I cheated...I cheated...I feel so bad!

...hello all...well I need to fess up...My dear wife , brought some grahan crackers into the house...for our grand daughter...and I have been taking one cracker a night......darn...but they do taste good...my wife was giving me the evil eye.......she said I was back to sneaking food......feedback...has anyone else taken forbidden food? This is a first for me...? Dennis

Why are graham crackers "forbidden" to you? One of the most important things we need to learn in changing our relationship with food, I think, is to stop looking at certain foods as being "forbidden" and thinking we are "bad" if we have them. That can become such a self-defeating outlook. I think anything in moderation is ok and eating ONE cracker isn't going to break you. Eating a whole box every night probably would though! My surgeon doesn't consider any foods "forbidden", and I personally don't think of any food that way either! Of course, I'm no expert, but I had maintained an 80 lb weight loss prior to WLS and I think my attitude toward food was what helped me! Vi

.......tell that to my wife also..thanks so much you made me feel better...yes, I can have a cracker...and not feel quilty......and yes, I will NOT eat a whole box of crackers which I would have before...and leave one cracker in the bottom...or taken the box out to the garbage and thrown it out ...maybe by admitting that I had a cracker and not hiding it...my view on food is changing...again thank you... Dennis

*inhales deeply* I did the one big 'cheat' tonight, and I'm paying the price, now. Yes, I had wine. Not one glass, nono, but two and a half! Yes, two and a half glasses of wine. It took me seven hours to drink that much, but it was TWO AND A HALF GLASSES OF WINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, now, I can't sleep. In the past, while I would have had a minimum of two and a half bottles in a seven hour span, I would have come home, gone to bed, and awakened in the middle of the night. Now, I've skipped the sleep portion of this, and gone straight to the mindless energy stage. Like Vi's, my doctor doesn't consider any food 'off limits'. If you can tolerate it, you can have it. They do, however, ask us to refrain from caffeine, soda, and alcohol for the first nine months. Ah, well, tommorow is another day, . And, I can promise you, I won't be drinking any hooch!

Twinnie you are TERRIBLE! How could you?? You are going to gain all the weight back!! it's the most terrible thing I 've heard in my life!! I wiil disown you as my twin!! I'm kidding of course Dennis!!! Don't worry it's no big deal!! as our dear Violet said it's all about changing our eating habits. You would eat a whole box before, one cookie is not to bad, even two, as long as you keep it under control. I haven't cheated big time yet, because I'm scared too, but I have had a taste of this and that, and I know it's fine. I had ONE potato chip the other day, usually it would be a bag. I controlled myself and that makes me feel proud. One chip won't kill me. Don't worry Dennis, it's OK...We still love you..and you're still my twin. I'm going to TJ to get you the Clight.

...Twinnie...I have a doctor's appointment hopefully on Thursday at 2:00 PM at Scripps with Dr. T...the office called and said I should confirm for Thursday...not sure if is on or off...sooooo suggestion...can my wife and you and I meet for a bite? would love to meet you in person. I will be staying at a friends if the appointment is on until Saturday morning. She lives in Temuluca...or maybe we can hook up with your husband also on Friday night? Let me know if the schedule works for you or not...but again, I have to call the doctor's office to confirm the appointment... Dennis

hi, i must confess i feel as though i cheated also...... I made spenda peanut butter cookies w/soy flour and "i cant believe its not butter", and they turned out soooo good I ate 3 yesterday!!!! I know they are much healthier, but i feel sooo bad.... I have cut out all white carbs and only use soy flour, soy milk, whole wheat rice and noodles, and artificial sweeteners....but i know i used to eat a hella lot more.. tha other sad thing is that the only other thing I ate was a 1/2 cup of chix breast baked w/ mrs. dash on it.....i need to straighten up..... I have lost 44 lbs. and over 24 inches so i think im okay!!!

Shannon...thanks for fessing up...I feel better about it today...as I know one cracker is not a whole box of crackers, right? I have lost about 35 pounds and over 21 inches so far....so right, not to shabby..., Dennis

So many times I can't count! But I limit myself to ONE bite, so I don't feel so bad.... ~Nonna

Nonna..love your name...as long as it is one bite.....Dennis