LEARNING TO LIVE WITH FOOD

MAUREEN, FIRST LET ME SAY THE NEW YOU IS GEORGEOUS!!! YOU GO GIRLFRIEND!!!! Second, dont sweat the cookie thingy....I also have been bad a few times more than I would like to admit, but I am under a great deal of stress(5 kids in house) and even though I had 2 brownies and I felt guilty tossing n turning beating myself up about it , I was more upset over the fact that I didnt dump! I also knew as long as the Brownies were in the house I would eat another one...so I gave all the brownies to the kids and said eat them now, or your punished !!!!! They all just looked at me weird and said "MOm's Loosing it"....My step kids will be going home , back to Minnesota on the 5th and things should be back to normal around here again! I know if I dont buy anymore junk food I cant and wont look for it! But Hey, were all normal and we all mess up, so keep your self healthy and remind yourself Like I do ....we have a tool, and were still learning how to use it, lets just try to stay on track and think twice about "how good Skinny is going to feel" God Bless Us all! Hugz Mary

Thanks, Mary. It continues to AMAZE me how well we're all doing despite the incredible stresses in our lives! I told my husband about the cookies and he said exactly what I needed to hear, although I didn't know it. He said, "Thanks for telling me. At least I know you're human." When I asked him to clarify, he said, "Look, no one can be 'perfect' all the time with their food choices. Those were damn good cookies! I don't know a single person who would have been able to stay away from them!" He continued to tell me how proud he was of my progress and we let it go at that. Count your blessings everyone, just every day, find something to be thankful for and say a little prayer of gratitude...you all are the best. Maureen

I too have to jump in and say WOW WOW WOW, you look AMAZING! Its so nice to hear that we are all still going through the same type of things. I have yet to venture into sugar land, but I am pretty bad at the low carb candy crap. Malitol makes me sick, which is a good thing, plus I dont like the taste of it, but still, I love that chocolate and will take it pretty much any way I can get it. I hope to be putting up a new face soon myself, and hope you all see a difference. Take care. -Donna