Beautiful Sunday Morning

 Good morning and happy Sunday.  Hope this finds everyone doing well!  Personally I'm ok...  Between the holiday, other "busy-ness", then not feeling well yesterday I just haven't made the time to get on here.  I think part of it was mental (avoidance!); I didn't follow any sort of diet for Thanksgiving.  In fact, I never typically make dressing because I'm the only one who likes it here, but I tried my mom's recipe (oyster dressing).  I keep thinking "I won't be having it again"... I need to break that mind-set.  I'm sure the scale will reflect my choices too when I go to the nutritionist Tuesday!  So yeah I suppose part of the reason I have been avoiding this site is guilt as well.  It's all on me, I know and accept that!  We had a great day though, it was just me, the hubby, my kids, my daughter's boyfriend, and the in-laws.  Perfect sized group for our little house, and we all enjoyed it.  So only a little guilt!

Yesterday I felt very "blah" all day, and this morning I have swollen and achy glands.  I typically get a bad cold or bronchitis 3-4 times per year; I began taking a multi-vitamin regularly about a year ago, and I don't think I've been sick since.  I could tell a couple of times when my body was trying to fight something, but nothing really came of it.  Hoping that's the case today as well. 

Anyway, enough about me.  How YOU doin'??      (a la Joey Tribiani)

Morning Darlene and the rest of my buddies.  Dealing with a headache this morning.  Think it is time to get my eyes rechecked.  The headaches sneak up, especially when I have been reading.  Had another wonderful (in a good way) shift at work again last night.  Worked on some small projects that I wanted to work on all week. 

Looking around the living room this morning, boxes everywhere from starting the holiday decorations.  Planning to continue the decorating this afternoon after I get a chance to sleep some.

Hope you are feeling better soon Darlene.  I am starting to feel the tingle of a cold sore, using my rx cream, usually prevents a full flare up.  Tends to happen when I become overtired.  With that, time to go to bed.  Enjoy your Sunday everyone.  Remember chat Monday evening.

Hugs, Kathy

nice new pic Kathy!

Good Morning everyone!
Darlene.. it's that "last supper" symdrome that many go through prior to wls. My advice? Let it go.. it is done and over. You have accepted responsibility for it, and today is a brand new day to craft in whatever way you choose to! Just use your experience the other day as a learning curve.

Me... I did not touch any desert what so ever. I decided that I wanted to "cheat" with a couple of bites of stuffing. (very very little) but wanted a taste. So I gave myself permission to have just that little taste...BUT only after I had my protein (turkey) and my salad and some greenbeans. Because I used much control in this decsion and gave myself permission to have the little taste AFTER eating my good foods, I really have no guilt over it. Did it make me want more? You betcha.. did I? NOPE!

Focus on resting and fighting off whatever is trying to get you sick. Have a great rest of your day... as far as the guilt...shake it off..learn from it.. and avoid the bad choices as well as you can in the future.

Hugs to you!

Hello Buddies!  I hope, Darlene and Kathy, that you are both feeling better this afternoon. :)  I am feeling a little listless...it seems to be par for the course these days, and I totally understand that it may be a couple months before my energy returns.  I mean, my body is still healing and I am taking in only a tiny amount of calories (at least compared to what I was used to!).  I am a little worried, though, as I return to work tomorrow after being gone for 4 weeks.  I have a desk job, so I can be seated a lot, but tomorrow we have a visiting recruiter and also I moved my office the day before I went on leave, so everything is a mess. Ugh!  Tomorrow is going to be a doozie!  But, in the words of Gloria Gaynor, I will survive!  LOL!!

I, too, went through that last meal syndrome, and boy did I over did it.  I am one of the only people I know who actually gained weight (and a bunch of it!) before surgery, but my doctor had no requirement that I lose weight or that I go on a special pre-op diet.  Now that I have had time to reflect on what I was going through...and with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and the presence of my new tool...I think to some extent it was just an excuse to let go of all the normal restirctions I had myself on.  To some extent!!  I mean, who says that we have to give up our favorite foods forever??  Down the road, when I am on maintenance, there is no reason I can't indulge in a bite or two of what I would like...as long as it is only a bite or two and I don't do it too often.  And who says that what was our favorite foods pre-op are still going to appeal to us post-op?  There are some foods that at the moment I can't even imagine eating for how they would make me feel and what they would do to my pouch.  Our priotities change, our tastes change.....we change!  

So, I have abolished all thoughts of "I am never going to have that particular food again" from my thinking.  I don't go much further than that....other than I try to replace those thoughts with "my priorities are now taking care of myself and recapturing my health, and I am committed to doing what I have to do NOW, in the moment."

Tomorrow will take care of itself.  :)

Wishing everyone a wonderful, productive, health-filled week.  


Guayas

Darlene,
Don't stay away from the group because of guilt.  Trust me...we have alll been there done that.
We are for support and venting....hang in there