Wednesday Coffee Talk

Well good morning everyone!  It's hump day!  All down hill from now till the weekend.  Today is going to be the best day of our lives.  I just know it!

Our challenge for today is to watch our words.  Words can hurt.  Words can destroy.  Words can cause us to lose valuable things, like those we love.  Words can cause us to lose our integrity.  Don't let hurtful or destructive words come out of your mouth.  Words are like squeezing the toothpaste out of the tube and then trying to put the toothpaste back in.  They are impossible to take back.  Once they are said, that is it.  they are out there.  Only say words that build up one another.  Words that encourage each other.  Words that show love.  Not only will you build up others, but you will build up yourself and your character.  Say some kind words today and see what happens.  You'll feel good about yourself.

So, who's up this morning?  What cha sipping on?  Me?  I'm in enjoying some awesome Folgers in my cup.  Sure is good.  Wanna join me?

Y'all have an awesome Wednesday and know you are LOVED!

Hi, I am almost 3 1/2 yrs post lap RNY. I ate NOTHING wrong for over 2 years.... In the last 5 months I have now gained 30 lbs.... never thought I would let this happen.... 13 was 20, then 30. At 5 ' 3" it is up 2 sizes, and barely fitting those!!!  I am scared and need prayer to get back on track. I also have ALLOT of stress in my life, but have had since 2004, "handled" it ok and didn't let it affect my eating for a very long time, but then I started sliding down a slippery slope.  Fortunately, I am rarely hungry, so it is mostly a matter of doing what I need to do, and really turning my issues over to the Lord.

I have 2 joint replacement surgeries I need... first will be shoulder June 1... hoping to hold off the knee until the fall.

Looking for prayer and accountability partners.... any ideas?

Hey there Coffee.  Love that name.  I'll be your partner if you'll be mine!  LOL  I've gained 20 pounds in the last 3 months and it is ALL because of stress.  We moved to a new area and thought my wife would find a job with no trouble.  WRONG!  RNs usually can walk in a hospital and get hired.  Not.  She starts as a Nurse Manager this Monday, but the 3 monts of just sitting around waiting and eating/grazing all because of stress piled up.  Now, I am recognizing what is going on and back on track.  Also, there is the Bama Board.  We hold each other acountable with a thread "what cha eating today".  Here is the link  http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/al .  Join us over there.  We love everyone and on't mind a huge family. 

God bless and I will be praying for you!

PS.  Found out yesterday that I have severe nerve damage in my hip (already have in both legs and I may have to have a hip replacement.  I'm only 42.  God is a healing God.  He can heal BOTH OF US and also our emotions!

Randall, sorry about your wife's job and your hips... I  have injured body parts, from working a hard job and being overweight for so very long so I can understand your position somewhat
I will pray for you and your wife..... Here is my timeline...... LOTS OF STRESS FOR A LONG TIME< SO WHY THE MELT DOWN SINCE LAST FALL??

We also lost our pastor and his wife after 16 yrs and our church has really gone through allot of changes and downers since last June.
 

•  End Oct 04 Layoff from 27 yr job due to L & I injuries.
• June 05 Began full time college, 52 yrs old
• Oct 05 emergency to NC, 5 days off school, father in law died
• Back to school to catch up, leaving husband in NC
• Dec 9i 05 Lap RNY while on winter break from college
• Continued full time college Jan 06
• May 06 first job interview, called back.
• June 9, ( less than a wee****il graduation, finals) dad collapses
• 5 hr r/t to take him to hospital,   put him in assisted living, while we looked for solutions
• Graduated  44 credit Medical Receptionist Certification with 4.0 GPA
• Mid July my brother, husband and I moved dad back to his other home 10 miles from us with fulltime caregivers.
• 104 applications and 17 interviews and no job.
• Oct 06 dad in hospital a month, neck vertebra surgery.
  I stayed in room down hall for all but 1 day, to be his advocate.
• Jan 07 dad to another hospital for prostate surgery
• Feb 07 took time off looking for job, unemployment up, tired….
• Mid Feb dad to hospital for “bladder infection"   about 1 month
  • Lost leg to staph
  • Got double pneumonia
  • Got anemic, needed transfusions, but high fevers delayed them
  • Became malnourished, got pic line in arm and peg tube eventually into stomach
  • Got C diff, contagious diahrrheal infection
  • ICU, then back to floor, supposedly to transitional unit then told “nursing home" ( with 12 hrs to arrange before discharge)
• Mar-April nursing home, dwindling physically, mentally etc.
• End April or first of May dad went back home with caregivers and hospice.
• Died at home May 23       took remains to Kansas early July
• Home 3 days when sister’s husband had double coronary.
• There a month, he beat the coronary, cardiac arrest and Atrial Fibrillation, but went into V tach and V fib and died 20 minutes after we had been visiting him.
• I have had a thumb bone removed, a 6 inch metal plate into my wrist fall of 07, 1/8 abdomnioplasty and 2 knee surgeries 10 months apart, all in the last 20 months.
• OUR MOM IS TERMINAL AND DOCTORS’S DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS SHE IS STILL HERE….
• I now need a shoulder replacement on June 1^st and am trying to hold off knee replacement until fall.

With God’s grace I was doing well with my exercise and eating and most coping until about last Oct when I was struggling and my poor sister had damage from IKE and my husband went down there for a month and I was home alone and depressed. I CAN’T SEEM TO GET A GRIP ANYMORE... I feel alone, and so scared and disappointed in myself.