Thanks Ronna! HUGS, CHRIS

Happy Birthday Chris!!!

I need to add 1/2 a ear of corn on the cob to my dinner. My friend brought fresh corn in and i just had to have some.

Hi all! First I want to say that I lurk all the time, but I very rarely post. I don't know why -- it is what it is. Secondly I really hesitated about coming on the board and posting about my struggles because I vaguely remembered some posts a while back about us only posting when things were tough. There's no wls support group in my immediate area and I am finally at my wit's end and figured I would turn back to where I began -- right here with all of you. I am going to make a solemn promise to try my best to check in and post every day to the accountability thread -- good or bad (and it's mostly been bad -- very very bad). I am a stress eater -- I have known this my whole life and life has been so very stressful this past year. My weight is up nearly 12 pounds and continuing to creep up and I am tring so very hard to get the eating back under control before those 12 turn into 120. I HATE the way my body feels right now. I'm all puffy on top, which is where those 12 pounds went after the body lift. In the past it was all hips or boobs, but now? Now it's upper stomach and it's VERY uncomfortable. Just a brief rundown of the last year. My daughter has seizure disorder, which has been uncontrolled with multiple therapies. In November 07 we lost total seizure control and as a result, she was evaluated and underwent two separate brain surgeries in May 08. She's doing very well, but mom is stressed from the worry and the strain. Because of her issues, I have been working a flex week (3-12 hour days and then remotely from home on Thurs and Fri) and will continue this until August. I am in school working on my second degree (which hopefully will be much more useful than the first one) and am taking the online accelerated five-week classes, which are VERY labor intensive. Which makes for not a lot of extra time. My wonderful husband is having some family issues that are spilling over into daily life. Nothing bad at all, other than my reaction to them. And to top it off, I am floundering around in my daily walk with God, which has always been a priority. My faith isn't floundering at all, I just feel like I'm drifting through right now with His guidance and I'm at a loss. Anyway -- if any of you have read all the way to the end of my book, thanks. I didn't want to come and dump, but at this point with my weight heading back in the wrong direction, I figured it was time to come back. Lisa

I loved 1. THE BRADY BUNCH 2. BIG VALLEY 3. LOST IN SPACE HAVE A GREAT DAY TORI