Something that has helped me is to keep my hands busy in the evenings while watching tv.  I've started to crochet again and it helps.  I always keep my crystal lite right next to me and drink, drink, drink.  So far, so good.

You can do this - it's so very worth it !!

So, I'm a little over two weeks out and can have limited "real" food. Last night, I had the munchies so bad. Not because I was hungry but because my old snackin' demons that come out in the evening have resurfaced!!! One of the first solid foods I was told to try is saltines and unfortunately, those are calling me. I realize so much of my weight struggle has to do with my mind!! So, I'm praying and planning to make herbal tea in the evening when the demons come out. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

that sounds yummy!!!
i would definetly add either zucchini, or eggplant!! mmmm

I was pregnant with my second daughter.  I was borderline gestational diabetic, being treated for hypertension, and was SO unbelievably uncomfortable (both my girls were 10lbs at birth, and my first daughter felt nothing like this).  I went for my last check up at the OB and the scale read 400.  Oh my god.  It was right then that I decided I needed to do something.  I had been denying and hiding from it for far too long.  Why 397 was any different from 400, who knows.  But I was so disgusted with myself.  Not for letting myself get so heavy, but for putting my life, and my children, at risk... and all for what?  Food??  C'mon.  Right?  After I had my baby, once I was finished nursing, I hopped on the Weigh****chers train once again.  (I had lost 90lbs in 6mos a few years prior... though, obviously when I stopped the program it came back with a vengeance.)  I had the support of my sisters and I was doing great on the Core program through Weigh****chers.... I lost 80lbs in 4 months.  Then my sisters quit.  And I felt like I was alone in my journey.  I felt I had no support, no one to talk to.  Very slowly, I began eating crappy again. When I went to family doctor for a check up, my blood pressure was up again.  And it hit me that I was no longer battling a body image, I was truly battling my health.  And that's when I scheduled myself for an information session at the bariatric clinic. I did it for my health.  But  I did it for my girls, ultimately.  They need a happy, healthy mother who can be there for them...   I was terrified all the way up to my surgery.  But now it's over.  And I'm so glad I took the plunge.  

that makes me feel better right now  i am really trying to up my water intake i am thinking maybe i am retaining water?