Re: Parted ways with another fat friend(to )

[Guest guest]

---Thank you my surgery sister!!! HOw are you doing? I am 12 days

post, and according to my scale I am down 13 pounds. I will wait

until Tuesday when I see Dr. Li to get the staples out to post a

definite weight. Are you having a hard time with anything? Knock on

wood, I have been very successful thus far. Please post me back.

Love Tamara

In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , " "

wrote:

> Tamara--

> you can call me and tell me your WL Success! Ill be your surrogate

> sister, since we were surgery sisters anyway!

> i have 3 sisters- we are all larger, i was the largest though-

> so far everyone is supportive, and intrigued

> we dont talk all the time anyway, we are all scattered about- but, i

> think they will be supportive of me when i hit goal...

> sarah

>

>

> > > Hey everyone, especially you posties:

> > >

> > > Have you had anything like this happen?

> > >

> > > A now former friend (he is boardering on being morbidly obese)

and

> > I

> > > had another disagreement, and I've decided that this is just

the

> > last

> > > straw.

> > >

> > > After this little disagreement, I was sitting here mulling it

> > over.

> > > He said that the last year has been all about me, and that I

> > haven't

> > > given anything back to him. Oh boo hoo! That is such needy

crap,

> > > and I just don't agree.

> > >

> > > And it just hit me. Bill was my last fat friend. All of my

fat

> > > friends have turned their backs on me in some sort of jealous

fit,

> > > and I now live among the normal-weighted. What the hell was I

> > > supposed to give back? I think what he really wanted was for

me to

> > > FAIL, like he's failed over and over again. He originally

wanted

> > me

> > > to be his food police (I refused), and he wanted me to be his

> > workout

> > > buddy, but he didn't want to get up at 5:00 AM to work out.

And

> > > quite frankly, I didn't have the energy to " carry " someone else

> > when

> > > I really have to make an effort all on my own. I figure, if he

> > > wanted to exercise, he'd stop making excuses and just do it. I

did!

> > >

> > > Hmmm... it's not that I don't get along with fat people (I

mean,

> > > part of me in my mind is still morbidly obese), and I

appreciate

> > all

> > > of you here regardless of your size, but what I won't do is

fail.

> > > And I won't put up with sabotage crap from friends (or former

> > > friends) who really hate that I've gone from the fat team to

the

> > non-

> > > fat team.

> > >

> > > OK, I'm done ranting. Does this make sense to anyone?

> > >

> > > Francisco

> > > steadfastly refusing to fail

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >