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Thanks I'll check it out.

Or "checking in" everywhere they go. ??? Hey creepers!! Follow me around!! I don't get it. One of my best friends checked in to a Panera restaurant and tagged me too. Wth? You want stalkers, fine, but leave me out of it! Maybe I'm a little sensitive cause my NSETBEx is a creeper. But sheesh.

Wow. I guess there's an audience for anything.

I'm distinguishing between head and stomach hunger much better these days. I'm a bander. My head hunger feels restless and antsy and specific to a comfort food. My stomach hunger is more an annoyance, a growling, a task I have to take care of, and satisfied by a moderate amount of nearly anything. When both hit at the same time I'm in trouble. So lately I've been eating lunch earlier (noon instead of 1:30) and dinner as soon as I get home (5.30). This tends to prevent me from getting too hungry to make sensible choices. If I'm obsessing about the perfect dinner, I try to focus on why I'm agitated. Then I try to get my butt out of the house right after dinner. I attend 12 step meetings and that helps a lot. I'm a food addict, but I know many folks who are not. Some of them are in the mildly obese category. They don't obsess about food or diets like I do.

It's really hard not to have coffee this weekend since I'm snowbound here in Chicago today. But I'm drinking water.

What podcast? I'm always on the hunt for good ones. I like Tips of the scale and Life Changing Stories.

196.6 02/01/2015. Up two pounds. Too many calories all week. Back on track today!!

1827 calories Friday with 24 flights of stairs. 2265 calories Saturday with no exercise except a short walk with the dog. I paid the price and am up 2 pounds at my weigh in today. We are snowed in in Chicago today. I'm making a pot of split pea Soup. Committing to 1200 calories and a walk with the dog today.

Thank you all for your support. Mom and I had a good calm talk at the restaurant tonight and I started by apologizing for the havoc this divorce brought into all our lives. She was calm and listened. I explained that if there were any other way to do this I would, but I can't. My lawyer offered to talk to my mom and I told her that. She seems to have mellowed a little bit since yesterday. I think it was going to the wake of my friend's mom and seeing some of my friends she hasn't seen in years. Everyone's older and it tends to bring back memories. Also, she was sitting with me when a couple of people were voicing support for my leaving NSETBEx. Because my friend was one of the besties who helped me move out of the house the day I filed, she had shared my story with her family who hasn't seen me in years. They were being encouraging and supportive, and my mom was sitting there listening to them call me "brave" and "strong". So by the time we left and went to dinner, I think she had a bit of a different outlook. I also explained that the stress of worrying about this is starting to make me literally sick, and I have to find relief from it at some point or I'm going to go crazy. I also pointed out that what other options did either one of us have? I'm the only one she could rely on to be on these accounts with her, and I can't stay married to him. So it is what it is. It's also apparently standard discovery procedure in most divorces. Maybe not friendly divorces, but definitely in contested ones. She expressed her desire to see him "get what's coming to him", and I told her, truthfully, that I've moved past that feeling already. I just want him gone. I don't wish him ill or seek revenge. I just want this over (fairly) and done. God will sort it out in His time. Karma is real and I don't need to carry that around in my heart. She's going to help me with the papers. We came home and watched Scandal together, and now I think I may actually get a good night's sleep for the first time in two weeks. Thanks for the kind words and the advice. It really really helps.

I need some emotional support, friends. Going to a friend's mom's wake after work with my own mom. After that, Mom and I are going to dinner and we will talk. She's been very upset and angry because my divorce discovery process requires me to produce three years of bank statements on all accounts on which I was a signer in any way. This means all the accounts my mom has where I was or am the second signer in case anything ever happened to her. Basically everything she has. She's furious and lashing out at me because her privacy is being violated due to my divorce. She hasn't spoken to me all week until today because we have this wake to attend. I called my lawyer to ask again if her account statements were necessary and she said they absolutely are so that I comply with the discovery requirements and am not in contempt. This is the kind of crap that makes divorce a living hell. I'm just venting, but some cyber hugs would be really welcome today. Those of you on the other side --- tell me again that this will someday be over. Please.

Beautiful!!! Love the color and the cut!

I want to give up chewing gum. I chew gum because I have coffee breath. I recently went from caffeinated coffee to decaf only. Today I stayed away from the coffee entirely and drank bottled Water. My breath is better and I survived without the gum. It's also got to be healthier drinking water than coffee. But I don't know how long I can do this. So "I wish I knew how to quit you", Gum, Coffee, And movie crapcorn! What's the monkey on your back?

Oh another thing I do is listen to inspirational podcasts on my iPod. Examples are Life Changing Stories and Tips of the Scale, and 12-step recovery podcasts.

You. Don't. Suck.

Holy crapoli was yesterday "off"!!! Oh well. Total calories (had some cocktails) 2489. And somehow instead of doing extra stairs I ended up only doing 12 flights. I missed a round somehow. Back on track today with dinner leftovers and making firm time slots for the stairs.

This is a thread I want to follow. I'm new to WLS and going through a painful and acrimonious divorce. I struggle with fear every day. So far my tools in the toolbox have been: Codependents Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous A divorce therapist once a month BariatricPal website I also have made a determined effort to say "yes" to new experiences and social outings with new friends. This is hard for me but so rewarding. I feel emotionally overwhelmed at least a few times a day, and that's not an exaggeration. But I turn it over to God each morning and when the feeling comes over me I remember that I turned it over. It helps. I literally have a "God box" where I write a small note each day of the thing(s) that have me fearful, and that I'm giving them to God. Example for today: my daughter who's traveling from Madrid to Portugal. And divorce paperwork that's overwhelming me right now. And I'm attending the wake of a dear friend's mom. The beauty of going out with new friends is they will give you a fresh perspective. One tells me that as bad as things are now, one day this divorce really will be behind me and life will be good. Meanwhile I'm making huge progress improving my health and self image. Truly, the divorce is so front and center that my WLS and weight loss feels minor now. But it's not!! It's huge. My body is changing. For the better. My attitude is improving and I value myself more. My reply was a bit off topic but it's exactly where I am. I am eager to read other people's paths. Thanks for posting such thoughtful threads.

Good luck!

That was before any fills. Now if I eat soup it's usually a cup. But I sometimes have that in addition to other food at the same meal. I just make sure to have the liquids first.

I was on full liquids for six weeks post op. I had soups daily. I ate between one and one and a half cups, but occasionally two cups.

Congrats ! Every day should feel a little better. Don't hesitate to call your doctor and describe the pain.

Congrats ! I held a pillow against my stomach and laid on my side and kind of rolled off the bed until it felt better.

@@enjoythetime, I'm amazed that I'm enjoying my stairs at work. Three breaks a day doing eight floors at a time. My knees couldn't handle it a year ago but now they can, and I rest in the bathroom between the 7th and 8th floor and return to my desk without being out of breath.

I like Unjury Chocolate Splendor. They are online.

Do you suppose the satiety feeling we get when we've had "just enough" is the same feeling that normies have always felt while eating? I'm so grateful to have the band relieve the "never satisfied" feeling I lived with all my life. Now I feel satisfied on the right amount of food. My lifetime job is to listen for that feeling and act on it. Loved this post.

You can't make this stuff up. So today I'm feeling a little better, not so horribly sore, and back in regular underwear. First thing in the morning, I take the dog out, and completely wipe out on the icy driveway. My wrist, shoulder, elbow, and -- you guessed it -- tailbone got it bad. Can't take NSAIDS so hoping this doesn't get too painful. My poor tushie just can't get a break!