Today is Dec. the 28th and I've eaten Christmas!!  I have not weighed, so I don't know how much I have gained, In the morning I'm going to weigh and start over again!!  Love ya, Judy

Hi Everyone!
I hope Christmas and the holidays were good to you.  I am just glad they are over!  I am so tired of seeing all the "perfect" little mothers/wives/hostesses on TV with their happy-assed smiles plastered on their faces looking like Martha Stewart with energy to spare!  I am grateful to be getting back to the "real" world of work, family-good and bad- and life on life's terms! Whew!  To be able to be human again and not have to feel like I have to live up to some unachievable role model is refreshing, isn't it? 
So, ya'll, in this New Year, I am going to choose to try to start my days with a positive action, like taking a walk, making a special breakfast, putting  on sweet smelling lotion after shaving my legs or buying a cup of steaming hot coffee at the McDonald's drive-thru on my way to work-just because I can!  I find that by starting off my day on a positive note that the whole day seems to be filled with better choices!  I resolve to make better eating choices and to try to plan ahead somewhat so that I can eat better and take better care of myself.  I resolve to let others fix their own miserable problems, too.  Gee, I am so tired of trying to drive everyone's boat.  Heck, I'm jumpin' overboard or at least moving to the back of the ship!  If it doesn't directly concern ME, I resolve to put my ego (and my need to be in control) in a zip lock bag and stuff it in my pocket until it can learn to shut up!  Maybe I can get some peace and quiet in this old brain of mine in this New Year by following these few simple steps!

Maybe if I would eat dog biscuits instead of a cookie when I want to noshe, I could lose some weight....

Ho Ho Ho,

Karen (gratefully still sober almost 2 years!)

I have survived the Holidays with my famiy!
My mother kept trying to get Paulie the wonder bird to say Merry Christmas for the past 4 days.
Paulie wasn't talking. All the comotion of the holidays had him very quiet. He would sit and stare at the lights on the tree and hide in the darkest corner of his big cage when everyone was here. H'ed peek out now and then and whistle but that was the only noise he made and it was rare.
The this morning my sister was in my kitchen, I was in the bathroom dressing and my mother was at the table trying one more time to get Paulie to say Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas she'd say
Paulie say Merry Christmas.
One last time she looked at him and said MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Paulie ****s his head looks her in the eye and said "you coo coo"
My sister and I could not stop laughing.
 

Just wanted to wish everyone a Safe, Happy and Very Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah!!!! May all your wishes come true and hopes for a nice New Years as well!!!!  

The dumping may be aggravated by drinking with food.   I notice that makes me much likelier to dump.   (Of course, that does not usually stop me....)

My technical explanation:   The liquid makes food go into the intestines before its time ,and the intestines go nuts.

It is rare that I can eat without being sleepy for an hour afterward.   I count myself lucky if that is the only symptom.   And yes, it seems worse than right after surgery.   Probably because I am trying to pretend I am "normal".   (Like that has EVER happened!)

Hope we all have a great Christmas and avoid making ourselves sick!

Joy