Biggest Loser Finale tonight

I am totally addicted to this show.  when I switched semesters and my instructor for this semester started the class  one hour later I realized I missed the first half of the show.  But I still get to see the end. I can remember watching one of the shows last season the night before surgery and bawling my eyes out because I knew I would never have to worry about being super morbidly obese again.  I'm down to just morbidly obese and I have 38.5 pounds left to lose until I am just overweight! The people are such an inspiration to me to see their success each week.  But I've found that the people on this board are an even greater inspiration. I've not had anyone comment to me that I took the easy way out, because I am prepared with a quick retort for them.  Since when does a super morbidly obese woman exercise 5 days a week, make the best meal choices for herself and deal with mental issues pertaining to the weight gain in the first place?!  If that's the easy way out then I'd love to see the hard way. I'm very fortunate that I think my mind was re-wired when I had surgery.  The head hunger has not been a real issue.  My surgeon doesn't want us snacking, but I've found that with exercising 5 days a week, I do deal with energy issues as it relates to the exercise.  If I don't eat something after working out, I am running on empty.  Now, I learned over the last two weeks that snacking just to snack is a surgery saboteur.  I was really stuck and the scales were not moving.  I've cut out the midless snacking and the scales really moved for me last week. Oh, and one more thing about this surgery, you really have to analyze what type of fuel you are putting in to your body.  And make the best choices for your meal plan.  Do I really want to eat that piece of salami, or should I go for the healthier turkey breast?  Do I want cheese on the sandwich or can I do without it?   I won't sacrifice on dressings or mayo.  The low fat & fat free taste like crap and they are usually higher in calories.   I have not eaten sweets like cookies, cake, nothing fried at all.  I have had SF cheesecake and it was really good (loaded with fat though) but it was a treat that took me 3 days to eat!  I've really followed the guidelines the surgeon put in place for my and I'm doing well.  When I blogged about eating the cheesecake and the fat grams, I had local gals say that I shouldn't deprive myself.  My response to them was that I got to 371 pounds because I NEVER deprived myself and that was not a philosophy that I was ever going to live by again.  I need to be completely sure that my mental capacity is such that I won't ever go back to the over-indulgence that was my life prior to WLS. Wow, I got really off topic, but we are all on the path to being the Biggest Losers!  Congratulations All!

Really nice post Kathy!

When people say I took the easy way out, I always smile and agree with them.  I say "Yes, when you compare possible, and IMPOSSIBLE, possible certainly IS easier."