her handle is gigi23

Here you go sean....She's from Haw River North Carolina....and just as to be expected....since she is offended by gays,,,,,her hair and make up are a mess... Russ Gigi23's Profile * Username: Gigi23 * Location: Haw River, NC, USA * Member Since: 7/31/2007 * BMI: 32.3 * Post Op * Surgeon: Tim Farrell, M.D. I am so blessed. I am happy, healthy, and have surpassed all my highest expectations. I first give thanks and praise to God for answering all my prayers. In your eyes, I am a beautiful child of God, loved and worthy of all your blessings. Thank you Father. Dr. Farrell is my hero. I could write an entire book on how my quality of life has improved. "Thank you" doesn't even skim the surface of the depth of my gratitude. My employer GKN, a God sent blessing, without a doubt. If you fired me today, I would say "thanks for all you've done. You saved my life." Great insurance, disability insurance, administration and more support than I could have ever imagined. My boss, Mike Howell: The best guy, unbelievable support of me, kind, funny takes care of all of us at work! He's just a joy to be around. Thanks for making me smile every time I see you. My church family: always there for me. I wish I were a millionaire, I would build yall the most beautiful sanctuary imaginable with lots of breathtaking stained glass windows, a steeple with bells that chime (ok so it's a CD) on the hour, inlaid wood floors, comfortable seating with a balcony, a pulpit fit for a king and custom accoustics. I love my church family. Thank you OH NC board. What a god send! This is the information highway for wls. Thank you for the love, support and steady stream of information we all need to make this surgery a success. Gigi23's Blog Teetering at the 100 lb (CENTURIAN) weight loss! on October 8, 2007 10:52 am I am plateauing at my 100 lbs loss. I weigh myself faithfully every morning. I'll be down 3 lbs, then up 1.5, hover there, down a lb... blah blah blah. It was the same when I was so excited to get under 200 lbs 2 months ago. I teetered!!! Finally weighed in at 199.7 (3 times so I know I was right) and wouldn't weigh myself again for weeks LOL... NEVER EVER want to see anything over 200 lbs again. Next time I weighed I was 196 and felt safe, but not far enough away. I wasn't far enough away in the 180's and still not far enough away at 178 lbs. Now that is butt naked first thing in the morning. I need to lose 5 lbs more for my clothes when I weigh in at the doctor's office. They won't let me step up on the scale butt naked in the hallway of my surgeon's office.. LOL My legs are strong, I'm jogging now, WoW what a great feeling, so good to break a sweat, work at controlling my breathing, and able to push myself is great for me! I haven't felt this good in 20 years. No exaggeration! Life is good. Be the first to leave a comment. 6 months out and down 94 lbs. on October 1, 2007 4:53 am I am officially 6 months and 3 days out from my surgery. My weight loss has been steady and almost predictable by 1. what I eat 2. exercise 3. water 4. waste management (sorry about that) I know that if I am constipated not to bother weighing myself when nothing moves. This is a new problem that I deal with by eating more fruit and ruffage. Now I know that iceberg lettuce has the nutritional value of a baseball, however, it moves things, so I add it to my salads. I'm excited to move into the 170's but it make take a while to lose those few lbs. It's ok because I am losing inches right now. My belly alone is down 19 inches from before surgery. Still need to work on the waist line though. Now is the time for exercise!!! I have tested the waters of bad choices to discover 1. it stops weight loss (duh) 2. it leads to worse things (grazing) 3. I am seized by guilt 4. my body reacts badly (dumping, upset stomach, heart palpatations, sleep loss) I don't beat myself up for it. I am glad (no, elated) that I can cross it off my grocery list and FORGET IT! I liked the control this surgery had over my eating. But now, at 6 months out I have to control what goes in my mouth. At wor****ep a container of cut up fruit for hunger. I carry Crystal Light on the go packets for my "diet pepsi" cravings. The only 2 that work for me are the cherry pomegranite and the Orange sunrise. My water bottle is 20 oz so I splurge and put 2 in so they don't taste diluted and watered down. This is definately a test of self control. I am a work in progress, as always. I pray for strength and guidance with this, my finances, my job and all decisions I am faced with every day. What works for me is celebrating the good choices and facing my mistakes head on, not to beat myself up, but to do better next month. I used to ask myself "what would Jesus do." Yet I would find myself falling painfully short all the time. Now I ask myself, "would this decision be pleasing in God's eyes?" If it is not, then I have to walk away from it. Be it a new dress, a relationship, food or any decision in my life. I now try to be pleasing in God's eyes. I so want to be a good steward in all God has entrusted me with up to and including my body, this surgery and my long term results. Be the first to leave a comment. Archive * October 2007 My Story I was one of those folks that thought that I would never be fat. I didn't think I could eat enough food to get fat. To me 130 lbs was a nightmare as I hovered around 107, wishing I was back down to 92 lbs. I'm an old soldier and when I got out of the Army I still exercised and ran, but when I felt like it, not every day. By age 40 I was up to 150 lbs, by 45 I wa****ting 200 and it was all downhill from there. I could fast for 40 days and then gain it all back. I would go to the gym and prove I could still do it all. But it progressed to the point I thought I was dying at 240 lbs and I was. I needed help, intervention into this madness. I wanted my life back as I knew it. I turned to God and it is only through Him I was delivered from morbid obesity. Few agreed with the RNY surgery. Few supported me... mattered not. I have the Lord on my side and that is the only man I need. My beau of 7 years left... oh yes, and now, wants BACK in a very big way.. hmmmm I don't think so. I don't know what life, the Lord has planned for my future. I do know things will never be the same. I love the people that supported me. I understand those that did not. I won't be around insecure people who find my weight loss a threat. No one is going to steal my joy. I was in a bad situation in a very bad way. I found a solution, I went for it and went to battle. I conquered it, I beat it at it's own nasty game... morbid obesity is not my name, not anymore, not ever again.

