starting my diet AGAIN

Well, I'm starting my "3 month medically supervised diet" AGAIN... I just could not get my act together and watch my calories and quit eating out the past 2 weeks--life gets in the way sometimes with me between myself, my husband, and our 4 kids... So now I have a big container of protein shake mix (chocolate) sitting on my counter and had my first taste of it this morning.  I figure I'd have to be on a liquid diet anyway after surgery, might as well start it now.  I'm going to TRY to stick with it at least until my son's birthday, April 4th.  So that's about 6 weeks?  This is going to be hard... I'm going to town as soon as I can get my dead battery to revive and try to find an immersion/hand blender--my sons and I want to try making fruit smoothies (they like to eat healthy, even at 10 and 9 years old!), and I figure it might take the monotony out of the protein shakes. ARGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

good luck to you.  Good to include the kids in healthy eating. I have eaten way more than I should have this week end.  I know the band will help get me back on track but wow,  It is like I can't satisfy what I want.  tomorrow I will drink my water which helps.  I want to drop some major lbs before spring break.  I need to because it will help inspire me to keep going.

Yes,  just try to do the best you can to get off as much as you can. I worked hardest to get rid of the first 36 pounds that I lost from January 07 to mid-May 07. The next hundred pounds was much easier (due to surgery...naturally) and now these last few pounds are proving to be my personal challenge.  I'm SO GLAD that I got those 36 off before so that instead of now having only 15 more to go, I would have had 50. When you get down to the end, that last 20-30-40 pounds will make a difference. Best of luck to you. Just do well and you will have yourself to thank in the end. John