Hi y'all it's Thursday

Mag,

No nutritional expert here but I think of "good fat" as things like nut butters, and nuts like almonds. Oils like olive and canola oil. I eat cottage chees which contains fat.Lean meats and fish also contain fat. Along with fat in fish we get wonderful fish oil which is good for our hearts. 

Our bodies need some fat. Bad fats are those found in unhealthy snack foods and products that are high in fat. I prefer a little bit of the real thing to a lot of the low fat stuff. Not necessarily good or bad but that's just me. I hate low fat mayo and salad dressings. Give me a smaller amount of good old Best Foods Mayo any day to the light stuff!

I had to laugh at "my alarm reminds me to eat as well."  Did you ever in your wildest dreams imagine that you would have to be reminded to eat? My first 6 months following WLS I had NO appetite. Unfortunately those days are long gone.

I don't want to get in the middle of the "be careful what you post" fray but I understand where it comes from. Every once in a while we have someone become an OH "member" strictly in order to see what someone in their life is posting.  So just be aware that that can happen. Most people here are sincere and we all are here to offer support. Have a great day!

Mag, 

Margo is one of the nicest people that I know.  She has been a member of this board a very long time and I, too, have been here quiet a while.  While it's true that this forum is a place where we can post our gripes and conerns, it is also a place where we should see growth from people who have spent hours and hours gripping and complaining about problems that never seem to go away.  Also, I would like to point out that what Margo said holds a lot of truth: employers, especially if they have an employee who doesn't play well with others, will look for reasons to fire and negative post about a business is grounds for firing.  I don't know of one business that doesn't have an employee read and sign a policy and procedure and employee handbook, which generally creates a pledge that the employee will be loyal and maintain professionalism and confidentiality.  If you read some of our members' post, they are far from loyal and far from confidential.  So, what Margo wrote about is not because she has come through a hard time, but because she has specific knowledge about coorporate life.  And to be honest, the same complaint over and over gets old.  If you don't like your job, quit for Pete's sake.  I suppose it is simply a difference in personalities but I find Margo's post a truth that needed to be said.  Honestly, she isn't the only one who wants the board to be less a ***** session and more about our weight loss journeys.  I suspect I will be flammed for this post, but I rarely, if ever, let the post from this board sidetrack me from my life.  But before you try and trivialize Margo for her good advice, go back for the last eight or so years and see who has offerred refreshment and who has offerred the other.