Hi Tammy!
Cheer up you have lost almost 200 lbs that is amazing you should be so damn proud of yourself.. hold your head up high!!!!!!  The skin issue is a big concern to me as well and I haven't even had the surgery yet!!  How I look at it is I hate myself naked in a mirror right now.. right now I need a tummy tuck, thigh lift, arm lift.. it's full of fat but still looks gross to me.. so atleast dropping 200 lbs I can look good WITH clothes on .. better than now, I would rather look HOT with clothes on and gross with clothes off than Gross with and without! that make sense!!?? 

You can't look at the surgery as X amount of money for everything you want done, start with one thing at a time .. if you are getting rashes, start documenting them go to your doctor every time, take pics, go see a therapist let them document your mental state the excess skin is causing.. My friend finally got hers covered even though they initially said no.  And if all else fails.. start saving.  What's a tummy tuck 10k.. that's two years of tax returns for me.. then I'll start working on what's bothering me next.. you've lived your life being overweight and unhappy.. you did the hardest part so far and lost all that weight now chip away at the surgeries you want it's part of the struggle but you will get there in the end!!  I would get more quotes.. $45,000?? My friends mom got a tummy tuck and boob job for $12K.. shop around!

I promise you your husband doesn't care about your skin!! and if it really bothers you have sex with the lights off!  Wear a t-shirt.. handcuff him to the bed so he can't touch your saggy parts, he will like that!! 

Good luck to you and complain anytime!!!
Kimberly

Yea. I like him enough to keep him around :P

Awww - he sounds like a great catch!! Happy 3 Years

I "liked" Chobani on facebook and someone once added in peanut butter to the strawberry kind. Said it kinda tasted a little like PB & J. I looooove peanut butter so of course I tried it ... it was pretty good! Just warm the PB in the microwave for a little bit... just enought to get it melty to be able to mix in the yogurt. I did NOT like how it tasted in the raspberry, just the strawberry.

Does anyone need some size 24 jeans?  Or Lane Bryant "6" or "5" in the blue triangle style?  They're great things, but since they're falling off me I'd love to pass them along.  I may also have some tops too, but so far I've still been wearing most of them.

Also, is anyone getting rid of any size 20 pants?  I'm not far enough out to be ready to buy clothes, since I don't know how long they'll last (I've dropped at least 2 sizes in a month), I have a coworker offering to give me some 16's and 18's), but I'm afraid that what I have will literally fall down before I can fit into an 18!

-Lisa