hard to fathom but i know it can happen! You can't help someone like that and you have to accept that. A

Well guys.. this is just a reality check of what can happen. I know this guy who had wls about 2 1/2 years ago.. He lost all but 30 pounds of his goal.. He has now gain almost all of it back and at the rate he is going that last 40 pounds that he lost will be back as well.. He is back to taking insulin for his diabetes. It is not that he eats that much at each setting it is that he snacks all day. He likes cheetos and they dont take up much room but are full of calories. he will eat bags of them each day.. big bags. he will eat every hour which would be a normal size meal for us. it is sad to see. When I talk to him he says he needs to get back to basics. I have given him protein.. talked.. given him recipe books I made but still he continues to gain. The moral of this story is.. we can get back to where we were if we don****ch out.. He wants to stop but doesnt pull the trigger to better health. Before long he will be the same as when he started. It's sad to see. I hope and pray for him but I can not change what he does.. it has to be him. Just food for thought you all.. reality checks are sometimes a good thing. Carla

2. I am choosing to stop and enjoy my day today with friends and loved ones. It cant always be about my diet and eating. I shouldnt have to think about it anymore.. it should be natural.

Well they say we loose so fast that our body just hanks it from where ever. Than we go through a period where the body puts things back where they should be and we have shifts. I feel like I am shifting to my tummy as well.. I wi**** would shift to my boos and butt which have nothing there..lol... With all that training you are probably developing a six pack so it is firming up. its not getting bigger just tighter.. have faith it will all work out..

Lets make us a gold bar - how you ask? Well lots of us are going through it right now, but I believe that in ALL cir****tances, if we look hard enough, we can find at least a dust particle of gold, or even more sometimes. It may be that the sun came out, or that you had a good nights sleep or that you were able to get out of bed today, or that you managed to take the next breath, etc. or more So, what I thought was that if we put all our gold dust particles together we could make us a gold bar!!! What do you think? Here's my bit of gold, add your's onto the list and lets see how big it gets... 1. I am choosing to act positively and 'respond' to a situation, rather than 'react' and allow it to rule my emotions and my eating.