Some NSV's to share, and SMELL Memories?
**Almost every time my baby hugs me, he says "OMG, you are so much smaller...I can totally see it".... and I love to hear that, every single time.
**In the mirror, I can see that my double chin is gone...Amen. Hallelujah!
**Another MAJOR NSV for both of us, I have stopped snoring.... I never had sleep apnea or anything, but I snored pretty bad some times and now... nothing.. Yay!
**I've learned that if I can't smell my favourite old foods, then they don't bother me. Example, I bought Sean some bakery fresh cinnamon pinwheel cookies in the grocery store the other day (we were splitting up the list to get out of the store quicker), and I wasn't enticed to have any of these previous faves...not in the least. When he opened the container in the car and I smelled them, i thought...yep...then I realized that would be a trigger... a red flag... the smell brings back the memory...so I quickly asked him to close the container, and I was fine. He told me that tasted like crap anyway... I think he loves cookies that taste like crap...LOL
Funny how smells bring back certain memories of certain things eh?
Boy am I glad I don't live next to or near a bakery... that would suck. I honestly think I would move.
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com 
Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!! 
I used to have a KFC at the end of my street; no problem, as I've always found KFC disgusting. It closed down quite a while ago and was replaced with an awesome local burger place about a month ago. When the wind is just right, all I can smell is burgers and fries; just about kills me! I get the smell triggers, they're really something. I can have a loaf of fresh white bread in my house and not think about it, but when DH bakes bread (yes, my hubby bakes!) and the house smells like fresh bread, I crave like crazy.
I expect that this is one of the things that will get better with time. When I quit drinking I craved alcohol when I was around it, and when I quit smoking the smell of cigarettes triggered cravings for about a year. I find both really gross now. Food will probably be the same.
RNY April 11, 2011
I recently had my 3 month f/up @ TWH...the SW suggested I write a letter to myself.... "Why did I have this surgery"....another good way to stay on track during some of the "weaker" moments.
Keep up the great work !!!!!!!!!!!
I have reached my goal weight ..... and LOVE my RNY !!!!!!!!!
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
Enjoyed your NSV's. I would start to salivate just knowing I would walk by a bakery and now I don't have any taste or interest which is really strange but handy being a reformed carboholic. I didn't drink or smoke but put a fresh bun on the table and I'd wrestle to the death for it. LOL.
Thanks for your msg, I have been experiencing some mood fluxuations and tired (iron depleted) so things have been more challenging emotionally . Your support was and is appreciated.
Tracey
Toni..."Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it"
www.fatgirlchangingherworld.com Twitter:@fatgirlchanging
Surgery JAN. 19th, 2012 - Down 120 lbs & 75 inches @ my last Weigh in!!!!
