Ruth you read my mind...darn it! Ok I won't...well maybe just one glass of wine, ok? I've had a good week...feel really good, very strong and upbeat. Did mostly the right things this week. Can you hear me making excuses to celebrate???? I don't have any plans with weekend but things tend just to happen to me so we will see how it develops. Trish

OH god Carla, how sad for your friend. My surgeon said that as long as i am "afraid" that I will gain my weight back..I am 50% more likely to not gain it back. He said people who get ****y and start thinking.. I can just eat whatever I want and I'll always be skinny now..those are the one's who tend to gain the weight back. Also folks who were not warned that they need to deal with the reason they over eat before surgery.. are less likely to be successful afterwards. I was an emotional eater, now I have to find other ways to deal with that.. I"m starting to go running when I have the blues or mean reds well up. That helps..and I fell so much better afterwards..much better than I woudl feel if I stuffed my face with junk. I won't lie..sometimes I fall off the wagon, but this wonderful pouch doesn't allow me to do too much damage..however.. the caveat is that I also know that will not always be the case.. and I need to be careful and not fall off the horse too often, or I will be to heavy to get back on that steed. jess

Hello Again Deanna, this board is a little of a challenge to get to, its like its hidden away. I'm happy to have found it though. It is nice to know that there are people out there who are literally going through exactly what i am.. makes me feel like less of a weirdo Jess

Oh gosh, this is my greatest fear! I soooooo don't want this to happen to me! I look at it this way ... this surgery gave me the chance to start over. I know where I once was and I do NOT want to go back to that spot in my life. I know what I need to do to stay where I'm at now. It's a matter of making the correct choices to keep me here. Thank you for the reminder!!! I need that to help keep me in line! Deanna

Darn scales! 189 this week ,know what i am doing wrong the last couple of nights.eating supper waaay too late!!!