MAUREEN!

Reenie, Please post. I am very worried about you. We all miss you and need you. Please don't take our "tough love" in any way except the loving way it was intended. If you want to vent, whine or rant, this is the place to do it. We are all there at times, just don't pull away!! We can do this together. Joy

Ah, Joy, I'm so sorry to have worried you and have not taken anything anyone has said negatively or personally; I am deeply touched by what people have posted to my last post. Just so insanely busy and trying to keep up. And still struggling, trying to do the right things. I can't speak for anyone other than myself when I say I didn't know after surgery that the urge to eat would ever be this powerful again. But I'm trying really hard to deal with it. Thanks everyone for your support and friendship. Take care, have a great day. Maureen

Whew! Busy and struggling, I certainly understand! It is a very high pressure time of year, which we have always handled by stuffing food in our cake holes! I'm trying to focus on eating MORE of the right things (protein and water) and stepping up the activity level. At least the rest of the world will be working on health along with us in January! At least I won't have to make any New Years resolutions to lose 100 lbs this year!!! (But 5-10 sure would be nice!) Love you! Don't scare us again! Joy

Joy, you're so right about that... it is a blessing to not be "resolving" to lose 100 lbs this year. Jen

As prepared as I thought I was for this surgery and the aftermath, I never realized the urge to eat would be as powerful as it is, and that I would be able to eat as much as I do. I have my ups and downs. Good days and bad days. At least I've become a die hard gym rat. Since I have no job, I work out like it is my job. But it's hard, girlfriend, and I'm right there with ya! Hugs, Joanie