Well I decided to come out of hidding

Thank you, you hit the nail on the head . I had been playing with getting things done to have the surgery for some time. But the thing that really put it in prospective for me was in those pictures you can tell my children and I were at disneyland. Well I was getting on the train and I got stuck in the turnstile for a mortifying minute I thought I was going to have to call for help. My kids looked afraid. When I finally got on the train I burst into tears and my children comforted me. and I realized how my weight afected not only me but my children and my husband as well. I am as vain as the next person but my family and are life as a family willl benifit from this.

I remember having a hard time putting pictures up before my surgery - as a matter of fact I have a hard time with those pics now! Big hugs to you, that was a tough thing to do - but you are beautiful and so is your family. Love ya hon! Pam

Thanks Pj. It only took me 8 months hahahhahaha

HEY DIANA,        I LOVE THE PICS! I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT OF THERE SHELL AND SHED NOT ONLY WEIGHT BUT COMING OUT OF THERE SHELLS ALSO... SHOOT GIRL.,,,, YOU CANT GET MUCH WORSE THAN THE PICS ON MY PROFILE JEEZ.... ITS TOTALLY OUT OF MY NORM FOR SURE... YOU ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE BEING MARRIED 30 YRS THIS NOV AND WE HAVENT EVEN HAD A FAMILY PIC BUT WILL GET ON HERE AND SHOW ALL OF MY BITS AND PIECES LOL.... AND HONEY,., FOR THE RECORD... IVE SEEN SOME BUTT UGLY PURDY FOLKS IN MY TIME I TELL YA... YOU CAN BE A KNOCK OUT BUT IF THE ATTITUDE DONT MATCH THE BODY... IT AINT ALL THAT.... YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL......HUGS MARGE

wow I am soo glad your back. And thank you. That is one of the things I have never done is a family Picture Christmas card and that is my goal for next year if I ever get my surgery date that is hahahahah

For heaven's sake, Diana, you talk as if you should be a troll living under a bridge or something!  I'm partial to doxies, but I like your picture a lot. Kix

Well I think my doxies is awful cute too ahahhaha but you will have to see me for awhile teehee latter when I get smaller maybe me a chazzy can share in and avatar together

It's always delightful to put a face with a name, so I'm glad you added pictures to your profile, and changed your avatar.  I really need to figure out how to do this - not afraid of sharing pictures, but just don't have a lot of time to figure out how to add pictures.  Perhaps your bravery will get me motivated to work on that this weekend -  Kellie

There is a site called I think shrinkingpictures.com or someting like that you can take a picture of your self and it will shrink it to 100 pixel which is avatar size takes like 5 minutes.

Diana I think you and your family are beautiful I cant find hardly any pics of myself to put on here i hide or cut myself out of them..lol I looked at your profile and i have a 24 yr old son who looks alot like your son i couldnt beleive it. I will try to post a pic and see what you think... good luck with your journey sweetie