Help!!!

Hi eveyone, I had my surgery Aug 22. I've lost about 58 pounds. I'm fitting into clothes I haven't been able to get into for yrs, That is a good thing. I don't know if it's the holidays or that my old eating habits are are taking me over. Even though I don't eat like I use to. I taste of this and that has me at a stand still. I haven't had any dumping problems. Some times I wish I did. I've been able to eat almost everything. Love eggs, just can't eat them anymore. Haven't found anything else that bothers me. I was able to spend Thanksgiving with my sisters this year. One in FL and the othe in CT.. At diferent times of course. Coming from an Italian back ground, I have to tell you, It's been years since I've seen so much food. And foods I haven't had for years. I understand how I got this way. It was power eating. I watched food fly. Even at trying a tspn of this at that I over ate. This year was the first year I haven't had to cook holiday meals. That was a blessing. But the guilt I feel for having a couple of cookies is getting me down. I get depressed and see me gaining all the weight back. Then I graze. And feel worse about myself. Anyway, that's what I've been up too. How about you all? Thanks for listening. Marge

Marge, Long ago, in some past diet life, I remember a trick.."give yourself permission to cheat once in awhile". So, yesterday I allowed myself to eat the edge of a pad on brownies. Now, normally I would have eated the edge cut 2 inches wide ... yesterday I cut it 1/2 inche wide. So, no guilt ...good taste ... no dumping ...but enough for satisfication ...then, I sent the rest of pan home with one of the dinner guests so no temptation. I know how you feel about guilt ... but it's worse for you than the food was ... so as the saying goes .. "put on your big girl panties and deal with it" (not you fat girl panties ... just your grown up girl panties). This issues isn't yesterday or tomorrow ... it's TODAY. Today I will "retaste" the food in my memory ... not in my mouth!! Jody

I second that motion, yesterday is yesterday, today is today and if you are away from the food, that is good. Keep yourself busy amd the next time you feel like you must eat something that is outside your diet, go for a walk. Give yourself a "timeout" away from food and I'm sure the diet will kick back in and you will feel beter for the exercise. My plan is to get on my tread mill and substute that for when I crave food. Derrick

My partner and I have decided that there are no calories between Christmas Eve and today! I can't eat a whole lot because I've had the lapband and it's pretty good at giving me feedback when I eat too much! But on the other hand I am not going to give myself a hard time right now! It was funny at the Christmad table though - everyone else was going back for seconds and thirds while I was still working my way through a pretty small first helping! Things I have discovered: Christmas pudding does NOT go down! Turkey does provided you have lots of gravy and cranberry sauce Mince pies are not my friend! Prawns and ****tail sauce were invented for me Everything tastes better when eaten surrounded by the people you love And lots of love to you guys too. Charlotte (the Aussie currently enjoying 35 degrees (about 92 F!)