Just a minor correction... the VSG is the first part of a DS, not RNY.  The VSG creates a pencil-shaped sleeve and removes the rest of the stomach.  Then (sometimes) they go back in and do the intestinal portion of the DS.  With RNY, you get a small round pouch and keep your remnant stomach.

Lora

 hhmmm i read and heard at my info meeting differently but no big deal..i knew it used to be stage 1of WLS for morbidly obese people.  thanks lora for the info..

I am going to see my PCP first and foremost. The holidays are here and to start a diet now would ensure complete failure for me. Soooo, I am going to do the best I can and try and be aware of what I am eating. Journaling has worked before, so I will use that tool again.

I can't tell you how much it means to me to have you all answer so honestly. I want to be a success, but it seems so unlikely right now that its hard to see past a setback-especially as big as this has been.

Thanks again.