does anyone else feel like they never had WLS?

Oos...brain spasm again...it was Marty Feldman not Marty Wilder.  Sheesh. 

Remember Madeline Kahn singing 'Ah sweet mystery of life at last I've found you!...' when the monster was working his, ah, 'technique'.  LOL

Good job avoiding the DQ cone...woot woot!!!   Wow, a 20-pack box of sf fudgesicles!.  ANOTHER good thing we don't have here in the backwoods of Spokane. I guess there's something to be said for living in a very small city.  Our 12 packs give me enough trouble (and gas!).   I was digging around in my freezer and found some Decadent Double Chocolate Bran Muffins that I'd baked and stashed so my mouth was happy, happy yesterday.  (And this morning!)

Bought a Splenda mini-mag at the store the other day and tried a couple of recipes so far...yum!  The pumpkin-raisin cookies might be a problem.  I've eaten four of them already.  They are going in the freezer today!

The pumpkin cheesecake is all cracked on the top, prolly overbaked.  I'll put the topping on it and take it along to my SIL's dinner tonight. 

mmmm...the coffee is brewing!

My Memory Exactly 

Have you checked-out the Splenda website???  Bet that they have a great selection!

I used to remove cheesecake from the oven and invert a large pot over it for the cool-down.It seemed to eliminate the cracks.  Let me know if you've tried this technique or something similar and what happened... 

Freezer = Safety Net!  We sure LOVE our Treats...

Oh Sistah...high five on the loving treats!  LOL!!! 

I was so busy when that cheesecake was baking that it was cracked by the time the timer rang and I worried it'd be dry.  But it wasn't!  I figure that must be why the recipe included a sour cream topping....to hide the cracks.  Didn't stop me from adding some sf syrups for 'fun' tho....I tried a piece with sf Cinnabliss and also some sf caramel.  Yummy!  Next up....sf chocolate. 

Looooove the Splenda website recipes!  But sometimes you just want a cookbook in your hand, you know? 

Better go get my day's food logged and see how I did. 

OMG yes..I am so glad you posted this as I thought I was the ONLY one who felt this way.
Hugs

Ditto!!!

At nearly 2 years out it seems we are all going through something similar.  It takes everything I have to resist the cookies my office mate made this morning becasue they are practically screaming my name.  And, then I get frustrated that she even made the darn things to begin with.  Doesn't she know what it does to me?!  Well, of course not.  Trying to explain it to someone "normal" seems almost impossible.

OMGoodness YES I FEEL THE SAME WAY I CAN EAT, EAT, EAT!!  ONCE MY FOOD SETTLES A LITTLE BIT I WANT TO EAT AGAIN TO KEEP MY STOMACHE FULL AT ALL TIMES JUST LIKE BEFORE SURGERY.

ALSO LIKE MELISSA SAID I TOO CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT FOOD, LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND SAY, "MAN ISN'T IT TIME TO EAT YET"?

I TELL YA IT JUST DRIVES ME CRAZY
MINI ME

There are times I'd say I feel that way too but since I've lived with a surgical pouch since '99 my feelings on it are a big different than yours.  Over the nearly two years since we all had our surgeries, I've gotten a lot better at recognizing head hunger and physical hunger.  There are just some days when my body and head just crank into overdrive to stimulate me to eat.  If there is that driving urget to just eat, eat, eat then I make better choices.  (usually!) 

What Melissa posted about her food capacity is nearly the same for me.  I think friends who see me eat away from home think I've never had surgery either because I'm usually downing a massive plate of salad.  Maybe next time we get together I should order fish or chicken for them to get a truer picture of my pouch capacity.    But who wants to sit there twiddling their fork while everybody else eats?  At a social occasion it is much more fun to keep shovelling food in like they do....I just choose soft veggies or salads so I can keep up with them. 

Sorry, rambling again.  Hang in there when you feel hungry all the time.  You must still be making good food choices since you are doing so well with your maintenance.  It is going to be a lifelong process for those of us who choose to keep working at being successful and I'm happy to be sharing that journey with you and our little 12/06 family here.

Hugs!
Molly