Thursday Roll Call

Lisa-  thanks for the kind words.  I really wanted to stop the cycle that was happening in my family.  Just generations and generations of uneducated, dysfunctional, addiction and all have police records.  I wanted better for both me and Amanda.  I am glad I ended that with Amanda.  My grandchildren won't ever know a life like that!!!  Amanda didn't know abuse, neglect, or addiction but she knew poverty and dysfunction (thanks to her father)...her kids won't have that.  And I know I started that cycle!!!!

Good Morning Everyone!

I am back in the saddle again at work!    We are already very busy so I know how my day will be.   I am feeling so much better and Rick is starting to get worse.  So he is going to the doctor today. 

Randy, I have only dumped once and it was horrible.  It was on chinese when I ate too much rice.  I can handle one piece of pizza but I blot it really well as greasy foods really throw me for a loop.  I have chicken on my pizza.  No sausage or pork.  Pork is another problem for me.

Crystal, I am glad you were able to handle the changes by yourself this time.  At least they will be done right.

Sharon, I hope you had a great birthday!  You had a great gift to yourself!

Everyone have a great day!

Good morning!

Reading the info on dumping is interesting to me. When I had the band I could eat a whole Jimmy Johns sub without a thought and now with the RNY I can still eat a sandwich. Bread is a binge food for me and I wish I couldn't eat it. I'm not sure why I can still eat it without a problem. Sugar doesn't seem to cause dumping either but I didn't have any for the first year. Unfortunately I did have some at Christmas with no problem. I'd be better off if it was a problem!

I'm impressed with the exercise that all of you seem to do. I borrowed an Easy Cycle and that seems to be a start for me. I spent so many years in various gyms with little success that exercise seems futile. But this cycle I can do while watching TV and that will at least be a start.

Have a good day folks! Looks like a sunny day!

Connie

Connie- My band can be wide open or tight.  Luckily I am usually on an even keel.  But there are times when I can eat and eat...wayyyy too much!!!!  And there are times when I can't eat much of anything.

I notice when I am feeling an extreme emotion I tend to tighten up.  Stress, sadness, excitement...I am tight.  When Amanda was here before she left for the Peace Corp I could barely eat for days.  I even had an episode where I threw up in the parking lot.   That never happens to me!!!  When I was out of work I had to force myself to eat...I had no appetite.  So that's how it is for me.  Otherwise I can pretty much eat what I want, when I want.  I just choose not to eat bread and pasta. 

Good morning, I just found this site and realize there is so much to read! Thank you for sharing your journeys.

Welcome!!  We come here everyday and share everything about our days and lives.  Please join us...we are tons of fun!!

Maybe we should have told her we were fun before we talked about throwing up in parking lots and going coatless in 30 degree weather.

Welcome to you gottachange, you'll find a lot of support on this board. Many of us post everyday and we pretty much cover all topics except politics and religion! So feel free to jump in and get to know us.

Connie