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Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
Sunny,
How are you? Everytime I think of you, I know we share the same anniversary date. Isn't it something that it has been almost 2 years? I know right away if I gain a few pounds. I can feel it now on my small frame. Before I did not. After a few months and gaining 20 pounds, I felt it a bit. I know I would feel it more so now. I will be very careful with my new life and this wonderful gift of WLS that has been given to me. I know I feel better and look better, but I will always remember where I came from and how sick I was as an insulin diabetic. That may keep me on track.... At least I hope it does.
Lorraine
How are you? Everytime I think of you, I know we share the same anniversary date. Isn't it something that it has been almost 2 years? I know right away if I gain a few pounds. I can feel it now on my small frame. Before I did not. After a few months and gaining 20 pounds, I felt it a bit. I know I would feel it more so now. I will be very careful with my new life and this wonderful gift of WLS that has been given to me. I know I feel better and look better, but I will always remember where I came from and how sick I was as an insulin diabetic. That may keep me on track.... At least I hope it does.
Lorraine 
Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
It's been awhile since I've been to my "anniversary" board. I guess we all are experiencing similar feelings. The more "normal" I eat, the greater my fear of stepping on the scales one day and seeing I have gained all my weight.....it's a nightmare that won't go away. It's almost like I was obsessed with "losing" and now that I'm still below my ideal weight goal and no longer losing, I don't have anything to obsess with????
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228/137/114/118 Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
Jesi, I am wishing you "Good Luck" I hope that you are well and feeling great. I know that this weight problem will be with us for the rest of our lives. I know speaking for me it is. I am and have been at goal. I bounce back between 130- 135 lbs. I gain a few and lose a few. I try to keep tabs on it. I did not before and that is probably why I was 250lbs. I have to jus****ch myself. I never did before. Those carbs are something else. I am a hospital worker and we are always grabbing whatever we can get our hands on. Guess what????????????? 
....CARBS
Take care
Lorraine
I am wishing you "Good Luck" I hope that you are well and feeling great. I know that this weight problem will be with us for the rest of our lives. I know speaking for me it is. I am and have been at goal. I bounce back between 130- 135 lbs. I gain a few and lose a few. I try to keep tabs on it. I did not before and that is probably why I was 250lbs. I have to jus****ch myself. I never did before. Those carbs are something else. I am a hospital worker and we are always grabbing whatever we can get our hands on. Guess what????????????? ....CARBS
Take care
Lorraine 
Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
Hello~your not crazy!!! And even if you were, I wouldn't mind 
I too get a little upset when it feels like I can eat a whole cow! Like tonight I made chicken in the crockpot with cream of mushroom, brown rice and salad...I had a third of a chicken breast.....maybe 1/3 cup brown rice and 1/2 cup lettuce. If I would have eaten the chicken first I would have filled up.....but I ate rice, salad, a bite of chicken, and mixed it all up.....seems when I do that the protein doesn't fill me up!!! And carbs well the are the 
I have a huge major addiciton that I cannot break right now and it is really depressing to say the least. I have been dealing with a lot of emotional head games right now, and I am not winning. Since my plastic surgery 8/04/05 I have gained 10lbs and I feel like such a damn failure it is crazy......so what do I do....I pout, feel sorry for myself, and eat more......never ending terrible crazy cycle that I need to get ahold of.......so if your crazy.....wonder what that makes me 
I wish I could report that everything is peachy, but at this point it is not.....I am working on it tho.....got my meds changed and seeing a counselor.....I will hopefully be reporting that I am feeling much better soon!!!!!! Wish me luck....I need it right now!!! Take Care jesi
I too get a little upset when it feels like I can eat a whole cow! Like tonight I made chicken in the crockpot with cream of mushroom, brown rice and salad...I had a third of a chicken breast.....maybe 1/3 cup brown rice and 1/2 cup lettuce. If I would have eaten the chicken first I would have filled up.....but I ate rice, salad, a bite of chicken, and mixed it all up.....seems when I do that the protein doesn't fill me up!!! And carbs well the are the I have a huge major addiciton that I cannot break right now and it is really depressing to say the least. I have been dealing with a lot of emotional head games right now, and I am not winning. Since my plastic surgery 8/04/05 I have gained 10lbs and I feel like such a damn failure it is crazy......so what do I do....I pout, feel sorry for myself, and eat more......never ending terrible crazy cycle that I need to get ahold of.......so if your crazy.....wonder what that makes me I wish I could report that everything is peachy, but at this point it is not.....I am working on it tho.....got my meds changed and seeing a counselor.....I will hopefully be reporting that I am feeling much better soon!!!!!! Wish me luck....I need it right now!!! Take Care jesi Topic: RE: Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music....
