Confession here....

I was bad...I just ate almost half a Milky Way. It was good too. Yes, I am ashamed.... but nothing else was staying down. At first I put just a tiny bit in my mouth...and it was all down from there. I was hoping I would HATE candy after this surgery...but I don't think that will be the case with me...YIKES !!!!!! Dana

Dana ... stop right there .. come out from under the chair . We all do this .. and I do not think there is anyone out here that can honestly say they have not tested the waters . Bad .. no not bad . Just human .. and wanting to taste something or try something is normal . We just have to remember that tommorow is another day . And to learn from today . OMG I will never forget trying my first Hershey w Almond Bar .. I thought I wanted to crawl in a hole and die .. but I knew that there was a reason I had this tool and it reminded me later of it . Get over this now .. do not let it worry you .. Atleast now .. you are accountable .. something this tool has taught me . Love ya .. Natalie

Hi Sweetie....Don't be so hard on yourself.....Like Tink said we have all tested the waters...I think that if we deny ourselves it will only get worse. Just be careful not to let it become a habit. Sometimes I will have this urge for chips so I go and buy a small bag....urge is satisfied and I get back on track again. You are doing awesome but like Tink said, tomorrow is another day. Hugs, Betsy

If nothing else is staying down, honey, you need to get back and get another dilation. Unfortunately sometimes it takes more than one and I know that your stoma was closed pretty good. Be good and kind to yourself. What is done is done. Hugs, Kathy

STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!! Stop beating yourself up, girlie! You are NORMAL!!!!! LOL As scary as that thought might be....LOL. It is OK....pick yourself up and MOVE ON!!!! We will always want food....always....and every day is a battle. That is why we got to where we are in the first place. You will be ok. Love, Stephanie

Oh, we should have called each other...today I ate almost 1/2 of a small bag of m&m's. They were just staring me down...and I have to admit they were very good...but it scares me that this time they did not make me sick (at Christmas time they did). But...like Tink and everyone says...tomorrow is another day! Hugs Jill

Aww, its ok....have you seen my posts in the past about the PEANUT BUTTER M&M'S?? Ohh, those are the I think we all go though it in some way or another, some doing it with candy, others doing it in other ways......And I am thinking you was hoping candy hated YOU, not the other way around. Sometimes it hates me, sometimes it dosent.....but I maintain, so I feel OK with it for now.... I have been peanut butter M&M free for at least a month now.....I dont count the days, cause I know I will have some in the future Dianna

Dana, Girl you know better than that! You otta be ashamed for making such a poor choice!!!.......... Okay,.....I was just messing with you and didn't mean a word of what I just typed! Sorry. I couldn't resist; but on a more serious note...I didn't realize you were having problems keeping food down. What's goin on? Do you think its a stricture or what? Odd that you could keep down 1/2 a Milky Way; but have problems with other things. Please keep us updated on your situation. Keith

Hiya Keith !!! Yeah, I do have a stricture. It was dilated a few weeks ago and was great for a few days then the symptoms came back. I was ignoring them hoping they would go away but they were just getting worse. I go back in tomorrow to be redilated. Hopefully it will start Memorial Day weekend off on a better note. I can eat chips and salsa, crackers, nuts, or anything that melts in my mouth like ummmmm that CANDY ...but any heavy protein will not stay down... Anything with any consistancy wont. I thought the same thing as you, that if I could eat some things than I didn't have a stricture...but that wasn't correct. Eating the stuff that I have been eating kind of defeats the entire purpose of having WLS ....so on the most part I have not been eating. For once in my life I don't want to eat..amazingingly enough !!! ( except I still want candy and dream about twinkies..god help me !! ) This sounds a bit twisted but I have procrastinated having this done again because I am afraid of gaining weight. The RNY and a surgical stricture both were tools that have worked together to help me get so much off so fast. Dana

Dana, Nothing us post-opers come up with to rationalize not wanting to gain lost weight back is "a bit twisted"! We can all relate to SOOOOOOOO MUCH TO NEVER wanting to be the person we once were. I hope they're able to square that stricture away so you can have a good/normal Memorial Day weekend! Keith