I was beside myself when I watched Hallie's story today. When she said that the reason she went for the gastric bypass was a roller coaster!! OMG, that was the exact same reason for me besides the fact that I wanted to be around for my 5 boys and keep up with them. I also lost a lot of friends when I lost weight. I have lost 150lbs and felt great for a while. The problem is that I have no friends and some of my family who tormented me when I was heavy and said I would look so pretty if I would lose weight. Now, they don't even talk to me, because I weigh less then some of them. I don't say anything to them about their weight and never did. I guess the most important thing that happened to me was that my 5 boys and husband tell me everyday still to this day tell me how good I look and how beautiful I am, and they are so glad I am around to be able to do fun stuff with; like ride all the rides at the amusement parks! & run and play sports with them. Believe me I miss food, but I don't miss the weight. I guess feeling better has its consequences, like losing friends. At least I still have my husband and kids!!

Great show,
Cindy








--- Edited by MommaGrump at 2008-06-17 14:16:23 ---

Good for you! Congratulations!

Congrats for losing the weight. I guess they were not true friends anyways. I have like 2 close friends, other than that. I just thank god for my husband, child and family every day.

Here Here MommaGrump!
Don't worry about those kind of, so called, "Friends"! Just live your life the best you can and before you know it, new ones will pop up!

It takes a while, but they will!

Dave