Hi Marilyn,

Hang in there. Im praying you'll find something. Take care of yourself. Have a nice soak in the bath... do a little pampering to try and lift your spirits. I gained like 8 pounds since halloween and am disgusted with myself. managed to get off 2 but still sooo disgusted! hang int here!! ((hugs!))

hehe... God love ya reenie... I missed this post... lol...  I haven't been around unfortuantely to have seen her post. but I'm here now and responded before seeing this post. LOL.... anywhoo...  I'lll respond. I'm so there about the whole not a poster child for WLS. i swear i feel like a total looser some days in regards to that. I havent been under 200 and everytime i think of what i EXPECTED i am so let down and feel so sad about it. BUT you can't dwell on that because its not healthy and just makes it even worse. I start to get that feeling in the pit of my stomach and force myself to focus on something else before I throw myself a full on depressing all out pity party in the worst degree. 'sigh'  Just gotta get myself under control. Pray and try to get the exercise in. Exercise is really the key. Of course we all know that. we all gotta get moving more! I was there... honestly i was... the day i was giong to work out at the gym people from my unit at work got laid off... lots and lots of tears and crying and then STTRRREESSSSS and just BOOM. there went that idea out the window. so gotta get back in the ready to work out again. whenever i get THAT thrown off it takes me awhile to get back in the right mindset. If that makes any sense. I think I was and still am in such shock of almost loosing my job that I can't .... function quite yet...

oh and didn't have the thankgiving dinner either. I always have just soup for lunch. :) 

GASP!  GASP! SUGAR FREE COOL WHIP???? I haven't seen that!!! I LOVE THIS TYPE OF STUFF... AMBROSIA AND THE LIKE. sorry about the caps just being lazy there for a moment. and I can feel sooo much better eating it if I can make it all SF!!! THANKS KIMM!!!!!!!  

Whew!  It's been a while since I have been on this Board!  Sorry!   I just wanted to report that I am still sober :)!!! and will celebrate my two years of sobriety soon!!! I spoke to a WLS support group at a local hospital that is a Center of Excellence to about 80 people and shared about my cross addiction to alcohol.  I hope I was able to help others by sharing my experience, strength and hope.  A couple of people came up to me after the meeting to confess that they, too, were having issues.  I know of a few others with the same problem, who are also in AA ,who were in the audience who came to hear me speak.  It really is a problem that is hidden by about 10% of those who have WLS.  Anyway, I still attend AA meetings about 3-4 times a week and also am still moderating a support group of WLSers that are 2+ years post op.  We are all struggling to keep the weight off, but are more successful that those who have stopped attending support group meetings.

I hope everyone is getting ready for a nice holiday and that you are all well. 

Big Hugs from Virginia,

Karen