Happy Belated New Year to all!

Hi there to all my buddies here, I hope everyone had a great holiday. I and and enjoyed. It seemed the drinks went down much better than the food. I really had a great time. I love and last year with my diabetic nueropathy it was almost impossible to do. I rang in the New Year with my new Again Happy New Year to all and I hope you all enjoyed as much as I did. What did you guys do? Did you enjoy a few drinks? How was the eating for those who went to parties? I went to a big Yacht Club party. I enjoyed lots of drinks The food was all over, but I enjoyed some little snacks before the buffet,like shrimps and a few cheeses. I had cofffee later and some cheesecake. I was in control. I was so proud of myself. & Lorraine

Sadly, I spent the New Year running from the bed to the bathroom. My DH, youngest daughter and myself all had a terrible intestinal bug which definitely limited our New Year celebration. Not to worry, though, we will make up this weekend! Happy New Year. LuvitsunnyV@goal

Hi Lorraine, Glad you had a nice new year. We don't celebrate, but I have not been good. I have found, to my dismay, that I can eat a small amount of sugar. So, guess what? I've been stuffing my face with it. Ice cream, candy, cookies, as well as regular meals. And I eat so much more at a sitting it scares me. I don't realize it until after I've finished how much I've eaten. For example, yesterday, I had an entire chicken salad sandwitch, a hard pretzle and two cookies. Not good choices, any of it. I went back to work today, after being home for a week on vacation and ending up with a cold, and just eating non stop. And the bad wet weather we're having makes exercise impossible for me. It makes my joints ache so bad, walking hurts. So I eat and don't exercise. My weight is up to 199. So I am paying for my actions. I just hope I can get myself under control before I do serious damage. Nona

Hi there Nona, I am glad you are OK. I am glad to hear from you. My joints ache me also from this weather. It is raining here non-stop in New York.I still can't eat much at meals. Yesterday I had some carmel corn and It just reminds me that some things I can't have. I can eat hard candy and chewy stuff, but I can't have chocolate and ice cream either which is good. You can get yourself under control. Do not let it get you down. We are all human. Have a blessed day and take care ...Lorraine TO YOU GIRL. 245 lbs on day of surgery 12/15/03 AT PRESENT 132 LBS -113 lbs The key to all of this will be for me to maintain. I sure hope I can do it.

I have been so busy lately that I haven't had as much chance to check the boards, and when I do, my little granddaughter crawls up and wants to sit on my lap and tap keys so it is hard to ever write on here. I have tried cookies too Nona. I thought I would never stick one in my mouth again but I have weak moments now. I always have to do things to help myself. I drink 2 protein drinks a day. Breakfast and lunch and if I do want a cookie really bad, I say, not unless you have both proteins done! Then I only want a tiny bite instead of taking the whole cookie. I also take two "doses" of flax. It is high fiber and filling. I also got this free sample of protein chips once with my protein and then I ordered a sample pack of all the protein chips. They are super crunchy and have some really yummy flavors. When I want something sweet, I make sugar free chocolate pudding. (I have always loved chocolate) I order the chips from Kaysnaturals. Lorraine, you always seem so friendly, happy and have such a wonderful attitude. I am happy that you have excitment and a new beau. It is people that make life so good. My oldest daughter will have her baby in February and she is so excited and happy about it. Both my junker car and my husband's truck have just broken down. I am worried about my husband because he is getting so lazy. He has gained a lot of weight and he never exercises. He gets out of breath a lot, enough that it scares me. He seems to be crabby all the time now too. The girls always talk behind his back when there is something to do saying things like, "We have to lift this ourselves when dad isn't here. He might have a heart attack if he helps us." But when I talk to him about it, he just ignores me and gets crabby. I always have exercised, even before the surgery, but I still am fat, and I feel like he thinks I am just preaching since I try to eat healthy and have had the surgery. If anyone thinks of it, please pray for him. Take care everyone and God bless.