Down in the dumps

Hey girl remember what I told you before surgery these are all normal feelings. You go through so many different emotions in the weeks following surgery.  It sounds like you are doing great!!! Keep it up!!!

Nicole,  You're such a sweetie pie and you sound like you're doing great.  Nobody's as hard on ourselves as we are!  Keep up the good work, Karen

Hi Nicole: I think you're doing great!!  Those are all "normal"  feeling after WLS.  You are going to do just fine.  We are all here to support each other as well. Dawn

WOW, I  had surgery on May 9 and still have not got mash potatoes yet. my doctor told me to stay in stage two for two more weeks. but I take a half cup of soup and a pudding together and I'm full i feel like my pouch is not that small like everyone else sd a size of an egg and what I eat is like filling two eggs.  well I defenetly will ask my doc on june 5.

Howdy Nicole!  You are a victim of "stinkin thinkin" and you need to stop that in its tracks. You need to think positively and  just keep on going, you're doing great, maybe you need to keep telling yourself that over and over again! I keep a diary/journal and each night i write in my "pma's" for the day. A PMA is a positive mental attitude, it means i write and tell myself 3 great things that happened to me that day. Today i cleaned hte house (boohiss but it needed to happen) and the kids actually helped me, I took my daughter to the movies and we saw Shrek 3, and my 11 year old son just told his "girlfriend" i have to get off the phone i'm watching a movie with my family (what an awesome feeling) What great things happened to you today? can  you walk more without getting tired, are y our clothes starting to fit you differently? Do you plan to buy yourself some small treats as you lose weight (nail polish, lip sticks, thong panties, scarves, hair gadgets, flip flops etc etc). I did that for a long time but i stopped, i'm not sure why i stopped but i did!  Hugs, ANDI