ITS BEEENNNN FORRRRRRREEEEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRRRRRR

Well peeps i see I am not the only one with a new person in my life (Heather congrats on your little person I love the name Caitlin I always wanted to name my daughter that)  well my new person is almost 6ft tall and bald and he is very sweet we have been dating for almost 6 months on the 4th of June and I love him so much his name is Michael and things could be serious soon and of course i would like to finish losing this weight once and for all i would like to get down to a size 14 at least by the endof the year does anyone think i'm being unrealistic i hope not any
how and input would be greatly appreciated PLEASE HELP 

I have been wondering how you are doing. I need to get back with it. I have made some very POOR choices which I thought I would never make food wise..You can do this..we still have the tool. We just need to use it WISELY!!!
Hugs and Congratulations;)

Welcome back and congratulations on finding  Michael....Yes, you can be a size 14, it's hard but it takes lots of determination and hard work but it can be done. Go back to doing things they way you used to do them right after surgery and everything will fall into place eaily. 

Bea

You can do it!  My big challenge is now that I'm not pregnant, I have to wean myself off of drinking while eating.  It wasn't an option when I was pregnant.  I stayed so thirsty, I was drinking constantly.
But I've noticed the last 2 days, that my surgery is already starting to try to kick in.  Can't eat as much as I could while pregnant, and I've started with really, really BAD gas pains if I eat too much.  

Now it's learning the cues of being full again, because the baby overrode all that for 9 months.  Literally, was always hungry, and just like never having surgery, could eat bigger portions and drink (even caffienated/carbonated drinks) with no pouch discomfort.

So, in a few weeks, once the body has recovered from delivery, I'll be on the bandwagon with you all, trying to pull back off 30 lbs!

I have heard this from many while they are preggo and I find it fascinating, like the body knows what it needs etc... so all normal cues out the window.  hmmm

So good to see you!! Congrats on your new love!!   What a blessing...

You can do ANYTHING you put your mind to.  It is about YOU not so much about the tool my friend... don't rely on IT or take IT for granted... you have to take the reigns and pull it in again.. you can do this, go back to basics.. protein first, no drinking for an hour after you eat, take your vitamins, move your body, get your veggies in and avoid refined white carbohydrates... clean eating.  Your body will thank you for it.  Avoid cans or boxes - if it doesn't have a mother or doesn't grow that way then avoid eating it for a while.  

ROFL.. I love the "if it doesn't have a mother or doesn't grow that way.." line.  But it's soooo true!  My pouch is starting to "cue" me again.  I noticed it the other day when trying to eat a Lean Hot Pocket.  About half way through, pouch was like, "Ok.. um.. enough."  But I wasn't really paying attention.  Then today, at Chili's it let me know!  Had about 10 chips with salsa, ate my whole little Caesar salad, and then about 8 bites of soup and pouch was like.. "We're full!"  So, put everything to the side, boxed up my soup, and brought it home for lunch tomorr... um, today, apparently.

Ugh, can't keep track of time.  Didn't realize it was 1 am.. time to wake up the daughter and feed her, so I can get some sleep before our next meal time.

The pouch always rules!! :-)

I think it's all very interesting how we all felt so in control of eating for so long, and now we are noticing that we have to be careful again. My pouch still gets me gassy and quezy (how do you spell that word?), but I can eat lots of slider foods, especially at night. But I also do not ever feel totally out of control like I used to pre-surgery. I can talk to myself and my pouch and make better decisions and then stick to them. This is an amazing thing for me. I used to feel under foods' control, and now I know the control is mine. Thank God and all of you for this,

nancy