Courtney, Well you are not the slowest LOL I am still saying you will pass me up. My goal too is 150 and I have 80 more to go so I am right there with you!!! Thing to remember is we have made it passed the half way mark! And when I realize that at the 6 month mark I have passed the half way point.....then it does not seem so much like the glass if half full...more half empty!!! Some days I so wi**** would go faster though! LOL! I too have those craving days and then days of just not wanting anything. I have been in a rut lately eating the same things as it takes less effort then finding something to eat. And then I am just bored with food and reach for things I shouldn't. Tonight will be interesting as our Holiday Party for work is a dinner and when I go to these functions I feel so watched. Since the hospital is following my weight loss (with the posters and the magazine coming out) I feel like I am being watched at company functions. I am sure it is all in my head, but if my Surgeon is there I will be nervous LOL! So I do not worry about eating the wrong things as I will be too worried someone might see. Nothing like peer pressure to keep you in line LOL! Donna

Thanks Esther! I am trying to see the positives in this. Great suggestion about arms....and boy do they need it LOL! I do have some scrapbooking projects that need to be finished so I am going to work on them. Will be nice to finally get my kids baby books done (since they are now 9 and 7 ) It is just that the timeing stinks!!! Oh well somebody forgot to tell my body that LOL! I am hoping to take some of the stress out of this and wait until after the holidays if my doctor says it is ok. There are so many commitments I have made with my children's school and my daughters Brownie Troop. Sigh oh well can't worry about that now. This is one way to make me take so much needed time off of life LOL! Ok, I need to get to my decorating. I have set strict deadlines to be ready for hte 11th if she says I can't wait. Donna

Cyndi, Thanks! the bedridden part is due to the "remodel" we are doing while she is there LOL! She said that even lifting a gallon of milk could undo what she has done. Ok, so maybe she is ultra concervative LOL! Still not sure right now if it will bet he 11th or if she will let me safely wait until after the holidays. I hope to hear that from the office on Monday.

I know this is silly, but I was driving home today thinking how I was going to post this topic. Help, I need support, All kinds of things were going through my mind. I have been eating way more than I have been able to eat in the past few months without getting sick etc. and it scares me that I might be loosing control and eating too much. I know that I am not eating the same amount that I did before my surgery. But I have been eating less than a cup of food at any meal sometimes a couple of tablespoons and now I eat a little meat, vegetables and a starch. Less than a child could eat but still seems like alot. I am just worried about eating too much and gaining the almost 100 pounds that I have lost....My thoughts are crazy, I am just worried. I couldnt imagine gainging weight back, I have been slow because of slow exercise.

Hi Donna, That's the pits but just think.....no more Tampons or Kotex! Get some 5 pound weights and do bed exercises with your arms. Forget the legs or stomach exercises for a while but your health is important so do what the doctor says. You will be in my prayers........please keep us posted on how you are doing. Hugs, Esther