I'm not normal, I'm a WLS patient

Thank you, Edie!

Love you, Edi -

I hate that you've struggled, but I'm so humbled by and thankful to you for sharing your struggles - because you are doing so to be helpful to others, myself included. 

I've often looked at you as a role model for myself - A) because your killer smile just sucks me in like a vacuum, and B) because you are not perfect, you've never claimed to be, but you've never given up, either. 

Yup.  I wanna be just like Edi when I grow up.  (Minus the blond ponytail - NOT a good look on me....)

Edi, everything you said here is sooooo true. I am two years out and yes, all those foods I was afraid to eat because of dumping and getting sick are finding their way back into my life. I need to banish them just like I banished all those pounds I lost. Thankfully, I have not started to regain the weight but I know as surely as I am reading your post that if I do not take control and get those good habits going again, the weight will begin to climb back up. People tell me constantly I need to gain 10-20 pounds so I don't look so skinny. Heck, when I see pictures of myself, I even think I look like a scarecrow. I know it is not true, it is simply my self image has not yet caught up with my weight loss. Instead of seeing myself as fat,though, I see myself as too skinny. Am I perhaps looking for an excuse to eat those foods that serve no purpose in providing nutrition? I want to thank you for your post. It is in sharing those life experiences that others can perhaps find answers they are all looking for. You are and always will by my "angel". Thanks again for the wake up call.