Something I'm working on...

Tell'em you're eating right and exercising. It ain't lying. That's what you're doing. You just had an extra tool to help you along. I know that's what I look at it as. I'm thinking of a follow-up after I go back through and edit this version about the psychological changes we are faced with.

Very thoughtful and thought provoking post. Thanks for sharing it with us. Holly

Excellent, a very good read. It puts a lot of what we are going through into words. The one thing that I have done with these "easy way out people" is to go to dinner with them. The get to sit and watch and learn how very hard this really is. A good friend was having a birthday dinner and chose a fish resturant so that I could have good choices to eat, I was very happy. She on the other hand was shocked at what I ate- the amount and time it took to eat. How much thought I put into it. Some of these friends have seen my make mistakes and watched in horror as I tried to get through dumping. So this is not the "easy way" and the fact that this is it we can't just cheat our way around eating makes it very real day to day. Keep up the good work. You may think that this is helping only you but every time I get joy out of reading your posts. donna