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Now, that....is a sexy healthy dinner:) Happy VD to you, too!

I know I'm a day late on this, but I haven't come up with what I am giving up for Lent this year. We had a sermon a few years ago about how Lent is not a diet plan, it's not meant to be a second chance at re-starting a New Year's resolution. That sort of kicked me right in the guilt-button, because I had given up sugar before and the whole focus ended up being how great I felt and how much weight I had lost. Not the point of Lent. So all you Anglicans/Catholics, tell me what you chose and why!

I have Aetna though my husband's job

I chose to choose my words more carefully, be more sensitive to those around me, and more self-aware of how my words impact others. I've already tripped up once but it's a good habit to get into, and I think Jesus would approve

I observed it in my dryer. I cleaned the filter. Oh, wait, that's different..... LOL:)

One of the items listed on my hospital discharge paperwork indicated that I should contact my surgeons office if I had uncontrolled or increased abdomen pain. So you might want to touch base with your surgeons office.

I am puzzled by the question because why would anyone really like being fat? It is abject misery - every day is a social, physical, and mental challenge. I can't wait for this problem to be over and done with.

Honestly, I don't think it ever went away. For me, I had to make food fuel, and I spent six months before the surgery doing that. Even at 16 months post-op, I'll see something (like this toffee cake dessert my colleagues were having the other night) and think about how good it would be, but I won't have it. I only eat certain things (mostly meat, cheese, eggs, and green vegetables) and that's that. That was the only way for me to deal with it. It's been a very effective approach for me.

NOT. AT. ALL. My new life is beyond fabulous and I will never go back.

Just because we "can" doesn't mean we "should". You know? This is where the retraining and committing to new habits really comes in. Go back to basics. If you're scared now, that's good! Rather be scared now in the early honeymoon phase than 2 years out when you're eating as you always did prior to surgery and gaining like a beast.