(((((((BECKY))))))))) Hey sweetie! OF COURSE you will find support here, girl! After being burned several times by so-called friends/christians on several boards, not just Bama board, and I've received a buncha hate mail about my life and the way I live, well, I had to go SOMEWHERE, and these BEAUTIFUL ladies swooped me up and now I just don't wanna go no where else! We all have been the "outsider" at one point in time, but hey, I shouldn't be able to trust anyone now after what I've had to put up with but you know what? THESE LADIES ARE GENUINE ON HERE!!!! Everybody here loves each other and we're all crazy, goofy and just plain silly sometimes You just jump right on in with your posts, whatever you wanna talk about ok? We will support you! Have a great Hump Day Beth

Not a problem!! I will take good care of you

Hey Elspeth! I've often wondered the same thing....if people lose brain cells as they lose weight ..... and must admit that as I shrink, I find myself looking at other people more critically- not in judgement but I want to reach out to them and tell them how much better life CAN BE! I thank God every day for the gift of this tool, my skilled Surgeon (who is the best in the business -just mho, of course), the great people here who lift me up no matter what, my loving partner who fell in love with me at my heaviest and NEVER judged me, and believe it or not-my insurance company who approved me for WLS in just 5 days! I have two very close friends who've had WLS, one is my 'BEST' friend for 10 years . She's been a huge success, lost 175 pounds and her life is great. My other friend has had 'so - so' success. Lost about 100 pounds but has gained some back. When we were all fat, we were together constantly....we all had surgery w/i the same year and have consistently grown apart. That's what I mean about losing brain cells......I would have NEVER thought that we wouldn't support each other through this! We all planned and researched all of this together. We PLANNED to go through it together, but now we maybe all get together once every 3 months. It's weird how you change, not just on the outside, but on the inside as well. Different things become important and Unfortunately, you do lose bonds with some people that were so important to you before (of course, this is ONLY MY EXPERIENCE). Infidelity and divorce rates are higher after WLS.....because the once obese and insecure person has different thought patterns and gains self esteem and security. I'm ramblin now........just some food for thought! Hugs, Kim

Hey Sandy! Let me know if the Chick and dumplins are good! I make the BEST chickin n dumplins.....but unfortunately there is nothing low fat/low carb about them! Good luck with the protein!

Becky, you can find support here. This is a great group of women. I'm sorry if you have felt like an outsider. Like you said, a lot has gone on and a lot of us have felt betrayed and sad over the things that happened, how people turned on us. So we might not have welcomed you the way we should. We had friends on the BB who we thought would have been there for us no matter what...and they turned on us and back-stabbed us, etc., so we are feeling very sensitive right now and have a lot of trust issues. The people we thought we knew...they were not what we thought they were. They were just pretending to be our friends and we found out they were not. So I imagine we might not have been quick to trust a new person like we normally would. I apologize for that. We are here to support each other through all our weight loss surgery efforts. I have been fighting with my insurance company for several months now and don't know if I will win or not. I know that this is the end of the line for me and this surgery is the only thing that will save me. So I definitely need support. I have found it here with this group of women on this board. We left the BB for various reasons...some people still post there. I have left it completely and don't even go to check and see what's going on anymore. But these women have shown me the love and support that I never got anywhere else. So hang with us and we will try to be better. The people on this board are all varied in our places with the WLS. Some of us are pre-ops, some have just had the surgery and some are old pros. So there's nothing you can come up with that we won't know the answers to...or where to find the answers. We are here for you. Love, Joni