Emotional Help!

"If you have ever been to a circus, perhaps you have seen six-ton elephants tethered by rope to little wooden stakes. Have you ever wondered why one of these powerful animals doesn't yank that stake out of the ground and stampede off? When the elephants are young and powerless, they are attached by heavy chains to immovable steel stakes. The baby elephants tug and pull, but no matter how hard they try, the chains will not break and the stakes will not come out of the ground. As the elephants grow and get stronger, they come to believe that they cannot move anywhere as long as there is a stake in the ground nearby, no matter how tiny or weak the steak. They don't try to break loose because they think they can't. So it is with people. If you are like those circus elephants, you've allowed your thoughts and actions to limit you, and like those elephants, you may not have been aware that you had choices. Well you may not have been aware before, but I'm telling you now that you do have choices, you do have power; now you know. You don't have to stay mindlessly tied to stakes of wrong thinking and sefdestructive behavior. You can "pull up the stakes, " transcend your conditioning, and reprogram yourself for success rather than failure" Dr. Phil I have a group I belong to who is working on the emotional end of weight control. It's not enough just to lose the pounds, you have to change inside and reprogram yourself to be the person you should and want to be. This group is open to pre-ops, post-ops and non-ops. There is no discrimination in this group, however, we do hold each other up, consol, empathise and hold each person accountable for their own choices. We have weekly assignments and all is done online on a interactive site. If you are interested in working on the next step of changing yourself for the better, please contact me: [email protected] ::hugs:: Cyndi

I just sent you a email

Cyndi, Thank you for this post. This is exactly what I am working on in therapy. Sandra

Hi Cyndi, Sign me up. I feel are building momentum with this surgery, the decision to do it and the committment during the pre-op process. My surgery is Thursday 1-19 - the extra help and support will be wonderful. thank you so much for sharing. cj

Carol, Your email kept bouncing back, can you please give me the correct email address? Also I need you to make sure you can receive email from [email protected] and [email protected] ::hugs:: Cyndi

Carol, Just got your email and replied to it and it came back. I highlighted it and copied it and pasted in a new email and it still came back, I don't know how to reach you, do you have another email address or do you need to add me to your email list of people who you will accept emails from. You email has to work for me to send you information and the invitation. Hope to hear from you. ::hugs:: Cyndi

That made me cry. I have surgery on Friday, and I know that will be easy compared to the struggle afterwards to make it work. I'll email you. Amy