4 years ago I had weight loss surgery

Hello my friends! May 13 was my 4 yr wls anniversay! All is well. My daighter Carissa just had it to!  6  weeks ago! She is 27 yrs old, never married, Thank Goodnes no children yet! Hopefully this will be her time to make all her  dreams come true! I am trying to tell her to give  dating a  break! She needs this time to her self, to heal mentally and get her new body togther! She won't listen to me! She thinks she has to date! She changes boyfriends often, so what can a mom do but pra for the best! Of course she thinks she will never lose all her weight! Its only been 6 weeks and she has done really really well! Give it time I tell her! Yes I remember it seems like it takes forever to get the weight off! Ok I have been in contact with friends who had wls  the same time frame as myself! Many have gained there weight back! O MY! Please no! I made myself a promise after all the hurddles I had to jump I was going to do this right and keep it off! No I am not skinny! I am a normal size 10/12 and healthy!  I AM NOT A HEALTH FOOD NUT!  Wish I was! My body tells me what I can and cannot eat!

My brain tells me I can have about 1 candy bar a week!  I can eat a cheese burger from McDonals but take off the top bun! Thats to much bread! And a half order of small fries. I tried eating my all time favorite a quarter pounder with cheese! Yes I took the top bun off! I ate the meat and one bun O My I got so sick! I had no fries!  Never again! I wish I would get sick over chips! or cookies! My down fallls! Luckly I cannot drink milk or eat ice cream or I would be eating cereal alot and having shakes and icecream but those are night mare things for me! I would get deathly sick! Ok so maybe this is why I have not gained my weight back! Yes I do eat alot of veggies, some meat, I tried a protein shake the other day! It was gross! Ok I got to run! If your going to take a trip please go to my travel web site and compare my prices! www.alivingangeltravel.com See ya all lighter! Cyndi

Cyndi,  Great job on both of your parts. I am glad you popped in and caught us up on what is going on with your daughter's journey. Is she a member of OH? Have her pop in from time to time for encouragement. That is what the rest of us come here for. She cannot go it alone as you have also found. We all need support. As you have found out your kids will listen to others more than their parents, even if we are telling them the same things.  Take care and have a great remainder of the weekend. Christine