It is really super strange. I hope I see it after the plastics. I don't know why I can't seem to catch on. My hubby gets really frustrated with me! LOL! I am always asking him if I look skinny to him! Wendy

OK, fellow Junebugs. In 6 months, we will be sharing our two year anniversary post WLS. Is anyone interested in getting together somewhere centrally located in the US? It's never to early to start thinking about it. I'm very interested and would love to meet you in person. Perhaps during a weekend or a ThursdayFriday event. We could stay at a reasonable hotel (if there is such a thing) and maybe get a group rate. I am willing to coordinate this event. Let's start the process. Please respond to me by email (for security reasons). Just post me, "you got mail" and I'll look at them and keep everyone posted! Love you all my dear friends. Lucy

Hi Skinny!! Wendy, I've been getting that since I went to Las Vegas in August. I don't see myself as skinny either Now I'm getting that from my doctors both at the hospital and my personal docs. Your story reminded me when I was shopping in a gift shop at the Flamingo Hilton. A sales lady came up to me and said, You're looking in the wrong section, this is the plus size section and you're too skinny to be looking in here!" WHOA! What a shock! Gotta love those days! It's a image thing for us. Our minds haven't caught up to our shrinking bodies. Love, Lucy

Well, today I can honestly say that I wasn't hungry at all. THAT'S how i know I am genuinely sick with this cold. It's either that or the zinc lozenges and decongestant are an appetite suppressant! But I really think it's just because I'm so snotty right now. I always lose my appetite when I get a cold. I should take advantage of that right now - especially since that means I'm gonna have KILLER appetite when the cold is gone. Always happens that way.... but NOOOOOOOO I had to graze all day! DER me. I've noticed that lately (when I'm not sick) I genuinely DO have an appetite. I really DO get hungry. And I think my blood sugar drops too low when I wait too long between meals. It seems that when I eat smaller meals more often, I don't have any problems with getting voraciously hungry or getting the shakes, jitters, slurred speech, and drunken stupor feelings.... If I try to limit myself to three meals a day - I end up getting all of those symptoms and I end up SHOVELING food in and don't want to stop - then I end up stuffed and miserable. I've also noticed that if I go waaaayyyyy too long between meals, I darn near pass out....the room goes black...I can't walk straight... I know it's a blood sugar thing. So what I'm TRYING to do is eat mini meals more often in the day - every 2-3 hours eat something. BUT not eating until I'm full. In reality, I know that I only need to eat a little bit to keep the hunger at bay and to keep me from having low blood sugar episodes. For example one of the following is enough to last me 2-3 hours without overdoing it: one little 4oz yogurt 1/4 to 1/2 of a wrap a banana a cheese stick a jello a vitabrownie 1/2 an english muffin a rolled up slice of deli ham with a slice of cheese rolled up in it (I can't stomach american cheese though) Another good thing about doing it this way is that it keeps your metabolism fueled throughout the day. So if you were trying to lose weight, this is a better approach. It also helps to keep your blood sugar/insulin stable. Another thing about doing it this way, is not stretching the pouch. The benefit in that is not being able to fit as much in there during a binge. Just gotta remember when we binge till we are so full - we are stretching it again! I try to find good substitutes for things too. Like instead of eating a whole sandwich - I'll heat a slice of ham and cheese on a plate in the microwave and put it on half a toasted english muffin and eat it like that. Half an english muffin is only about 50-60 calories and easier on my pouch than bread. For the past couple of months - up until I decided to try harder (last week) - I was eating myself SICK. OVEReating.... eating everything in sight.... like a kid in a candy store...like the OLD me. It really scared me. I know the further out we get from surgery, the more challenging it becomes. We will have to rely more and more on ourselves and the behavior modifications that SHOULD have been taking place while we were newer post-ops to get us through each and every day. In the end, the burden comes right back around on ourselves making the right choices. So we better get our stuff straight now!! It's a long road ahead. I don't know what I can do to stop myself from getting on these grazing binges. I need to work on that. I realize what causes me to overeat - it's going too long between meals. So I can work on that. Looks like I'll always be a work in progress! Talking on here with others in the same boat helps so much! I'm so glad to see you and others posting! Don't stop!! Hugs, Pam

Danggit. I'm trying. I swear I am. Now I have a cold and it's messing me up. I packed my lunchbox with all the food i was to allow myself for the workday.... only I got lazy and didn't make a high protien item. I packed: 2 low carb yogurts a cheese stick a jello a healthy choice cup of roast beef n veggie soup What I REALLY DID: A venti SF vanilla latte a mini whole wheat bagel a yogurt a jello 20 M&M's 15 Peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets A cup and a half of taco salad Maybe 50ish grams of protein, probably 1300ish calories and pretty much a grazing junk food day. Hugs, Pam