That is soooo mean of him to have that in front of you. Smack that guy for me My husband is thin and he would always say "why do I have to be on a diet?" until our kids started gaining weight. He's much more supportive and learning about good eating habits now. I was shopping and some how at check out they put a bag of potato chips in my bag. Everyone was shocked! "You bought chips?" I was thinking about throwing them away before I even got them in to the house and I should have. My kids want some everyday. I make them count them out to a serving and they can have one serving a day. There is a fine line between depriving them where they can't control what they have or letting them have a treat once and a while. We try to balance it. But when I give them a treat I feel like I'm helping them become obese. Anyway I got way off track. I was just going to responed to smack that husband of yours.

Well bend ova cuz I'm kickin' you!!! You don't want to mess up everything you've done and sacrificed so far to get to this point! You did not have all that major surgery and spend all that recovery time and do all that worrying and fretin' over "Are they going to approve me for surgery?" for nothing!!!!! If you go back now, it will have been a waste of time, money and effort! Please don't f it up now! You've come too far! Plus that, you don't want to go back to being miserable again! I know I was miserable at my highest weight and I did not like myself at all. My self esteem was very low and it showed. I hardly even talked to anyone especially men! I was so consumed with being fat and trying to camoflauge it and thinking that everyone else only saw the fat, that it consumed my whole being and had a real negative impact on my life. Please don't go back to mistreating your body! Good Luck, stay strong and keep the faith! Put that sugar and all those carbs down right now!!!! Please... Now that's a good swift kick!!!!

I decided instead of posting a thread of what we all ate (I already log I don't want to do it twice) We would post when we pass up a treat of any kind. What did we do for ourselves instead? Did we eat something or go for a walk. What did we do to to step away from temptation? I went downstairs and they had these bailey chocolate cream candies. I came upstairs and ate my citracal chew and made crystal light. I still crave it but I'm not going to have it.

I'm sorry you are struggling. And I know exactly what you mean by failing again... and I know this is a hard time of the year. I agree with HA's post... You can do it. I'm pulling for you. Just a little kick in the butt. Take care, Abbie

Hi, Heather! It is easy to fall into depression when you're not paying attention! I don't want to go down that road again!!! You are RIGHT! It's time to take charge! Making excuses won't make the scale move! Your suggestions are right on target and I WILL go to the store tonight and get what I need and get the crap out of the house! Wish I could do something about all the goodies floating around at work! But...having a protein bar or something like in my office has helped me stay away from the treats over the past few months (there are just more of them now!!!). Water, Protein, Water, Protein...my new mantra! Thanks for the kick in the butt! I NEEDED IT! BTW...you look great in your 16s! Jean