Post Date: 5/9/08 9:23 pm
Wow Kristie, look at you!!!!! You are looking fantastic and congrats on your upcoming plastics!!!!  Way to go girl!!!!

Post Date: 5/9/08 7:48 pm

No, I don't do it all the time.  It is like once in a blue moon and no more than a lick or a very small piece like a quarter.  I am still scared of dumping.  I haven't really dumped yet, so I am still watching.  I do smell alot of things though.

Post Date: 5/9/08 7:55 pm
Do I cheat?!!! Ha!!! I just sent my husband to get ice cream so I can have a bite cuz I am a physco!!! So I guess It's safe to say I cheat and take hostages!!!

Post Date: 5/9/08 7:54 pm
Last Edit: 5/9/08 8:02 pm
This is my opinion only.  Weight loss surgery doesn't mean a lifestyle of not being normal or having to cheat.  If you think of food as cheating or something bad then that is how your relationship with food will remain.  What has worked for me is to realize that food is not the enemy and you can have things in moderation if you can control yourself.  It's so important to learn this early on post-op and continue to apply it years out.  I have things all the time that would be considered "bad".  I now know what my limits are and stick with them.  That's what has worked and I don't allow myself to feel deprived.

Post Date: 5/10/08 7:56 am
Hey Catherine, I miss seeing everyone!  It's nice to still see you around the boards. The job is going wonderful.  I enjoy everyday.  I wish I could come up for the Detroit event, with things so busy down here I won't be able to make it this year.  If they have another one next year, I'll try to make it.  I had so much fun last year, it was a memory of many smiles.  You probably made me smile and laugh the most, along with Pat.

Post Date: 5/9/08 8:04 pm
Having something on the no no list once in a while as a treat will not harm your surgery. Just don't do it all of the time. Your head is what controls your feeding habits, and you just have to maintain control over what you eat. A cookie, or a small bit of something won't harm much, except if it causes you to dump. If you do dump, consider yourself lucky. Many, including me, do not dump, so we can have almost anything to eat in small quantities. This is where "smart decisions" control whether your WLS is successful or not. The surgery is only the tool, and you have to "be smarter than the tool you're working with". DAVE

Post Date: 5/10/08 6:17 am
I'm like you, dump easily and go that extra mile to NOT dump.  I make smart choices when I want a "treat".  So now a "treat" is a protein bar that is chocolate covered ~ satisfying and part of my lifestyle change.  I do make sure if the "treat" is a REAL "treat" I count it in my calorie intake and go from there.  Like Dave said we can't deprive ourselves...it's about control of portion size.

Post Date: 5/10/08 11:27 am
Hello Jill, I just finished reading your entire posting and I have to say that I agree with your husband, you do light up OH.  What an awsome ATTITUDE you have!  You are such an inspiration to me. I had my surgery 3/6/08 and I am losing sort of slow, but at least I am losing weight.  I want to ask you about the vitamins that you are taking.  Can you tell me if your doctor recommended a certain vitamin? Also, you say that you are on a certain amount of calories a day and that you don't count anything except for calories.  Can you tell me a bit about that.  I count my protein grams and my liquid intake. Maybe I need to be counting my calories.  I do try to eat protein first.  I guess I am just a worrier and I want to do it the right way, but I think life would be so much better if I could just relax a little more about this.   I hope you can offer some advice b/c you seem to be doing so well!  CONGRATS on the weight loss and the size 0 and size 2.  That is where I am wanting to go.  Yipee, here I go! Also, one other question...Do you ever have a soda?  I know they tell you not too, but I love my Pepsi's.  I have started to have one or 1/2 of a can each day.  I hope I am not messing up. Well, I am at work, so I had better close, but I really love your post.  It is the BEST one on OH! You have a wonderful attitude Jill and I wished you lived closer so that I could be blessed to have you as a friend. Hugs, Sherry

Post Date: 5/9/08 8:45 pm
Going into WLS I made everything - and I mean everything - ok to eat. Little Debbies, Pop Tarts, chips and dip, birthday cake, etc.  Having a history of extreme black and white eating disorders I need to live in the gray now. I have made foods off limits before and by doing that it gives that particular food P-O-W-E-R. I refuse to let food hold any power over me anymore so everything is ok to eat. Living this way makes me not desire it so I am ok with this.  Now I am a moderation eater so it takes a lot of hard work and effort to not go too far. Sometimes I do enjoy too much but I am far more concious of it now and can pull back the reigns if I start going overboard. But one day at a time I suppose. Choose to learn about yourself daily and you can't get too ****y while you recover from obesity. You won't ever be cured IMO, but you can recover.  Keep up the good fight. Jen

Post Date: 5/9/08 9:36 pm

Ok, maybe, "cheat" is the wrong word.  I don't know another word to use.  I am, also, still dealing with the issue that "you need to be a little hungry or you are doing something wrong."  I had that issue before WLS and I still have it.  

Post Date: 5/10/08 3:58 am
I have not deviated from my instructions from my Nut or Dr. I feel as though i am too early out to start that. I do not want to run into complications because I didn't listen to what they told me. I am so afraid of returning to the bad habits of how I got he