Well it was the 4th of July weekend. On Friday I took a nephew to see Transformers, did good had water while he sat there eating his popcorn. After the movies he wanted to go to Maggie Moo's and ice cream shop right outside the movie. Cool we went in and he ordered, and before I knew it I ordered one scoop of dark chocolate ice cream. It really was not as good as I had imagined, not saying the ice cream was not good, I am sure it was great, just one of those self expectation that did not live up to the expectation. Wish I had stuck to my meal plan, notice I did not say diet, I don't diet anymore. Then later that night, it was a BBQ and a home made lemon maraign pie. The BBQ went down fine, I guess I had about a half cup. The pie I took home and over the weekend I consumed about a quarter of the pie. Not good, since I am going to Vegas this month and wanted to be down another 15 pounds. For Sunday I had bought a steak, decided I was not hungry Sunday, remember I had eaten pie. So I cooked to tonight. I ate maybe two bites and stuck tighter than you can imagine. I slimed and PB'ed for over an hour, just plain nasty. I swore this is the last steak I will buy...anyway, I don't feel like I failed, just feel like I could have done better.

don't beat yourself up...hang in there and just try to make better choices the next time...we have all fallen off the wagon a time or two....

Like you said, this isn't a diet...so in the scheme of this new 'lifestyle change' where NOTHING is off limits we just have to make good choices most of the time. I've been trying hard not to think of these moments of poor choices as 'cheating' as we've all been in that diet/cheat cycle for so long and beating yourself up leads to stress, which leads to weight gain. You made some poor choices this weekend, so did I, don't beat yourself up. Just try to make better choices this week...one day at a time. That's the great thing about the band...it will be with you for life.

Thanks Big As Life and Band_Groupie, it is a mindset and a habit that we spend years building, I guess I should not expect to be out of that cycle in 4 months. But I am back to normal now, walking working and protein shakes.

This helped me so much today. I have been reading your about awareness. I have been managing so far so good on the two week post op liquid plan. But it is starting to take a toll on me. I just want to chew something. Awwrrrr well you know what I am talking about. thanks for listening.

Yeah, let yourself off the hook, its not that big a deal! Hope everyone who has ever gotten stuck knows about PAPAYA ENZYME chewable tablets!! I dont leave home without them...I have a tiny pill case for them on my keyring! They are a miracle pill!

what is the PAPAYA ENZYME TABLET??? I have never heard of this....