Sounds like we're still struggling. What they say is true - they did surgery on our stomachs, not our psyches.... I'm hanging in there - not doing great but not doing terrible. I'm maintaining, so that's alright I guess. Work is incredibly busy, home life is never ending work, and I'm under a lot of stress. That of course triggers the stress eating. I really need to identify that and figure out a way to ignore / resist or whatever it is I have to do. When I get stressed, all I think about it eating. Maybe it's time to go back to the cigarettes....(said mostly in jest....) Hugs to you all. Let's keep plugging away girls!! Nancy

I did pretty good yesterday, although I did end up eating two White Castle burgers that A) I did not really want and B) didn't taste all that great anyway. Thankfully, my scheduled menu put me in at just 1200 calories, so no real harm done. I also went ahead and went to Weigh****chers as one last hurrah...I was up four pounds (duh) and the meeting (with a different leader) STILL wasn't up to par. So I'm OFFICIALLY not going back. I've been reading an interesting book lately. It was written in 1984, but is amazingly on target. I won't bore you with details or even the title, but it's about breaking free from compulsive eating and binge eating. Basically, the author says that depriving yourself of the foods you REALLY want is what causes (some of) us to binge or eat compulsively. My dietician kind of said the same thing the other day...she said to USE full fat cheeses and full calorie breads instead of diet stuff. They'll taste better and be more satisfying to the brain AND to the stomach. I'm not sure about converting to double calories though... B~english muffin with cream cheese, celery with salsa S~protein shake L~going out...not sure where, but I will choose healthy S~probably will skip this snack, depending on what I have for lunch D~chicken cordon bleu casserole (amazingly heatlhy!) S~apple with cheese Cheers! Pamela

I have often read that those people on the National Weight Control Registry weigh in daily. They've said that it's so much easier to make minor adjustments when you first see your weight go up than do a major overhaul each week (or more). I weigh daily...but I don't always like what I see! Cheers! Pamela

Well... I almost stuck to plan yesterday. I did great until about 3:00 and then I fell into a bag of oatmeal cookies AND cashews!!!! Here's today's plan: Breakfast: Steak Snack: AchievOne Lunch: Southbeach Cashew Chicken Snack: AchievOne Dinner: Steak Didn't exercise this morning.... I went to the pool, but no lifeguard!!! I was outdone... I got up at 4:30 am, drove to the pool and turned around and went back home. I had not problem going back to bed, however!!! Have a great day!!! Denise :wave;

thanks dj i love it too.....thanks for my profile thingy..you would think by now i would know how to do it lol...... i would say go for another one what can they say if its already there???? by the way you loooook awesome!!!! Stacy