Stay Focused you can do it!!! They should be helping u not making it difficult for you!

They should be helping u not making it difficult for you!

I agree!

Yes I agree with you both....I think when they see I am not gonna budge even with their sabbatage techniques and when I am a thinner me after a few months....maybe they'll get it..."I WILL SUCCEED".

I have to give praise to my live at home borrowed daughter who is 15...she has been quite a challenge for us (we are her guardians)...she is very helpful, has made dinner most nights for the family even before I get home. she offers to go on my walks with me, even though they are short, she is very helpful...so not all bad, she offers to rub my feet...It's almost like this surgery has opened her eyes that she should not give us so much grief in daily life..

My sister and mother from afar gives me great long distance support as well as my youngest bio daughter. The other kids have called to check on me but not really a concern of theirs...

You are a strong woman G4! You are capable of anything you set your mind to!!!

My little guys love their sweets but also have the ability to walk away from half a cookie if they are full (something I never learned or ignored in my life.....) so now I'm trying to make a game of it. I am buying cookies and sweets that kids enjoy in moderation and keeping them on the counter which is something I've never been able to do because I work from home and would eat them all before the kids got home from school. I'm testing myself and my resolve in this. I'm making it a game of the better the cookie the more my "exercise" of self control. Not sure how long it will last but for now I've got my mind wrapped around that.

We're all in this together, you are not alone, keep that in mind.

I miss seeing you and your bright smilin face!!

WCMom...I look at your picture each day and know we are all in this together....It is what keeps me going. I went and visited my PCP today just as a visit to let her know what all had taken place and give her the copies of all of the letters and such and the x-rays. All went well I am kinda stalled out at 26 lbs...I am hoping like crazy for the last 2 holes to heal up so I can starrt swimming. I have been walking about 1/4 mile a day, but our weather turned off super cold and snowy....so didn't walk this weekend but only once.

I love these blogs and forums it is the perfect place to say what you're feeling without placing stress on the rest of the house. And so many people are going through the same things it is nice to read....

How goes your progress....I had an egg yesterday!

One of the things that always helps me when I see a cookie or piece of cake( which are my weaknesses!) I think to my self that I know what they taste like, and for whatever reason, I lose the "need" to eat it.