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Momonanomo

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  1. Posted

    1. To feel better physically (to alleviate extreme fatigue, aches & pains, etc., as well as to feel more mobile & strong)

    2. To feel better mentally & spiritually (it's hard to show love to the world when you don't love yourself)

    3. To give my wonderful husband the wife he deserves (as relating to above -- he always has thought I was beautiful even at my high weight, god bless him)

    4. To STOP THE SNORING (it stopped soon after surgery - yay!) & hopefully avoid future health problems. To improve my quality of life all around.

    5. to become a more balanced person and feel that I have control over my food addiction. It was awful feeling out of control.

    :) and being able to wear cute clothes will be awesome!

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  2. Posted

    random thought #1:

    I'm kinda tired of people noticing my weight loss this week. I'm just ready to be a goal and have that be who I am, and not need to be congratulated so often on "lookin goooood". ....but maybe I'm being an ungrateful grouch?

    random thought #2:

    At high weight, I had a closet full of clothes from 24 to 14. I'm slowly getting rid of the bigger sizes as I work my way down. Was happy this morning that I was able to put my 18 jeans in the "donate" bag and slip on some 16's. Then I came to work, and one of my friends told me my jeans are too big.....smh

    random thought #3:

    I guess pretty soon I'm going to have to do real shopping and not just closet shopping. Actually not sure how I feel about that...excited AND scared!

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    I've only read a couple of pages of this thread -- great thread btw! Very thought provoking.

    I have to say that I have deliberately chosen not to participate in a "live" support group and this is one of the reasons.

    I have always liked that having a virtual support group meant that I could choose not to click on certain threads, or to quickly click off one if I didn't appreciate the turn it was taking. I have frequently navigated away from the ones that start out talking about a craving or a food obsession, because I don't want to "go" there.

    i would consider myself a food addict, certainly in a physical sense. I have used my surgery as a way to detox, and I don't fool myself thinking that I couldn't easily go down that road again. I also realize everyone is SO different!! Some can be completely successful still eating food of questionable value frequently. Some will not be successful and will fall back into old habits. Some will walk the line forever. My hope for ME is to eat well (healthfully) and not miss the junk. I want to have no junk food cravings, I will not whine about being deprived, I do not want to eat things that I have to justify or forgive myself for. I lived that way for decades and I am done with it. Telling war stories about eating junk does not appeal to me.

    My plan for now is to follow a clean eating plan until goal. Then I will maybe occasionally have a treat, perhaps, if I want it. I will have to test the waters on it. What I DO NOT want is for me to fall back into obsessing about food. And why do we call junk food a treat when it is so bad for our bodies and minds anyway?

    When I see threads talking about things people miss or things they've "cheated" with, I don't want to read them. I don't want to go there. I neither want to condone nor crucify anyone who does it. I don't want to be a part of it at all. Because the reality I choose to pursue is one in which I'm not obsessed.

    And -- my point is ---- the beauty of a message board is that you can choose to distance yourself from these things. Just click away.

    This journey is something in which we are each responsible for our own experience. I could cry, whine, beg, borrow, steal, pay a lot of money, but in the end if I continue the old food addict behaviors I had prior to surgery, I will not achieve my goals.

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  4. Posted

    Lots of people post surgery notice they smell different everywhere -- their breath, their b.o., their pee, and yes "down there" too. It would stand to reason that perhaps it may taste a bit different too. This is all the result -- or they effect of --- being in the "fat burning" state of ketosis. It's not forever, and it is an indication that you're burning fat :)

  17. Posted

    If someone has already posted this - sorry for the duplication. I just discovered a candy called Ice chips. Omg sooo good, and it is made with xylitol. I was in the local healthfood store, and I thought I would get some licorice as a treat, because I knew someone once who was type I diabetic, and she ate licorice because it was low glycemic. I am not diabetic but am staying away from sugar for obvious reasons. Well, the licorice I found....I did not like what I saw on the nutrition label. Then Licorice Ice Chips caught my eye. It said right on the package that it was good for diabetics and good for your teeth! It comes in a tin like altoids, and they are these sweet little chips. It's a hard candy you suck on, and it is so hard to believe it's not made with sugar!

    I was so blown away I found their website. Turns out xylitol IS good for your teeth, and it is a natural sugar substitute. They have lots of flavors, and I have now ordered a bunch from Amazon. So far licorice, lemon, and cinnamon are my faves.

    If you have a sweet tooth like I do, I recommend these. They do NOT trigger cravings like real sugar candy does. I guess because it doesn't spike your blood sugar.

    I love love love them! :)

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