Happy Early Thanksgiving!

Hi All:  I was just surfing around and wanted to pop in and wish you all a early Happy Thanksgiving.  I am sure if we all tried to list the things we are thankful for, there would not be enough paper to contain all that we had to write! At least not for me.  God has been so good to me and I unfortunately forget about His goodness and spend so much  time dwelling on the have nots.  Well, not anymore! I am going to start practicing being grateful at all times.  I have had a rough time here lately with my weight steeping up and up but I know the reason behind it and its up to me to be thankful and grateful for the weight I did loose and start back being appreciative of this blessed opportunity I have been given with my RNY surgery.  I have to get back to the basics and remember how excited I was at the beginning of my journey less than 2 years ago.  I was following the rules and doing just fine and then I started to get to comfortable and slipped so easily into my old eating habits and found myself way too close to 200 pounds again.  Well with that being said....My top five faves of what I am grateful for are

1) Salvation
2) Family
3) Friends
4) The January Board **LOVE YOU GUYS BUNCHES**
5) And second, third, and fourth chances!  

I have slacked off for several months now but I know that all it takes is for me to start to believe in my self and do what I know needs to be done to see and maintain the results I desire.  I know it will not be easy and this time I know that I am not the one doing it...I can't do it alone...but I know that I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me and that I have a wonderful support system right here!  So please continue to be in prayer with me and for me and sending positive vibes my way.  I feel like an addict....just to grazing and binge eating instead of drugs and alcohol but I do know that recovery is optional and I am choosing to recover!  I am choosing to eat to live and stop living to eat. 

Okay...I did not mean to ramble but here it is anyway.....

And I did not do the weigh in on Monday cause I was being lazy lazy lazy and my weight has gone up again...but here are my stats:

HW 327
SW 322
LW 176ish
CW 186.2 **this morning** 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!! Don't shop too much...I know I will be shopping Thursday and Friday! 

Happy Thanksgiving to you too Steph-

I have also slippped into some old bad eating habits and am now at almost a 20 pound gain.  i am boycotting all fast food with the triplets- because I have starting ordering things for myself and finishing what they don't eat.  It's so bad for you- I don't feel like I'm depriving them of anything by not going- plus their dad or grandma can take them on occasion.

I have been in elastic pants for weeks now and this WILL stop.  I am at the point where I have begun declining social engagements- and we know what kind of cycle that leads to- so am forcing myself to go to a party next week.  That should be motivating...

I did not do MM weigh-ins because I was so embarrassed.  My old scale broke and I waited far too long to get another- and wow- what a shocker.  I HAVE to weigh every day.  I can put away serious amounts of food and gain very quickly.

I'm not a shopper- I'd just like to get some exercise in...
Take Care everyone-
Brit

Brit I can definitely relate!  And I work out everyday still but the weight gain I keep seeing shows how much I am eating of the wrong things...I know I am not hungry when I eat but its like such a complusion....Its like I just have to eat something all the time and I just don't know what its going to take for me to stop this behavior.  Every day is a new day and I am not giving up. 

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been on much. Just wanted to stop in and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Sorry, I'm a couple days late. I am so thankful for all of my Jan 07 weight loss buddies!

No problem Janie. U R still in my thoughts and prayers!! ((HUGS))

Thanks Stephanie, I can really use them. : (