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Good Morning My fellow Dec. Crew Today is a great day to reflect on how we are doing. I am currently on my 6 wk plateau. It's a standstill and looks like ain't nothing moving. Along that, my food choices have been horrible. I do one week really good, then bam...the next i do horrible. So who else but you guys to finally admit to it? I have been eating anything and EVERYTHING. Of course nothing to what I would be able to get down preop, but still. Just the other day I ate me a bratwurst...half the bun and then about an hour later ate a Taco of Carne Asada with guacamole. Preop I would've had me about 6 tacos, 2 cheeseburgers and a bartwurst not to mention handfuls of chips and cookies and other junk. But......So I just wanted to confess the horrible way i'm eating. Go figure. These demons are coming out but I needed to vent to see if I was the ONLY one going through this . With my luck, I probably am. My weight is still at 158 and I still have 13 pounds until I reach my Personal Goal...but only 8 to reach my Doc's goal. Why is it so hard to lose these last few pounds?? Ahhh, I'm just babbling. Either way, GOOD LUCK to you all, It's a hard struggle but we will overcome this. Thanks for reading my lil' confession. Gracie The Naughty Child

You are not alone! I beat myself up all the time about the same thing! Yesterday I was stressed and I sat down and ate a ton of potato chips! I know what I should be doing and half the time I don't do it. I get frustrated with myself. It would be nice if they could do brain surgery along with WLS and turn of the "STUPID" side of our brain! In the last 2 months I have gained and lost the same 5 lbs about 4 times. Talk about frustrating! I know that it doesn't get any easier as time goes by. I know that I need to just take it one day at a time, and try to do better each day and not give up! Keep the faith! 238/137/Goal 125

Hi Mindy. It's nice to know that I'm not alone, but lets face it. This isn't NICE right ?? One thing I can honestly say that I haven't done, is stopped exercising. I can't stop exercising. The day I dnt exercise I really feel sluggish. So that's a plus for me. But your right this wls shouldve came with brain surgery I will try keeping the faith but darn it...the faith is really getting tested..... FOOD DEMONS!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!! Gracie P.S. Hey your almost at goal....GOOD JOB!!!!!!!

oh man trust me you are sooooooo not the only one making bad food choices i do it all the time then i start feeling bad about it and i go threw all my food and throw out the "bad" stuff then i say never again. until the next day when i'm at the store and buy junk again..oh its for my dh or its for my daughter yeah right lol they don't need the crappy food either but thats how i justify what i buy then the next thing i know i'm sitting there eating chips and junk.so now that we have confessed what do we do about it? help! and i'm still 40 pounds til goal..i'll never get there if i keep this up..any suggestions?

Hey liz You know.. i Can't believe i'm about to ADMIT something else but do you know what I think about when i'm about to eat something "NAUGHTY"?? I think "EH, these calories won't all get absorbed" GEEZ, if I keep thinking that way I'll balloon right back up to 270. ANyways, Wow, your able to throw the food back up...I congratulate you cause sometiems when i feel horrible, and feel like I have to throw up I run to the PORCIELEN GOD (toliet) and try to throw up and nothing but foamies come out. So if your able to at least see food...thank ur lucky stars. Although, what we are doing by THROWING UP is actually becoming what's that... bulmic?? I dnt see it that way, but the other day I was having this same conversation with someone about how sometimes I have to THROW up because I feel soo full... and after i throw up (FOAMIES) i feel better... and she comment that it was bulmic.......i shrugged it off but now that she mentions it.....is it still bulmia even if we have to throw up cause we feel like were going to gag or stop breathing?? Ahh, I'm babbling again lol...... Oh i use the "For my nephews" when I buy the reese's peanutbutter cups lol. HOnestly, I dont have suggestions...cause we are in the same boat.. But i try to take my dad shopping with me. He really is strict on me eating the bad food. He's like this strict military type of dad. All i say is "YES SIR" and that's my food warrior. I'll let you borrow my dad if you need a good kick in da butt.....he does housecalls Take care..........Your almost there......we've come this far don't give up. Just exercise and drink lots of water. By the way.....when I do eat the "BAD stuff" I alwayssssssss drink plenty of water.. I just wa**** away from the pouch lol. Gracie

can i borrow your dad..i really need my butt kicked..lol i think we should all try to help each other out ...my mom always says " o.k. honey i'm going to star a diet this week then we will call eachother everynight and tell each other what we had " blah blah blah ..then she never sticks to her diet and there goes that..lol..i think i need to go to some sort of meeting..like support group or something...i dunno where to find one though.

Gracie - I am right there with you. I need to get my butt back to the gym. I have to admit, I've been having so much fun this summer that I haven't been at all. I'm at 161 - I would like to be at 140-145 - but can't seem to get anymore off. I don't know why - but I've had such a chip craving the last several months. fiery hot pringles, jalapeno chips, etc. I have never even like chips before. I even bought a bag of peanut M & M's snack size - just because it was on sale for 69 cents. If that isn't a fat girl thing to do. I ate one little bag each day - okay sometimes two little bags. I've been so so naughty! Then I can't figure out why I've only lost five pounds in the last five weeks. go figure. I had such solid control for the first 7 months or so and NEVER cheated - it feels like the dam has broke. Do you think we are afraid to suceed and be thin? I've got to get my S***! straight and quit falling off that wagon. Gracie - you've done amazing! I guess anything worth having takes effort. I'm babbling also - but your not alone! Candy

GRACIE, Take it easy and breath ok?..lol...You are doing great. Whenever I think I am not going ot make it I just think about how much weight I have lost in so little time. I don't think any of us ever imagined losing so much in so little time right? You look so awsome and we are all so proud of you girl! You hang in there, and no, you are not alone in your eating habits. All of us have been naughty a little ( and I mean in a food choice way..lol.lol). So be nice to your self and stand proud and work a little harder to get to your goal. You are almost there.NOW GO! GO! GO!....God bless you ..