I got one for ya

I have put a button and zipper on my mouth, forced my fingers off the keybord, and walked away from people looking like I was catching flies. I'm not perfect, and there are days I eat something that's not quite right. But I pay for it by feeling not quite right. One of my favorite: The person that was selling Krispy Kremes at a support meeting had me looking like a fish. My mouth kept opening, but nothing came out. The reason of course was that it was a fund raiser for school, so of course bring calorie laden, sugar coated product to a meeting for the recovering MO? Made perfect sense. Why not take an AA group wine tasting? Probally just as well I was speechless-my hubby will vouch this is a highly unusual occasion!! What would have come out would have gotten me thrown out. This was before the button!! LOL . Hey, I live this. I don't find it hard, it's my life. Life is not perfect, and neither am I, but I found the ways to make it work for me. Have a great day!! Bek

Yeah. I have a walking group on Saturdays at a local mall in the winter and a park in the nice days time. It's like trying to kick start a harley in the middle of winter to get people there but you say picnic/super club or anything with food,,,,,, and they come a running!!!! Old habits are hard to break. We have to look out for each other and I think the hell with hurting someone's feelings - say something to them, right?? Sometimes it's the only way. kp @ goal

I know what you mean as do the rest *****plied I bet. But I'm honored!!! You replied to me!! I am a card carrying member of the Ahole club so kind words are few and far between. We spend so much time trying to not hurt their feelings we lose sight of what they need to hear. All it took for me is one person to say you are going to die (cardiologist) and I was in the sadle to the surgeons office begging for help. kp @ goal

I knew what you meant, I just felt there's a big distinction between a post op who makes a bad choice on purpose and a pre op (w/o the tool) who simply does what many of us did pre op anyway. That's why I posted as I did. The guy might have been told he's going to die without surgery, hence being in the psych eval place, who knows? But in being there he is trying to do something about it. I can only say from my own experience I didn't become MO eating eggplant, spinach and the like. LOL The difference between me and the guy is I probably would have hit the fast food place before going to the psych eval place. You know? I'm just saying I feel compassion for him, being that I can avoid fast food now fairly easily with my surgery. Hope this clarifies. ~KD in WA

Oh no clarification needed. I know what you were saying. But they do frighten me. These props who know not of the ways of the bariatric. kp @ goal

Just because people eat at Golden Corral doesn't mean they over eat. I go there with friends all the time, pay my $4.30, eat my 4 oz of pot roast with a tiny amount of lettuce, or tablespoon of some veggie, enjoy the company and go home. It gives variety for others in the group, cheap prices for a buffet and a chance to socialize with others. I don't feel I'm cheating the restaurant by asking for a discount. I wouldn't be there if I had to pay $10 for the buffet. The char broiled steak they serve makes me sick since surgery, so ordering a steak isn't an option for me. I never use a restaurant card in a restaurant where I can take leftovers home and eat a couple of more meals from the leftovers. Our group use to go to Ryans, but when they stopped allowing the restaurant cards we switched to Golden Corral. My friends were more upset than I was when Ryans quit allowing the discount. Seems to me Golden Corral is smarter than Ryans because they collect regular price for 8-10 people a couple of times a month, discount my meal and come out ahead. Not everybody does their journey the same way. The protein shake lovers are the ones that get to me, because I think calories from food fills the pouch much better. I also think liquids go through us so fast that they probably aren't getting as much protein as they believe they are from protein shakes. However, I can allow that we are all different and if that works for them who am I to say it's wrong. I suppose I responded to this post because I feel sometimes we are a bit too quick to complain about the main board. Then I turned around and did the same thing with my comment about the shakes. Human nature is a strange thing. Have a good day!

Maybe I'm still a little compassionate, but there's a reason that guy needs surgery and there's a reason *I* needed surgery too. I can't forget the place I came from, if I do, I might actually believe it was "all me" that did this work and not the help of my surgery and my pouch and that it continues to be that way. I can make way bettter choices now that I have *help*......sadly the psych eval guy doesn't have that help yet. JMHO... ~KD in WA

"We can do surgery on the stomach, not the brain." kp @ goal