My hair and makeup are a mess and I just LOVE you people Cathy

LOL Must be a C/Kathy thing.

WOW.....It is exactly what I expected...man....even where she is from...HAW ...it sounds just a little backwoods.... from.......Russ if that is not far from you ...you are up a against a lot more than I expected......Thanks for posting the profile.......It is very close to what I would have m"made up" for her profile....and she was in the army.....I bet she NEVER met a homosexual while she was in....They do not let us in....so we must not be there ...RIGHT.....RIGHT...LOLOL

She needs to pray to ask forgiveness for being a judgemental jackass. It's too bad ppl like her seem to be the ones to take it upon themselves to represent Christianity. I myself do not believe in religon but I do think that a lot of them have good intentions just dont quite go about things properly.

Isn't this forum here for support? Why are we being so harsh? Of all people, who are we to judge?

"I used to ask myself "what would Jesus do." Yet I would find myself falling painfully short all the time. Now I ask myself, "would this decision be pleasing in God's eyes?" If it is not, then I have to walk away from it. Be it a new dress, a relationship, food or any decision in my life. I now try to be pleasing in God's eyes. I so want to be a good steward in all God has entrusted me with up to and including my body, this surgery and my long term results." Someone need to inform this chickadee that judging us would not be pleasing in God's eyes! Rachelle

I don't get it.. What about her profile is so offending? Has she been here saying things that are clearly offensive? I am an active member in the NC forums and haven't read anything that she's posted that comes across as offensive or degrading to me, or to the gay community. Just because her profile talks about her relationship with God doesn't mean that she has any direct personal issues with us. She may not agree with our lifestyle (as we may not with hers), but she has a right to have her opinion (as we do to ours). The only things that we can do are respect her opinion, educate her, and accept the fact that we don't all think the same way. We may not agree with the things that she's 'preaching' in her bio, but that's no reason to start a big mess over things. We are all here for the same reasons...to become healthy, to have our questions answered, and to gain the support of others. How can we have all that and feel comfortable with a site when people won't stop talking **** about others? How can we expect people to respect us when we are not being respectable, and hating on people?

If you go http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/gay_lesbian_bisexual_transgender/postdetail/13450.html?v c=0 here, you can see why everyone's so miffed at her.