Did'ja ever notice that when a person quits smoking they give up cigs entirely?

Did'ja ever notice when a person gives up their heroin addiction they give up drugs, entirely?

Did'ja ever notice that an alchoholic can quit by not drinking any more alchohol, ever?

But, did'ja also notice that if some one addicted to food gives up their drug of choice they'll starve to death?

How terrible if you had to quit smoking but still had to take three puffs a day for the rest of your life.

Or you had to take three sips of alchohol, but couldn't have any more than that.

I don't think will power alone can beat this weight thing.

Food is the enemy. We must avoid the enemy at all costs, but we must also enter the enemies camp every day, or we will perish.

No amount of willpower can hold up to that.

Thank God we've got tools to help us like the Band.

I sure can't wait to get it done. I sure can't wait to step into my future. I am full of fear, hope and excitement.

I read this forum every day. There are people here I think I've known for years, yet we only just met.

This is a good place. A place of hope. A place of support.

I'm glad I found you. My wife is supportive, and she really tries, but I feel more supported here. Nothing against her, how brave of her to try and be supportive of me while she battles her own demons.

Well, I think I'll invade the enemy's camp again. Make supper and get to sleep. Gotta work in the moanin'.

You make a lot of sense. My wife can't shop for her own clothes because she can't see her self fitting into sizes she only dreamed of before.

She used to wear 28-30 (whatever that means), and now she can wear as low as a sixteen depending on the garment. She can't bring herself to buy 'em. Sure they won't fit.

So she takes a girlfriend, or her Mom along, she picks out the clothes, they pick out the size. I thinks it's a pretty neat problem to have.

It does concern me, though that she still has such a self image. I guess our insides and our outsides take a while to synchronize.

Fat and Sassy is one of her favorite sayings. It was pretty uplifting to see you using it here.

I also completely understand what you're saying about feeling fat. When I was forty pounds lighter I didn't really feel fat. I could run up flights of stairs, do a full day's work with no break. I could squat and get up again. But in one year I gained that last forty, and now I'm a mess. I feel fat all the time.

so amazing that you're doing well unbanded. Will you get rebanded? Of course it might not be necessary. You've learned the skills.