Confession

I've been doing just terrible lately with my eating. I have a little restriction (with occasional days of a lot of restriction) but I have been doing lots of eating around my band! I keep gaining and losing the same 5lbs over and over again. Today I'm trying to do better! I'm not going to let myself have any sugar or artificial sweetener! I also scheduled a TINY fill for next week. Most of all, I've just got to stay away from the darn valentines/Easter candy!! I feel like part of the problem has been a real lack of energy! I had my GB surgery followed by the flu and, even though it's been weeks since the flu, I feel like I still don't have all my energy back!

We are in the same boat Dev. I had a small bout of flu last week and then yesterday I find out my dog is in Renal Failure so how do I cope.... You got it ice cream! Why im not really sure.... We can get through this self inflicted plateau! I have a small fill for tomorrow and I am going to hope for the best. Barbara

I hope your doggy is OK. My cat has had a mystery limp off and on for a few weeks now, vet can't figure out what's wrong with him, nothing shows up on x-rays. he's been on steriods and that doesn't really seem to be helping. It hurts him enough that he won't come upstairs anymore where my bedroom is (and normally he is waiting outside the bedroom door every morning).

And Dev, we also have this flaky weather lately. The temp was 94 yesterday while I was out, and it is just now up to 46 degrees. I don't even know how to dress lately. I feel like I need a month off to just rest.

No kidding! I take a day off here and there, but mostly I take those days off to just end up doing some other kind of work. I have half a day off Friday - so i can make a wedding cake!

Self medicating with chocolate....I know the feeling well. When I get tired run down, I don't want to deal with making the right choices. They just don't sooth the way the chocolate or icecream or something cheesy does. How I wish they could invent a pill that would give you the same satisfaction without any of the calories or zits!!!!! Take care and I hope you get back on track soon.

Well, hon, you had surgery, and then the flu, and that had to whack you pretty hard! You'll get back, soon, I'm sure! I have to laugh, at Phyllis's response, with the pill. According to the Sci-Fi movies from years ago, we should all be just taking food pills to eat, in 2008!~ ha That would take care of a lot of our problems!

I'd rather have colore free cocolate (that didn't make me gassy) than a pill!

Hi Dev, I too have not been a good eater lately. We went to Florida as a family a few weeks ago and I let me gaurd down on vacation and have not regained control over the junk food again. I think I might need a bit of a fill too. The winters here are so depressing I have the worst time looking at gray skys and tress that are bare. No color outside everything is BLAH! I hope this week to get back on track. I figure if I'm aware of it maybe that will help. P.S. How is your friends child doing? I hope better. Take Care, Christine

I can't blame it on the weather, it's been pretty nice here! I think I might blame it on my period though! My friend's baby is doing great! He was able to go home after about a week and a half and so far everything has been going well, just has normal "cranky baby" stuff. No one knows what the future will hold and weather he'll need more surgeries later, but for now he is doing ok!