Sunday, July 24th

I totally understand the addiction side of this disease.  I haven't had nuts and yogurt in what seems like a month (9 days) and I can tell you if I had a dark kitchen and a tub of nuts and yogurt I would be out of control for a few hours.  We all have our binge/trigger food. One spoonful is too many and a thousand is not enough.  Thank you for being honest.  Back on plan so hard to do when we have cupcakes still being made in the world.

Happy Sunday,

I tend to see the positive which on the whole works for me. 

But, as DianeO suggests, this "glossing" isn't always positive. In the extreme, it ignites my Ostrich/denial response which allows a bad situation to get much worse than necessary. I would have been better off stamping out the smoke early on rather than facing a full fire later. 

Speaking of fire, my home yoga studio was lost to fire a few days ago along with several other businesses along a local community's Main Street. My yoga gal is exceptional in spirit and business acumen; I have no doubt she will emerge stronger than ever.  In meantime, I am heartsick for her. 

Calories might have been a bit high yesterday or maybe ok. I understand that surgery recovery can increase caloric needs but my physical activity (normally pretty good) is now zero. Eventually, I will weigh just to have a number, any number, even tho I am carrying extra fluid, drains and tubing.  

Any advice?  I would like to avoid finding out at the end of the process that I am up a very real 5-10 lbs.  I also (of course) don't want to delay healing by eating too little.  (I honestly can NOT imagine accidentally eating too little.)  I am dutifully tracking everything on MFP hoping that the maintenance gods reward my diligence.

It is a drop dead beautiful day here, no glossing required!   

Enjoy your Sunday!  Shel

I think at this point let hunger be your cue, making sure to get a minimum of 1,000-1,200 calories in per day even if you are not hungry, more if you are hungry! I was worried about the inactivity too after my GB surgery but as you remember, the weight just fell off me during that period of time!