lisacaron

You look great! I also cut my hair and started using Nixoin now its growing back and I have all these short little baby hairs popping out all over

Love those hugs and kisses and love from the little ones. Those are the best pain killers around!

Your doing amazingly well. I know you are going to keep doing well, and continue to inspire others along the way!!

Thanks for letting me be a part of your journey!

Bandista...love it...Project Me, I'll be looking for that blog coming soon!

You just touch my heart lady! Your perseverance and fortitude going through this process has been nothing short of amazing. Your a great Mamma, and your family is lucky to have a woman like you taking care of them in all the ways you do including taking care of yourself so you can be there for them!

I know you are going to Rock this band!!!

I'm so happy to have met you and I'm proud to be able to call you my friend!

I'll be thinking of you all day today!

Hi Terry,

Just got off the phone with my hubby a little while ago, and you know he said the same thing to me. "I miss eating".

I can understand that, but in the same breath we are both grateful for the band restriction.

Thanks for blogging. I find that writing really helps with my stress load -- the naming what it is in my life helps me see it in a different way and that helps anchor me.

We have a "light heavy bag" (there's an oxymoron for you) in our basement for our teenaged son to pound on. You may be on to something -- that need to release stress hormones. I can only seem to get it with the treadmill on incline and really walking hard, which I can only do when I'm in shape enough -- a vicious circle. So looking forward to the band as a tool for getting weight off so I can exercise. So much release is needed!

Best wishes to you and thanks again.

To be honest I think the stress hormones are keeping the weight on. My body is in fight for it's life mode, so it's not letting go of even one ounce of fat for fear it might get eaten by the next Dinosaur!

I totally get it. I have a 95 year old mother in a nursing home with dementia, 69 year brother who is mentally challenged and a 90 year MIL. I schlep non stop. 2 years ago this past week end my husband almost died and is getting stronger but is on full disability. I don't have a "ME" life any more. I am almost 63 and it sucks. This site is great because we can all speak our minds and the family doesn't know it.

Smile, we are planting daisies not pushing them up.

I don't do the eating out of control anymore. I did for a while with almonds but don't buy them any more.

Have a better week.

Arlene

Thank you, this is a great place for support and venting I totally agree with you there! I am always torn between what's "right" and what's right for "me". With the help of my husband and my friends (all of you!) I am learning the difference and making better choices.

Hang in there Lisa! You can and will get through it all! You are strong and the NO word will come easier and easier with practice. You look wonderful and there is no turning back now...

Ever need a voice on the other end of the phone to talk to...please call me.

Sending you hugs and peaceful thoughts!!!!

~Tracy

Thank you Tracy you are the BEST! I am feeling much better, and this too shall pass I know

It's never easy to lose someone you love. You are very strong to be going through all this surgical stuff and taking care of your family. I know it is hard to think about taking care of yourself when you are in the middle of so many things and emotions.

I have been there and for me after it's all said and done and my adrenalin finally wears off I usually crash and end up sick in one way or another.

So if you can find a moment, give yourself some love and understanding. Try to accept the help of others if it's offered, and get some rest as you are able.

My thoughts and deepest sympathy are with you.

Great work! Keep your head high, and save the pity party for the jerks that don't know any better then to get drunk and act like Jack Asses. Your better then that!

I agree with what you wrote here. It's not that we are not trying to make "healthy" choices it's that we make more non healthy choices then we do healthy ones. We are all here for a reason, and we didn't get here just by eating lettuce and carrots.

I am banded about 6 weeks now and I have not had a fill yet, and I find myself thinking about all of these issues. I know it's the only way I am going to be able to clear them up. To think about them and become more conscious of the choices I am making. It's great that I can no longer eat an entire pizza pie, but is that really the best choice for me to make to begin with? It's easy, and it's fairly quick, and that is yet another issue of mine, at work I'm great with my time management. I get it all done, efficiently and I spend the time making sure things are done correctly the first time and leave myself enough time to double check my work when I'm done. When it comes to myself and my own habits, I try to square root everything and make the easy and fast choice and I don't even take a second look at them after. I really need to work on that a lot more, and not just rely on the band to stop me from eating in excess but to be aware of how much I am eating, and when I am doing the eating and what exactly I am putting into my body.

Thanks for calling me out on this, it's something I needed to read. I think that's a good thing about this forum. If we can't be honest here with ourselves then there is no place we can be.