Ive failed! ive been eating the candy! : (

Judye and Luthien, I have to agree with you. I had a cookie last week, but that is it. I am afraid to eat sweets. Afraid of dumping, but more afraid of going back to bad habits. I am so happy that I had this surgery I want to make the most of it. My surgeon had suggested that after surgery I may need to see a therapist as this would be such a big life style change. So far I have been doing great, I haven't felt the need to see anyone yet. And like Judye and Luthien I don't want to sound like a killjoy, but really think twice people. You are so worth it. Take care Joyce

Although I haven't given in to eating sweets yet, I feel I'm one Reese Cup away from it! Luckily for me, all food is getting me sick right now, but I find myself craving, craving, craving! I am sooo afraid of cheating 'just once' and then throwing all my hard work out the door. Even going to a therapist doesn't seem to alleviate this fear. I know I've been doing my own version of cheating...I've been grazing, which I know is going to show on the scale in the very near future. Other than 'starting over' the next day, what can we do?? I try to remind myself of the enormous risk I took with surgery...but it's amazing how quickly we forget, isn't it? My one fear is that I have stopped losing weight due to the grazing. I've been stuck for over a week...sometimes the scale even goes up! Of course I know this is normal, but what if my light grazing turns into heavy cheating? I think this is the one fear that we all share. Thank God for this forum...the support is priceless! I've lost 56 pounds so far, and ocassionally I feel like I'm on the slow side. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! I know; I know! Missing my Sunkist soda, Toni