SURVIVING THANKSGIVING.....

GOBBLE TILL YOU WOBBLE IS WHAT I SAY LOL... OR USED TO SAY...LOL HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY TIME AND TRYED TO STRAY AWAY FROM THE NO NO'S OR AT LEAST HAVE THEM IN MODERATION... I MYSELF AM A RECOVERING FOOD ADDICT AND FEEL LIKE A TRUE FULL BLOWN CRACK HEAD WHEN ALL THAT FOOD IS AROUND... I HAVE TO SAY MY MOTTO IS IF CANT HANDLE IT DONT GET AROUND IT... I WOULDNT DARE TRY SUGAR... ITS THE DOWNFALL OF ME FOR SURE... SO I HAD BAKED SWEET TATERS WITH SOME CINNAMON SPRINKLED IN MY PLATE WITH EQUAL...  MY FAMILY HAVE ALL HEADED HOME TILL THE NEXT FOOD FEAST. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.. SHOPPED TILL WE BOUGHT DROPPED AND ALSO I KNOW I DID EAT ONE THING THAT WAS A TOTAL NONO... I HAD RITZ CRACKERS OUT THE WAZOO. MAN I LOVE THEM THINGS. WE MADE A HUGE POT OF CHILLI TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND MY KIDS LOVE THEM CRACKERS.. SO OF CORSE WE HAD SOME IN THE HOUSE AND I DOWNED A SLEEVE OF THEM PUPPIES PRACTICALLY EVERYDAY... DID I NEED THEM? NO.. WAS I HUNGRY WHEN I WOOFED THEM? NO BUT THE FEELING OF EATTING THEM WAS PRICELESS LOL.. AND THATS WHY I DONT BUY THEM.. ALL THE LEFTOVERS ARE THROWN OUT NOW AND ONLY THING I FROZE WAS SOME SLICED HAM AND TURKEY. I AM SO TIRED OF COOKING AND SMELLING IT AND EVEN LOOKING AT IT. NOW FOR THE TRUTH MOMENT. DID IT BOTHER ME AS BAD THIS YEAR  THAN LAST BEING AROUND ALL THAT FOOD? YES MORE THAN USUAL.. WHICH GOES TO SHOW YOU WE ARE ONLY HUMAN AND THAT SURGERY DOESNT FIX THE HEAD... I WAS VERY GOOD THOUGH HAVE TO SAY CONCIDERING THE CRAP IN THE HOUSE... I COULD HAVE BEATEN MYSELF UP BADLY BUT JUST KEEP ON DOING THE BEST YOU CAN... THINGS THAT STILL DONT AGREE WITH ME VERY WELL ARE LIKE NOODLE TYPE THINGS,( MAC&CHEESE) BREADY STUFF LIKE DRESSING EVEN THOUGH I TOTALLY LOVE IT. SO STUCK WITH VEGGIES LIKE GREENS, BEANS, AND MEAT...I HAVE PIES TO EVEN TOSS OUT BECAUSE NOT MUCH WAS EATTEN. GIRLS LET ME TELL YA NOW.... NO WAY WOULD ANYTHING LIKE PIES HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT BACK TWO YEARS AGO OK... WHICH MEANS I HAVE COME ALONG WAY BUT THE OLE DEMON FEELINGS NEVER LEAVE YA.... I JUST HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME AND DONE THERE BEST... THATS ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR HUH? GOBBLE GOBBLE.. HUGS MARGE

greetings marge! happy holidays to you! thanksgiving was interesting for me this year. for the past 12-15 years, i've done nothing on thanksgiving. i've never been married, no kids, my parents moved to florida (i'm in indiana), and i just abandoned the whole thanksgiving experience -- just a day i didn't have to go to work.  this year, i made a three plus hour drive and spent the day with some aunts, uncles and cousins -- and it was FUN! the eating wasn't a big deal -- had a bite or two of numerous things -- didn't like what they were having for dessert, so it was easy to resist! just enjoyed catching up with relatives i hadn't seen in a long while. just a little over a week till my LBL! i'm excited -- a little nervous, but mostly excited. i keep looking in the mirror and trying to imagine what it's gonna be like with all that skin GONE...i can't even imagine! wish me luck! deb

HEY DEB,          GLAD TO HEAR YOU MIXED IT UP A BIT HOLIDAY WISE... DONE YA SOME GOOD IM SURE TO YAK AND VISIT WITH FAMILY. I AMAGINE THEY FREAKED OUT SEEING YOU AFTER ALL YOUVE BEEN THRU WITH WLS! AND GIRL.... TIGHTEN THAT THERE GIRDLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT LBL YOU WONT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE... I WILL BE THREE MONTHS OUT TOMMORROW FROM MY PANNI, ABDOMINAL AND MONS PLASTICS AND I TELL YA.... I STILL LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND IT FEELS EVEN STILL LIKE SOMEONE ELSES BODY WITH MY BIG HEAD LOL..... LIKE I SAID AFTER I HAD MINE DONE... THE FIRST CHECK UP WITH MY DR WAS SO EMOTIONAL TILL I CRYED TILL COULDNT EVEN TALK.... IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND DONT BE SO NERVOUS... YOU WILL DO AMAZING... HOWS THE SMOKING GOING? I KNOW ITS HARD... HUGS MARGE

thanks for the words of encouragement, marge! the smoking has gone amazingly well! i stopped oct. 2 and haven't smoked since. and i've been thru some extremely stressful work trips since, and still didn't smoke. i started smoking when i was 13, and i'm 50 now, so it's quite a part of me! at first i was just calling this a "stopping"...but it's gone so well, i'm actually thinking of it as "quitting" now! i really think it's about how motivated one is...the surgeon said "no surgery if you're smoking", and i really want the surgery (i already paid for it LOL!), so...when i'm wanting a cigarette, i think about that!

take care.

deb