Xosm you are the bestest ever How is the ww working for you? Have you noticed a good amount of weight loss? I'm worried that I will not loose with this system but need to try something. Corinna

Hi Xosm Sorry I should have emailed you earlier but I gained 3 pounds this month Started dieting (ww winning points) hopefully I will have better news next month Thanks for keeping up the chart Corinna

I totally understand your feelings and I think they are completely normal for someone who has lost weight in terms of small people, not pounds;) So {hugs} cause, yeah, we all get down ... I personally think it's easier to be down sometimes than to chose happiness ... but I digress ;) I think I have a couple of advantages with perspective this time around. I lost 110+ pounds in the late 90's and had to deal with the feelings that weight loss and being thin would solve EVERYTHING, and when it didn't, I got despondent and gained all the weight back. I couldn't believe that I was wearing junior sizes and madly in love, getting married and having a kid, but I STILL didn't love myself. I remember being shocked that I was pretty and successful and surrounded by love but I wasn't HAPPY with myself. Geesh, reality check. I also got denied the first time I applied for surgery and had to wait about a year to finally get approved. Fortunately that left me time to research the surgery [I will admit to being very guilty beforehand on not understanding that WLS is a 'tool' - and only slightly more knowledgeable after the second year] and not see it so much as the ONLY thing that was going to help me. I started therapy a few weeks before surgery in anticipation of what's happening to me NOW. And over the last month or two I am THRILLED with that decision - I honestly think it's the smartest thing I've ever done. I highly recommend it! I also think it's all how you look at it. Yes, WLS is wearing off and reality as a 'normal sized' person is facing us. But we now have the option of taking away the protective layer of fat and dealing with life; what's that AA mantra - accept the things you cannot change? We, as post-ops, saw a chance to change, TOOK IT [which is just amazing] and have emerged successful. But just because we did this HUGE accomplishment, do we stop? Or do we take a look at the rest and say, 'what's next?' I wonder a lot if there will come a time that I sit back and am just simply HAPPY with EVERYTHING. And I type out those words and LOL. I'm going to jump on the life ride and hang on till it throws me off - I figure it'll be a whole lot easier weighing 100lbs less! We're all a work in progress, and we all deserve love and happiness JUST THE WAY WE ARE. xosm

Hi Cathy. I find if I don't eat solids in the morning [and I usually don't want to anyway] I eat less during the day, too. Sometimes I think if I just had protein shakes all day that I'd never be hungry, but I know that's not healthy. Are you going to particpate in the chart? because I don't have your weight and I don't want to leave you out. xosm

How are you feeling now cutie? Better? When I eat too fast or too much-I get more of a "rock" in my chest feeling. It can feel like it's in my throat-if I am really filled to the rim..lol When I start having trouble I will start to measure my food-this may help you...my doctor NEVER said to measure-but from reading this BB I understand that it can be a great help. You can try it again for a few meals, with a cup, a half cup, or ounces..... I hope you are doing better.