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I'm day six today! I truly believe its "emotionally attached to food." I have same attachment I'm normally super busy, but now that I'm home, I'm watching T.V and BOY do they advertise FOOD! Hope GOD helps us! Good Luck!

I'm into week 3 and I'm 21 lbs down since surgery 40 since my heaviest. Eating less than 1/4 of a cup of food at meals, which doesn't amount to many calories, so still struggling with fatigue. BUT - I am walking a mile now in my 30 minutes of required daily walking. (PITIFUL, I know, since I used to jog 3 miles in 45 minutes.) So I called the nurse to ask when I can swallow pills again and found out I have 3 more weeks of the nasty liquid/chewable crap. She shared with me that I really HAVE to get the 60 grams of protein in a day OR ELSE my hair will start falling out. So now I'm serious. Back to the gross protein drinks. Thinking about going to Goodwill to find some shorts since mine are about to fall off. HOORAY! My belly STILL looks like a train wreck, but oh well, I'll not be wearing a bikini anytime soon. And I think I might have found a shoulder under all my vanishing fat! Looking forward to finding a WAIST eventually.

Thats great, glad to see your doing well.

How rude and terrible!! People amaze me! But here is the thing. Although losing weight may stop the moo'ing noises from ignorant jackasses...it won't cure MEAN. There will always be something or someone that will comment negatively about something and potentially hurt your feelings. From this day forward...hold your head high, be proud of your accomplishments thus far, work on self esteem and self worth. I promise....MEAN won't ever affect your identity!

He seems to be doing well with it. I have made a special point to recognize what this all has meant to him and how it has affected him, and Ive tried to give lots of positive reinforcement. For example, I made a point to thank him profusely for the TLC he gave during my recovery, and I continue to show gratitude. I also acknowledged that him having to watch me go through surgery must have been really scary and nerve-racking, and I was sorry he had to go through that & see me in the hospital. Sometimes it means the world to just validate your loved one's feelings, ya know? But now that I seem to get better exponentially every single day....I believe he would agree this was the right decision.