You just might be a grad ....

take responsibility for your successes and your challenges by making lifestyle changes (vs. momentary, read DIETING) that are reasonable, healthy, and comfortable for YOU. You might not be a grad if you believe that your pouch is the only "tool" in the shed, and someone has taken away your free will, need to work hard, be an educated consumer...and so on and so on. Karen

I found the phrase "take responsibility for your successes and challenges" to be very interesting. All too often, we have no idea why we are successful. And when we come up short, we are inclined to immerse ourselves in self-recriminations or absolve ourselves entirely, with a huge gulf between the two, either/or, black and white. We each have to understand what makes us work. Being informed by what is also going on around us, what worked for X is important, but it is no substitute for some self-awareness. A grad is someone who has learned to be honest within as well as without. As long as you stand on the shifting sands of a lie, you are in no position to go anywhere. Nowhere Man/PH/jay

aren't losing your hair anymore.

I guess that last follicle is all that stands between me and graduation. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

If you "flap" when you walk and your not carrying any bags in your hands...... well, you just might be a WLS grad !!! LOL Karen G

HAHAHHA! I almost choked on my half ham on low carb bread with mustard sandwich.. How about If you,,,, can fart for twenty steps and not make a sound but still clear a room...well, you just might be a WLS grad !!! kp @ goal

If you .. only open up one automatic door at the supermarket... You just might be a WLS Grad! Here's your sign... kp @ goal

Had to chuckle over that one. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

It happened to me! kp @ goal

If you've stopped wondering (and whimpering) about if you've eaten too much. We now know without a doubt how much we can (and should) consume to be healthy, yet not overdo.