What's New Friday!

" I stop in and play catch up but find myself holding back, not belonging, as if my failure has ended my right to be here. I never have much of any importance to contribute so why say anything. Does that make sense ?" yes; joyce it makes sense-however that is the biggest crock of bs i have read in a long time-you have every right  to be here posting and telling us of your successes and your failures and your in betweens....you are an integral part of this family dammit..... you have the right to have bad days and pity partys and you get 'ems the same as everyone else-- does that make sense????? now; i hope that you know i only speak like this to those whom i love and you have always held a very very special place in my heart...dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ohh Joyce *hugs* it DOES make sense because Im there too..but it's not RIGHT because we NEED to be here NOW especially...

My life is so busy now and Im so disappointed because Id hoped to look so good this summer and I FEEL so FAT & UGLY now!  You and I both have EVERY right to be here...we BELONG here. THIS is where we NEED to be. and the newbies need to see us here too...okay..listen to me..been absent for so long but I need to come back more..it keeps my focus too.

EMAIL me anytime..okay?

Joyce...you are on your way back now so don't beat yourself up.  You are a wonderful lady and you are a success...remember success is not based on the amount of weight we lose.  You are a dear friend to everyone you meet.  When we see God I know He is not going to ask me how much I weigh! Love you and am praying for you and this revision.  I totally remember sitting in the LR while Kevin and Katie ate the meal I prepared and feeling so sad...but it came to pass...remember that sweetie!

Nancy

Do you happen to have a recipe for sugar free strawberry freezer jam?  I can find the sf regular one, but I think the freezer jam is so much fresher tasting. I'm currently in Tennessee,visiting my kids and my grandson.  I'm using my son's computer.  Haven't been able to access my computer for over a week, due to technical diffulties and my own technological shortcomings.  I plan to either buy or order a laptop this weekend (finally!), so should be back on line regularly within a week or so. I hope everyone has a great Independence Day!!! Candy

 

Hi Candy!

The recipe Im using is this:

Combine 4 cups of finely chopped fruit with 1 1/2 cups sugar or splenda.

Let stand for fifteen minutes.

Then add one package of Garden Fare No Cook Freezer Jam Gelling Powder and stir.

Fill clean jars leaving one inch space at the top., add lids.

Store in the FRIDGE for six weeks or FREEZE.

Makes 3  3/4 cups of jam.

www.clubhouse-canada.com

Nancy Thank you for the recipe.  Not sure I can find that specific gelling powder, but will try.  Otherwise, I'll try it with the "Sure Jell" powder and hope for the best.  Can't wait to get home.  Hope there are still berries available. Candy

happy 4th everyone!!!!!

well last nighti had gas so bad it wasn't even funny!!! i couldn't stop it from coming out of me and stink...OMG!!!!!!!! sorry tmi but i need to know if anyone had this problem before and what did you do to get rid of the smells??? i almosy had to go sleep in my car last night it was so bad in here....LOL

today we are having a bbq and then going to ricks buddies for another bbq then the fireworks!!!! i can't wait!!! (hope my gas problem is gone by then!!!)

saw a baby fawn this morning when i took bandit outside...it looked at us and then scampered into the woods....so cute!!!

i haven't tried making any kind of jams or jellies since wls and i only treid once before that...made some raspberry freezer jam and it was like soup...good but soupy...not sure what i did wrong but it tasted good....lol

well i have to go help get the food ready for the grill now...happy fourth to you all and be safe and watch the overeating!!!

hugs

I make alot of sauces..tomato sauce, chili sauce, pasta sauce with meat because we have a large garden here in the country.  I also make alot of stuffed peppers too..I FREEZE most of my stuff.  I make apple sauce too..we have an apple orchard next door.

Now if I can only think of what to do with melons! Our heavy clay produces the best , sweetes****ermelons, honeydews and cantelopes.

Aloha beautiful Nancy...it is SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!!

I love your descriptions of your life....it is so full, interesting and colorful! Makes my life seem like a snooze in the shade of a palm tree! Ha! Well, actually that IS the way it is!!

Not lately, however. It seems like it has been a whirlwind lately, and I like that in some ways, but not so much in others. Lots of doc appointments and doing work for the agency I have joined as a newborn baby screener. The office work I've been doing as a stand in has been lively and stressful just because I'm not used to it. In my case, my "problem" is losing too much weight, and when I'm in a stressful situation, I tend to lose even more. I'm back down to 152 after having gone up to 159 at one point. I need to be around 170 to feel good about my body. Right now I'm feeling like a walking skeleton.

You know.....in here I think we NEED to keep coming and sharing ESPECIALLY when we feel like we are not doing great on our WLS programs. I'm always so glad when people come to our support groups who have gained back some of their weight, because they give everyone a visual of what can happen, AND the reason it has happened to them. I think they can get the support they need to be reminded that they got down once, and still have the tool to do it again. Hard as it may be, I think it's back to the basics we learned before surgery.......protein firs****er, blah blah blah. I do NOT see anyone who has regained some weight as failures.....just the opposite. They are success stories HAPPENING.....in process....with choices to make every day that determines their results.

Wow..I don't know where all that came from. I guess because I'm seeing all of this little family as so different, yet so very SIMILAR....and so priceless in our ability to lift each other up and make each others lives richer with shared struggles, successes and friendship.

This 4th is going to be quiet for me........I think I'm truly becoming a cave dweller!! I am the happiest in my little nest overlooking the ocean with NO PLANS! Dinner invitations and offers to go and do things make me feel an obligation and not excitement. I don't know why that is because for most of my life I've been a goer, a doer, a planner, a party animal. Not any more. Humm......psychologist Karen has put her hat away!

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, and forgive me for rambling on endlessly here......typing everything that is going through my mind. Oh, well, not EVERYTHING! I can't type that fast, and you would NOT want to read a lot of the crapolla that resides in this head...LOL.

Aloha and happy 4th of july!

Maui Karen

Isnt life full of surprises?? Who would have thought that some of us would actually worry about losing too much!  Im so thrilled for you, beautiful lady! Just hang in there and keep yourself healthy. Ive been reading about your adventures and your wonderful trip to see more grandbabies..Im so jealous...all I have are five grand KITTIES!  I ache to be a Tutu!

Id always thought about volunteering to work in a nursery with the tiny ones..Im a  ROCKER from way back..I could sit and cuddle and rock for hours...then I realized that I simply wouldnt FIT in a rocking chair..sheesh!

I hear you about finally settling into a slower-paced lifestyle..Im an over-achiever...you might have guessed? likely not...lol.  Im SO shy..but no one beleives me! Sounds to me like youve found heaven already! *s*