You are doing what I do!! It does work and helps so much;-)

Get Blogging writing about ones feelings is the BEST way to start to figure what is going on. These demons are very, very real and I can cave so easily I need to keep refocusing myself even after a year of being banded. My thoughts seem to try to get the best of me. Even this morning I am thinking I can have something I should not. Thanks for sharing I alway feel better when I get on this site. We can do this together. Thanks again and Best Wishes imaluckydog

I agree with Ima (lol), sometimes I'm reading blogs and somebody that had surgery the day I did or the week after has lost twice the weight and I want to cry. But there are so many people on this site that are tremendously helpful, and caring and sharing. All hours. Post something and get some feedback.

Don't set your expectations too high. This is not drastic, potentially dangerous gastric bypass. Our weight will come off slower, but it is safer and more permanent. We are changing LIFE habits and that doesn't happen overnight. Try to give yourself kudos for going through with this and doing as well as you have, which is fantastic!!!

But I'm me, and I am older, in menopause and don't have the metabolism I did at 22. Or 42 for that matter. I try to tell myself down .5 is better than up .5 and keep a really loose pair of pajama bottoms around for the nights when I'm feeling low. Putting them on helps.

The other thing is I try to remind myself how lucky I am to have gotten the surgery and recovered from it so well. I have insurance, a great surgeon and support staff, and this wonderful site to help me any time.

Email at me if you need to talk: sandy.devine@cox.net

Hugs!!!