Well, i'm probably not to first to say i've had a problem with dieting. Doctors always tell me . "you'll lose weight if you eat six small meals a day." Hrms six small meals eh? I can barely find time for one a day . I'm a single mother of 2 and i work alot. When i fix the kids food i make a plate for myself but by the time i get them fed and try to sit down and eat they are trying to either A. Eat my dinner or B. Trying to get up from the table so i just put my plate on the counter and dont even bother with it til they are in bed. Ever since high school some how i've programed myself to eat just once a day. I'm wondering how this is going to effect me after the surgery with the different types of food they want us to eat. Anyone got any suggestions or advice? Cause all they seem to serve at the casino is fast food stuf and i'm so tired of fast food i just dont eat til i get home. That is if i have enough energy to eat something. I'm hypoglycemic so when i feel my blood sugar running low i drink OJ or eat a sandwhich. I go through more OJ and water in my house then actual food, mainly cause i smoke so damn much to curve the cravings but smoking is about to be out of the picture.... I have one pack left and i'm forcing myself not to buy any more after this.

poor matabalism maybe ? I'm not sure? When i started gaining the weight my doctor told me i wasn't eating enough or exercising enough. I was like well i eat once a day i should lose weight right? For me it seems i gain the weight. I'm at 230 atm and i'm 5'3. My doc said he wants me at 110-120lbs. which seems like a lifetime ago i think i was 10 years old when i was that weight. They checked my thyroid when i was 19 and said i didnt have a thyroid problem. Just bad eating habits like eating once a day. i eat my veggies hell me and my kids love our vegies i just can't get it to come off!

well i stayed steady with the south beach diet for about 5 months and that gotme 10 lbs off but when i lost my job i started making home made meals i gained it all back plus some.

no it's not that i'm a grazer and i'm serious i eat one meal. Sometimes it's a big mac and fries from McD's on my way to work , or it's at the restraunts at work. I eat til i'm full or i just stuff my self cause i dunno when i'll have the time again to eat. But it's usually just once a day. I know i should adjust my diet to better protiens instead of something that's fast and easy but that's what i do cause that's what i have the time for. I 'm not one for thinking people are mean and bitches if they are trying to give productive critizism. *spelling?* I start my mornings off with me rushing around the house mentally yelling at myself cause i'm late get to work , if i get a break i eat at bk or taco bueno which ever line is shorter and that's my meal. I come home hop on comp and relax.

I'm not going to lie and say i dont have depression issues. I get down about my weight and then get pissed off cause of the way i've lived my life. Every once in a while i'll go through a bag of hershies chocolates. Doesn't help my weight then i go through the whole pissed off at myself part and go back to eatting one day to try to make up for that bag of chocolates i ate earlier in the week. i want to change the way i feel and the way i look. Plus the weight change will help with the back problems I have and could Possibly help me from having back surgery "so says Dr. Keith" . I know that i dont eat the right foods all the time . I do eat them sometimes but not as often as i should. I do know that i get down and eat til i'm stuff and then wash and repeat the cycle. I'm not looking for sympothy i'm just looking for advice on how to change. I want to hear feedback on what people have experienced and if people go through the same cycle as i do. i didnt say i eat one small meal. i said i ate a 1 meal.

but i do understand what u are saying. When i hit 298 when i went in to have my daughter i was munching all the time . After her i did it and then i just stopped , i dont remember what stopped me but i did . i'm at 230 right now. I have been between 220 and 240 for the past 2 years. I eat when i'm hungry and in some cases i eat when i get depressed.

Well i made a few calls for local docotrs did some research on line and did a lil research via word of mouth from people that had it done. I called my insurance company they said they would cover it. I'd have to pay 1300 out of pocket but they'd foot the rest of the bill. I have to go t a siminare on thursday to meet with the doctors again and turn in all my insurance information. So after the siminare it's the waiting game to hear back from the doctor for the approval he said 1-3 weeks for that. then i'll come in and have another meeting with them to schedual my pre-op stuff and schedual my banding. I'm nervous and scared about it at the same time but i know it's for the better.

I'm also worried about the excess skin , i've sent a few pm's to people about it and they had body lifts or tummy tucks... something the insurance wont cover i dont think. Seems more cosmetic. but it wont hurt to ask them. I've been putting off the back surgery for about 3 years now because i'm just too scared to do it . They want to put spacers in my spine because i have no cartlige in the lower 4 L sections of the spine. which causes lots of pain and arthritis. I'm like a walking weather girl i know when it's gonna rain and i know when it's gonna get COLD! Lol . i 've been searching through the before and after pictures and OMG those people are so inspiring . It's like i can't wait to do that too. Today tho i hit a low . Because i'm surrounded by beautiful skinny woman who work with me. Makes me jealous then i feel bad because i envy them. Working in a casino surrounded by beautiful people and you are one of the "fat" people just brings your heart down but i keep telling myself one day i'll be thin too and it makes me feel somewhat better not alot but a enough to get through my shift.

LOL I took that picture after a day of pampering! I went had my hair done my eye brows waxed then marched over to the Esta Lauter counter in dillards and said Make me pretty! lol and that's what she did . I bought the make up she put on me and the only thing i can get to look like that is the lips. LOL I can't for the life of me figure out how she did the eye shadow it's like 4 different colors lol

go to dillards if u got 30 bucks to spend go there, just buy some lipstick or something and they will do your make up for free! Have her tell you how she put it on you , sometimes they have a peice of paper that's got a picture of a face and they put make up in the areas on the paper so u can practice with it when u get home