kirsty39

How bout this one. I am a server at a popular restaurant where one of my regulars called me over to tell me "wow, now you look like a normal person, oh you know what I mean" i responded, " i know I was a fake person before" that shut her up. then " wow, your apron hangs straight down and doesnt stick out anymore" wow gee thanks.. get some class people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can totally relate! I felt the same way, I will NEVER eat like that again, i said to myself!! Until my life fell apart in NOvember, 70 year old mother needs rehab, loss of my job, then to top it off, my husband gets hurt and cant work!!! Very minimal income coming in, I had to get assistance, never thought that would happen, so I ate to soothe myself, I thought i had learned new coping skills but they went out the window and the food just called my name, I had surgery 7/29 and have lost 60 pounds, I have been at a stand still since early november, i still go to the gym, i start in the morning with positive self talk by the afternoon I am staring in the cabinets! I try to stay so in control for my 3 kids under 10 years old, I dont want them to worry, so when Im by myself i feel like i am having a breakdown.....I think things will turn around for both of us, its the ebb and flow of life. I guess it teaches us to be grateful for the little things.. Today will be a good day if I keep my food in check. I have certainly learned not to be so quick to judge... Just remember the amazing things you HAVE accomplished!! and lets rock on to 2009!! best of luck to you ...kirsty

Hi, I do the same thing, instead of being proud of myself and my accomplishments, 48 lbs and exercising at the gym 5 days a week. I focus on the bad stuff, the days that arent so perfect, how much more I could be down right now if I stuck completely to my plan. SO I can totally relate to your blog and agree that we should be proud of ourselves. Without this surgery I would NEVER had lost more than 5 lbs. Believe me, congrats girl., you will get to your xmas goal, we just have to refocus, you are already doing fantastic. I was banded on 7/29 in boston. GOod luck Kirsty

hi, glad to see you are better today, i too have taken all my liquid pain meds, so no food, pain meds, or cocktails...this will be surely a test, i feel fantastic and full of energy right now, i hope it lasts..first time i have felt control in a looooonnnggg time.. it feels awesome, i am one week post op today and have lost 9 lbs..bought a scale for the first time in years today..told my kids not to be obsessed by it. they have jumped on my calorie counting band wagon (my 15 and 9 year old) thank god they do not have weight issues (right now anyway) i love the popsicles and the v-8 as well. the v-8 is very filling.

good luck girlfriend. we have the power!

I am at day 6, also feeling real hunger, i am not getting in enough protein, i really dont care for the protein shakes i have tried. my big treat is tomato soup, and popsicles. my chest still hurts to take a deep breath, and still have some gas pains. i have been walking every day 20 minutes. it is very hard to cook for my husband and 3 kids, the smells, everything about it makes me sick..then my husband brought home mcdonalds for himself the other day, it is all i could smell, told him he really needed to be a little more sensitve, since my downfall has always been fries!!! but i am journaling alot it seems to help to put feelings on paper, i am 39 and overweight for about 20 years...its my time now, i try to think, i know what all the food takes like, that is why i just had 7 months of hell waiting for surgery!!! keep strong, we are worth this battle, the battle is for us, i dont go to the dr. till 8/14 hoping lots of lbs have come off by then!! lots of water thats the ticket... good luck