Just need a pick me up...

Ha! I need to tell you two about  a party, a cucumber and a condom if you want to talk about a run for your money.  I won a very cool necklace in that contest. 

OMG!!!! was it a pearl necklace?

That's a different story.

Aaron-Ok...you really made me LOL.......I feel better now....

 You mentioned your a geek gamer...Have you played Starport Galactic Empires? http://www.starportgame.com/  Im a closet gamer ..Its a pretty cool game...and its free....If you ever get to play it Im on the server called Perma 5 (I think)...screen name is Rabidshecat...Corporation is The G spot..LMAO....yeah I got it bad.

I'm so glad you're feeling better!

I actually play city Of Heroes/City of Villains AND I just picked back up Diablo 2 in anticipation for the release of Diablo 3. diablo is free to play but I pay $15 a month to play COH/COV. I think I have heard of Starport Galactic Empires. I think i have a co-worker here that plays it and he tells me all about it. it sounds very interesting!!!

We used to play CoH, back before CoV came out. Right now we are playing Lord of the Rings online.  It's a pretty good game.  To show my real nerdiness...Dave and I actually met playing Dark Age of Camelot online. lol

WOW! I started playing COH before COV came out too! not too long before it came out. I've been hooked ever since....next month will be 3 years for me LOL I have a great network of friends on that game. some I have met in person. The grinding of it is quite boring but I play to be with the people Not to mention i founded 4 SGs there so I'm still running those.

Obviously since I am still pre-op I can't say I know what you are going through. But, old patterns are so hard to break.  Eating out of boredom or unhappiness is what got me here in the first place.  I don't do it anymore for the most part, but I catch myself wanting to every now and then.  Start trying to substitute something else for food when you get that urge.  If you eat while watching tv, do something else to keep your hands busy. Take up cross-stitch or beading or something.  Or force yourself to go outside and avoid the kitchen until the urge to eat something unhealthy passes.   For years food was my best friend, it's not anymore although it still likes to bring up old memories every now and then and it is so hard to not strike up the friendship again.
I agree with Kristen, get that stuff out of the house.  If you hubby & kids want to eat that way, make them go out and get it and eat it before they get home.  And don't let them talk to you about how good it was!

I can't wait for our walk tonight!

Hugs,
Tina

yeah my 15 year old is my main enemy right now....she is not fat/not super skinny..she has a nice figure but she is soo afraid that I will get thinner then she is....she is very self conscious of her looks though she never has acted embarrassed about me being overweight...

Like you said..She will go out of her way to ask me if I want taco bell or a cheeseburger or say do you want a sundae...and then in the next breath say "oh yeah, you cant eat that now can you"....

Maybe you need to play a trick on yourself. pretend that you just had the surgery. or tell yourself you only have so many days til your fill so you have a limited time of having to use more control than the band. maybe knowing it's a small amount of time, it will settle you down. i hope you find something that works for you. good luck!