Good for you 
That plastic surgery must of been good!!! I can feel your excitement, and you enjoy it! 
TaKe care Jesi
That plastic surgery must of been good!!! I can feel your excitement, and you enjoy it! TaKe care Jesi 
Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
Hi Lorraine,
I'm ok today. Got a little discomfort in the right side of my incision. Been doing a lot,so that's probably it. Going back to work on Monday, if the Dr says ok.
I fix my plate and lots of time, find I have room for more. But I try not to eat more. If I do, it's veggies or fruit.
Carbs call my name. They even have my cell phone number and don't hesitate to use it. 
Anyway, I have a sweet tooth. A whole mouthful of them. But, like you, I try to fill up and the good stuff. And, like our skinny friend MD, I eat the bad stuff. Just not like I used to. Not by a long shot. I can't exercise much right now, Dr's orders. But I am looking forward to getting back to walking again. I miss it.
Nona
Anyway, I have a sweet tooth. A whole mouthful of them. But, like you, I try to fill up and the good stuff. And, like our skinny friend MD, I eat the bad stuff. Just not like I used to. Not by a long shot. I can't exercise much right now, Dr's orders. But I am looking forward to getting back to walking again. I miss it.
Nona Topic: RE: Am I Crazy?
Dear Lorraine,
I don't think you are crazy. I am obsessed with losing weight...I want to be normal weight soooo bad. I can't remember the last time I put something in my mouth that I considered the least bit bad and I don't snack at all. I exercise EVERY day for an hour and if the weather is good, I walk down on the tow path we have next to the canal for 2.5 miles... then 2.5 back with one of my daughters. (It's been raining the whole week-end)
Remember, my doctor told me I wouldn't lose any more weight and that I was eating right. That really made me feel so sad and I don't really understand why he would say I couldn't, but I have to try. I weight 151 now and it is only a little bit more til I will be overweight.
I am lucky because MOST of the time I don't get hungry, but it is weird, that when I do want something, it is always something I shouldn't have. I always make sure I have 60 or more of protein and take my vitamins every day.
Yes, this is a life long issue for me too.
Allison
Topic: RE: Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music....
Dear Nona,
I can't stop smiling. That is THE best feeling in the world. I am happy for you and it made my day. Thank you for sharing.
Allison
Topic: Am I Crazy?
Hi there everybody?
Kari, Nona how are you feeling? Jesi, Md where are you? Alison and well everybody...
Can I ask this question?
1)Does this happen to any of you guys?
It seems when I eat and I don't feel that full, I get kind of panicky. I think if I don't feel it, my surgery has failed me. I guess I look at my daughters surgery, and how she has gained most of her weight back and I panick.If I don't eat between meals and eat properly, meaning veggies,meats and 3 meals, it seems to me the surgery is working. I can't eat in between,when I follow the 3 meal thing.
2)Why do you think those crunchies and carbs as crackers and cookies seem to be never ending and never making you full?
I don't have that answer, I just keep the stuff out of the house, or if I buy them I buy the kiddie packs you send kids to school with.
I am still holdiing steady my weight loss of about 115 pds and still stay between 130-135 lbs. At 5ft6 I am happy with that.I think my weight will always be a life long issue for me.
Have a great Sunday and Peace to all 
Lorraine
Kari, Nona how are you feeling? Jesi, Md where are you? Alison and well everybody...
Can I ask this question?
1)Does this happen to any of you guys?
It seems when I eat and I don't feel that full, I get kind of panicky. I think if I don't feel it, my surgery has failed me. I guess I look at my daughters surgery, and how she has gained most of her weight back and I panick.If I don't eat between meals and eat properly, meaning veggies,meats and 3 meals, it seems to me the surgery is working. I can't eat in between,when I follow the 3 meal thing.
2)Why do you think those crunchies and carbs as crackers and cookies seem to be never ending and never making you full?
I don't have that answer, I just keep the stuff out of the house, or if I buy them I buy the kiddie packs you send kids to school with.
I am still holdiing steady my weight loss of about 115 pds and still stay between 130-135 lbs. At 5ft6 I am happy with that.I think my weight will always be a life long issue for me.
Have a great Sunday and Peace to all
Lorraine Topic: RE: Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music....
Hi Nona, 
I am doing that dance for you girl. Congrads to you. I know you feel great.I am sure it made your day. I will for you over and over again.
Lorraine
I am doing that dance for you girl. Congrads to you. I know you feel great.I am sure it made your day. I will for you over and over again.
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