Kelly Jo,
Thanks for your kind words of motivation. I read your profile. Wow you have a wait, don't you? Only for your self, I give you this simple advise. Take from it what you will. Weight Watchers is great but if you are already thinking "what are other people thinking about me" try online WW, you can still teach yourself how to eat. That is my problem. I will eat a salad every day for lunch (Mon-Fri) weekends I still have little control until now. Surgery in two days. However, with the salad, I told my self, "i can eat whatever salad I want and how much I want. No croutons. I would splurge and eat the shell from a taco salad, though. I managed to lose 17 lbs but it took me 4 months. It was hard but I started to actually enjoy the salads. Then I realized all the fat I was putting on the salad (dressing, cheese, mayo in tuna) so I joined WW online to help me understand what limits I should have. This tool will help me once I get closer to my 8months to a year out from surgery. I just don't want to gain it back ; )
Good luck and keep posting. it feels good and good people read it!!