Busy.. Busy... Busy!!!!

Yesterday was my first day off in the last two weeks. Things have been really busy at work and it looks like it's going to continue that way for a while longer. I will spend half of the week in Florida (I was there two weeks ago), and this time I am hoping to at least walk along the beach. My hotel is right on the beach and it will be a darn shame if I don't get to feel the sand under my feet. I've been catching up on the posts this morning. For some us, we are struggling with the same things.....scale creep. When I get busy, I eat what I can get my hands on, so I've put on a few (several) pounds the last few weeks. I am hoping before I get on the plane Wednesday morning, I can calm down my inner hunger and stop making such bad food choices. I am going to see if I can get myself on the 5 day pouch test soon!!! I need to up my protein and that's a sure fire way for me to do it. Happy Sunday! Diane

I find it difficult to eat properly when I am up to my ears in busy. I haven't been hungry since my latest surgery so I have been trying to eat stuff that is appealing and I think that this is going to mess my eating up. I may have to do a 5day test before my next surgery in two weeks. I have had weird dumping issues lately. I never dumped at all until recently, I figure it is due to the last surgery (total knee replacement jan 8) but I cannot eat even one bite of bread or one spoon of rice now. I even had to throw up in a restaurant because I had eaten bread pudding (trying to get something in my body as I hadn't eaten all day and that was the only thing that sounded even remotely appetizing) I have been able to eat a 1/4 piece of bread if I had to eat a sandwich or a couple of bites of rice if I needed a carbohydrate with a meal, but now... sick sick sick... I am not complaining, I had wanted to dump and didn't for the last almost two years, so maybe it is better late than never I just hope that trying to feed myself after this surgery hasn't ruined my taste buds. Holly

Holly, Welcome back! Maybe it's baby steps again. Your surgery was ... hard to find the right words... invasive... okay, a very big surgery. It will probably take your body some time to adjust to everything. How is the physical therapy going?? I can actually tolerate quite a bit of sugar now before I dump. But then sometimes, something that I would not expect results in me sweating and shaking like a leaf. Our bodies are funny little things now. Take it easy! Diane