Well Ladies and Gents I wanted to let all know I baked last night and never dipped in any of it!! It's exciting. I baked for a school bake sale for my two children. Lemon cake w/ butter frosting and banana cake with the same frosting. The kids picked out the cake mixes. We made them all last night with out not one taste of anything on my part. Past I would have set all left over frosting dishes to the side to finish the left over scrappings once we were done..... All was sent out of the house this morning. So now no fears of returning from work with cake on the counter at all!! This is a major mile stone for me!! It may seem small to some but for me this is a major start to the future for me baking for others with out me getting off the beaten path and starting a binge of all sorts by just tasting the sugary high fat calorie baked goodies!! I'm a bit high on cloud nine..... I just love how I feel with my band........ I'm so happy I have/had all of you to help me make my life better. I've been viewing this board for a year now and decided to explore a surgeon for the band in Aug/07. Banded 12/17/07. What a Christmas gift to myself....... Loving every moment so far!!! Cynthia

you should be proud...anything you can change to make yourself better should make you happy.... Congrads..

Hooray for you! Some may think it is crazy but I personally did the same thing. I had my band placed Christmas eve, and made my husband a Christmas dinner, and cooked like crazy for the next 2 weeks!

I have no idea why I did-maybe living vicariously? But somehow through the process I got empowered! Sounds crazy I know, but it felt liberating to be around the food and me be in control: Not the food controlling me!

Keep up the good work!

Christie