Trudy, Yes, old habits are far too easy to slip back into! I get sick of reading that you can develop new habits in 21 days! Heck, it's hard to stick with new habits after almost 600 days!!! I know none of us is ever going to eat perfectly 100% of the time but we've got to strive for the highest percentage we can and plan for those indulgences that we know are coming up! Trudy, is there any news on the job possibility? How's the exercise going? CeCe

Wanda, That is enough to be scared straight! I was so full the other night I was thinking about what I must have done to mine. In fact, when I went to that OH seminar a month ago, the most popular subject during the WLS surgeon's talk was about a new procedure that "tucks" in the stoma to make it harder for food to pass through. I then saw the procedure on an episode of Big Medicine. They go through your mouth so there's no cutting. The most disturbing thing to me that day was that so many were so interested in it. They were asking about the price, whether insurance paid, etc. These were people who were several years out, evidently. It scared the holy h@ll out of me to hear these things because the last thing I want to do is regain but this is getting harder and harder to me and I find it too easy to eat too much and too often. We all need to commit to get back to what we were doing that WORKS! Good job, Wanda, with tracking you food again and getting back on track! You are a STRONG and DETERMINED woman who has the ability to do anything she wants so I know you can do it! I briefly read your other post and was thinking that you've had so much stress in your life lately that it's understandable why you have felt your eating is out of control. You've been worried about your daughter and grandson. Just thinking about taking custody would have put me in a tailspin but you're also worried about your daughter's less than perfect marriage and the fact that she won't break ties with him. After being through a long terrible marriage yourself it must hurt to see your daughter going through it. Also, Randy is gone so much and even though Hank is home on weekends, he left again this morning for the week. It's too easy to just graze when they are gone! And, even if we know it's their jobs that keep them away, I sometimes feel a little sorry for myself when he's gone! And, a little lost! On top of the above mentioned stress, you've been through so much with the PS breast issues. What's the latest update on that? Man, I got on Makemeheal.com and started reading up on face and eye lifts and what an EYE opener that was!!!! Geez, had I read all of that beforehand, I wonder if I would have had the eyes done at ALL! I did find a couple of techniques to help with my problem and I think they are actually helping so maybe you should browse that site! Keep strong, Wanda! CeCe CeCe

I was off yesterday and got all my flowers planted. I could barely move last night but I was so glad to get it done. We were out of town this weekend for a baseball tournament and though I didn't do to bad I did gain a pound this week. I'm having a terrible time with sweets. I'm going to step up my exercise and stay away from sweets this week. Everyone have a fabulous week Deb

I would just get one of those little books that list nutritional content and count your carbs and protein. I use my Palm program that I downloaded to my phone. A lot of people use fitday.com. If you like a structured diet, Atkins is the father of low carb diets. South Beach is low carb for two weeks, then smart carbs after that. I was so careful with my carbs all day but I still ended up with 30. It's so hard to keep them below 20, which is what these diets recommend for the first two weeks.

Well my scale read 172 this morning - which I think is the same weight wise as last week but i don't feel good about what I'm eating and I am going to rein in before it gets out of control. Boy habit are easy to slip back into - aren't they?