This will be my new main board

I had my LapBand removed on Monday and was hoping for a revision to the sleeve but that is on hold right now.  Now, that I am at a crossroads, I figure that I will take back control of my weight but with the help of counseling, perhaps OA and of course, the good old "Calories In, Calories Out" philosophy - which is the truth.  I am in culinary school and also updating my science courses for nursing school.  So I feel like I am a new kid with new horizons instead of the middle aged failure exsisting in a vacuum.

I love to eat, I think we all do....but the trick is to change the habits of using that love when you feel lonely, bored or stressed out.  I know it won't be an easy overnight happening, it  really is a daily recommittment to one's self that food, is just that...food.  It is not best friend, sounding board, secret lover or anything else that one uses it as a stand in for in life.  It is fuel, yes, it is part of celebration but it is, in and of itself, not the real reason for celebration.

My belly is sore and I'm still full of surgical gas (probably hot air too) and the morning is looking golden.

I hope it is golden for all of us here because just being here, posting and maybe making some new revelations is what it is all about.