FINALLY!!

A LOSS of 3 lbs! I have stayed the same for the last two months and actually even gained a couple of pounds in the two weeks after I broke my nose. I am a physical pain eater. When I have emotional stress my stomach gets upset and I can't eat. When I get hurt and have pain in my body, I feed it with sugar and carbs. I know this now and know its from growing up in a large Italian family. You eat when your happy, you eat when your sad, if you don't eat you insult the cook. What I am most proud of is that I have gotten out of my weight loss funk this time and know that next time life smacks me upside the head (or on the nose!), I will be sucessful in getting myself back up and keeping up with my downward weight loss.
I attribute a lot of this to the support I have here. It means a lot to know that there are those out in the world who deal with the same things I do and that we all help and give each other advice and support. Thank you everyone for being here. Johnna's back baby!!

Congrats.. you deserve it.

Congratulations. You have done wonderful.  I'm only 8 weeks post-RNY and started on solid food today.  I hope to have the success you have.  Dr. Gupta did my surgery.

Best wishes.

Wooooooooohooooooooooo Johnna keep up the good work.  You realize what your problem is, so maybe next time you will stop yourself before you let your old eating habit sneak back in.  It is so easy to slip back in our old habits. 

Hugs


Peggy

Thank you Peggy,  I have been so scared of regain and failure and I know that if it wasn't for this website and the support of the people here and in any forum I visit (though, my heart belongs to IN) I just know I would fail. I have everytime in the past and only 10 months out from surgery I haven't even lost 100 lbs like so many do. I do get discouraged but, I know that I am not exercising like I should. I would but I have an elbow that I have to get shots in every 3 months and it starts hurting after only 2 so I suffer through a month before I am able. I am so afraid of another surgery but then I also do stupid things like breaking my nose. I get to feeling sorry for myself and I fall down. I now know that with all of the support here, I have enough boots to kick my (not so fat anymore) butt back into shape. 

Dani, thank you. You know how hard I have struggled and just this week I have done really good. It paid off.
Penny, thank you and know this as a new post-op. It is still a struggle because you will get to the place where you can take in more foods so you must follow your directions so closely. I have a hard time with some of the foods I should eat because the specialty foods and protein sups are so expensive in all and we struggle financially right now so, I slipped and went back to the cheaper foods that are not as nutricious and once you start putting the bad foods back in, they fight like hell to get in there faster and faster and they take over your thinking. Society and stress has so much to do with it these days. I just heard a great quote today. Control what you can. We can't control what happens in the world today but we can control our attitude and our own lives in general. It is up to you to make it the best. I'm greatful to have found this support group. You will do great yourself and anytime you need anything, just ask and I will help you if I can.
Thanks

Way to go sweetie
Im not italian im a big old redneck but i know where you are coming from every get together centered around eating and when you didnt eat someones feelings were hurt,we have to overcome that and its hard for me to i also eat when im alone i geuss thats the only time im not talking so i eat to know my mouth is moving,but keep up the good work and glad your nose is better.
huggs