Wow Suz, when I fall off of the wagon I know who I'm going to. You are so supportive and bring a lot of knowledge and wisdom to our group. You said everything that I was thinking but could never put into words. You are so right, it doesn't take much for us to want to turn to food again. A bad day at work or w/ the kids or hubby could send anyone of us back to the binging. We have to be aware of this each and everyday. And if we fall sometimes, that's ok, recognize it and get back up. You have a great outlook on this whole weight loss journey. I always look forward to reading your posts.

Hi Janie- No, I also have twin girls, not triplets. Mine are only 2, but my son is 5 and I just don't know how he is going to do with all day, every day kindergarten. He is kind of a stinker! I guess since I am a teacher, it makes me nervous because I know how hyper he is. I just cannot see him in a structured environment for the whole day. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised! I bet you are so looking forward to the break from your little motor mouths! Are you placing them in the same class? I almost always have atleast one set of twins in my class... next year I have 2 1/2 sets of twins! I love it and have never had any problems with it. I am doing well after the surgery. My breasts have gotten softer, but still the same shape since all the swelling left. The right one is a little further to the right, but in a bra, you cannot tell. I am very happy with them. I will get you some arm pics. I totally forgot. Sorry! I am happy with my tummy, but I do with I would have done the verticle incision. There is some puffiness around my rib cage which would be gone had I done the anchor incision. I will probably have that done when I go back for my thighs in the fall. I am also going to have a scar revision on my arms. They look great, but the scars are thick. He'll redo them, and they should be almost invisible the second time. Then I AM DONE with the PS. Glad you are finally all better and still loving the flat tummy and perky little tata's! ;)

It has happened before but back in the day, the would blame it on my weight....now they are just confused....but the more I look at my charts and pay attention, I actually think it is water retention due to my cycle...even though I am not having one right now...the last two months the swelling was exactly 4 weeks apart...almost to the day. Go figure...so they are also trying to figure out why I am not having a cycle too...

lol, I can't believe I do type i***** lot. You know what is weird? Sometimes when I get on the scale and I see 119 or 123 or whatever, I am excited. Then when I walk away I think maybe I read the #'s wrong and it really was 191 or 132 ( meaning I reversed the last 2 #'s) Anyone ever going through that? 3, I will think that it says 192 or 132 ( I reverse the last 2 #'s) I'm glad the swelling has gone done. Has this happened before, the swelling goes down and then you get it again? I hope they can figure out what's wrong. ***HUGS***

It really is worth all of the effort. But, in addition, I was just thinking about the fact that we come into this entire process with preconceived notions about how easy it might be to work this tool and what our goal or ideal weight should be. It seems that perhaps we need to lighten up on ourselves and try to always see the positive side of where ever we are in this never-ending journey. After all, this is a life-long process and we seem to be so focused on what our weight is today, how we look today, how we feel today...we seem to give very little thought to the future and our ability to maintain these high expectations that we seem to have so early out when it's still relatively easy. This is clearly where the head games come into the picture. Our minds and hearts may tell us to work our asses off -literally, but our ability to achieve or maintain those high hopes for the long term are much more difficult than we can imagine. Our past issues with food and emotional triggers are never buried too deep...it takes just the slightest nudge for them to surface and start us down the path to poor eating and health choices that comfort us, if only for the moment. We get to view and feel the physical fallout of those impulsive emotional choices for much longer than a few moments. Yikes...this is getting deep....