I think this is a good questions, as I am still having trouble deciding if I eat too much or not enough. My weight loss has slowed to about five pds a month and I am really working hard for that. Walking and /or bicycleing everyday. And I seem so busy all the time. I have also noticed I seem to keep so busy that i can go for days untill I am completely wore out and then have to take something to help me relax or my muscles get so tense they go into spasms. Here goes for food... 1 boiled egg one cup salad with one oz grilled chicken with one tablespoon ranch dressing 1/2 salisbury steak 1.2 cup green beans And I will probable eat a fruit w some yogurt before I got to bed from some dairy and fruit. As soon as I go to the store this week I am going to start adding a carnation instant breakfast in the mornings again.

So glad that all went well for you. I will be making an appointment for a PS consult in the next few months. I am both excited and nervous about it. I would like to lose about 20 more pounds, if possible before I have plastics. Again, so glad you are doing well and surviving the pain.

The world's shortest fairytale Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?" The girl said "No" and she lived happily ever after, and went shopping, drank martini's with friends, always had a clean house, Never had to cook, had a closed full of shoes and handbags, stayed skinny, and was never farted on. The End

If I get your weight by the end of the week, I will have it posted. Thanks for all the good wishes, I survived. The hernia repair was THE WORST PAIN of my ENTIRE LIFE. Morphine didn't touch it, 2 Percocet didn't touch it - piggy-backed with Vicodin I could lie there without wanting to scream, it was brutal. But I'm getting over it. The plastics pain is NOTHING, I don't even feel my 2 drains. I will get the stitches out and probably the drains out tomorrow. I am trying to wean off the pain killers so I can drive again soon. I'm bored, but I'm also easily tired and washed out, so I doubt I'm really going far. Doc says my stomach and lower area went perfectly. He thinks he took off at least 10 pounds of skin. I can see my thighs [ick, they look like thunder thighs, who knew?] and groin [my mons got lifted, so it's cute again] but it's really not translating in my head yet. I still 'feel' like I have the panni [it probably doesn't help that the drains are in the front]. Luckily I took my weight on the 1st, because I am up 12 pounds, jeesh, that's like 22 pounds considering the extra skin removal, phooey on the scale. My boobs are a little on the small side, apparently they were all skin. I don't think my IQ is high enough to have small boobs [doc thinks they will end up around a C after the swelling goes down in 4-6 months], but we shall see, maybe I will like them? Any other specific questions, I'd be happy to answer. Thanks again for all the good thoughts and wishes. xosm

Thanks that is a neat article. I get the sparks newsletters too, but there are so many that I usually skip them too. I read a book called Eat to Live last week that pretty much said the same thing. I dont remember who wrote it though. It was a kinda interesting if you could get through the stuff on why other diets dont work. Thanks,