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Great - enjoy the lobster for me - we don't have a red lobster around here - have to go all the way to San Bernardino (70 miles) Joyce - Yep our new normal is hard to adjust too - I myself don't want to be so tight that I can only eat 1/2 cup of food - mentally i need at least 1 cup per meal - and even then I still want more food even though I'm full.. Can't wait to see Sex in the City 2 - but will most likely wait till the crowds have thined out - or go to an early show - I hate crowded threaters.. Laura - Hugs on Dad... Who asked what concert I went to -Earth Wind & Fire... Old School - well hell most of us here are old school :0) Peaches - WTG on not eating junk when having coffee w/GF - WTG on those calories !!! What did you do for exercise today?? Phyl - You could most likely give lessons on water arobics Apples - Sounds like you had a good weekend - has DS made up his mind about going overseas?? I agree there is no bad food to a degree- I don't allow food in my house that I have no control over - but if I'm at a birthday party - I have a little cake - but a cake or bag of candy isn't sitting on my counter - cuz if it was there - I would walk by a few times but after a while - one would turn into the whole thing being eaten.. I give myself credit for knowing my weakness and strong enough not to bring the stuff in the house.. Yesterday - I bought 1 candy bar - I ate - didn't feel bad about it - but had there been more in the house - it would have been gone.. Jessica - No I haven't had that pain - you may have over done something - give it a rest and if it keeps acting up - go see the doc.. Judy - I saw part of the show - I have been suggesting the book to my GF who's struggling- I didn't watch the whole show - but what I did love was the quit dieting - Like Apples said - it's about moderation - not depriving - it's about being healthy.. Julie - Glad you are doing better - sure hopw you don't get sick too.. Well need to go feed the dogs.. oh - great lf cheese at Costso - Cabot white cheddar - eat square is 50 cal and it's GOOD !!! It's in a yellow bag by the sliced cheese - Food today BF 2 servings of the Cabot cheese 100 cal - then 10 crackers 80 (the are made from nuts/rice - 16 cracker 130 cal) Lunch 2 tempura shrimp w/wasaba green beans - watermelon snack - 1 cheese Dinner fish veggies popcorn & sherbert 1 hr weight training - arms

Welcome Ninababy Determination is half the battle - if you keep that motivation you will succeed - and you can keep it - the power to live a healthier life is in your hands you can do it.. I asked my doc which surgery would be best for me - (I had to fill out a questionnaire of foods I ate) he said - I would do fine with lapband.. #1 it's not about how fast you get the weight off - it's about keeping it off - neither lapband nor bypass are guarentees that you will keep the weight off - the surgeries don't make you lose the weight - you and your choices are what makes you lose the weight. WLS is just a tool it doesn't do it for you - You can walk into any WLS doc's office and find pple who have gained all their weight back - I am very happy with my band - didn't have a problem getting to my sweet spot and I realized that this isn't about dieting but eating healthy - diets don't work - this is truly a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating and exercise habit.. We can never go back to eating "normal" - "Our normal" is what got us fat in the 1st place. I was on 2 blood pressure meds - got off one right after surgery - can't tell you when - it's almost 3 yrs.. What I can tell you is I feel 10 yrs younger - have 100% more energy - Heck last March (09) went zip lining in Mexico - could have never done that when I weighed 250 lbs.. I lost my weight pretty fast (within the 1st yr - was at my goal of 145 at 1 yr 1 week) and lost the other 7 by just keeping up my healthy eating and exercising - I was fortunate not to have any phyiscal limitations that kept me from exercising - the 1st 8 months I walked the treadmill 4-5 x a week - then got a weight trainer - now do weights 2xweek and cardio 1 or 2 times a week. Gook luck to you - hope you come back..

Candice That's pretty much why I eat the same thing over and over - so I don't have to think about it - just do it.. You sorta eat on auto piolet - The less discussion you have to make the less room you give yourself to make excuses for eating something other than whats on plan

Good Morning Gang Karla - hopefully it's (cell phone) is at work.. It's a pain to lose your phone.. All those #'s in it.. Andrew called last night to say good nite and make sure I had all the doors locked - lol I guess he does love his LaLa.. Not much to report - watched Lost (dvr) and then caught the very end of Survivor - Glad Sandra won over Russell - he was pissed - gotta watch it tonite - well maybe - since I know who won - who really cares :0) may just delete it.. Well past time to jump in the shower CBL

Happy Birthday Lori :cake::cake: Hope you have a GREAT DAY !!! :party: Calories don't count today :0) xoxox Janet

Karla Ice cream is ok if you can control it - I went threw a shebert kick a while back - 1/2 c only 110 cal and you can find Dryers slow churned for 80 (vanilla only is what I have found) I am pretty good at controlling ice cream - it's candy and cookies that I have no control over.. Well for the next 2 or 3 days just me angel bear sheba - Andrew is gone to his mom's to babysit while they are out of town (think they went to San Fran) it's so nice without Ryder !!! Andrew has 3 bros 15/14/13 and lil sis 10 from his mom and stepdad - then 2 sis from DS joseph - you guys know them Ryder is like the 2 yrs olds ;0) Karla you did good substituting the bread for the pasta - wtg.. I am having green beans & tempura shrimp w/wasabe I can't belive it's 8 already - ugh work tomorrow.. since I didn't go friday - there will be hell to pay - 1 mil emails to respond too.. Well enjoyed the day off :0)

Great & Joyce - you can look at my friends and add from there if you can't find each other Great love the inside of the house... Well not much to report - Costco & Target, then home and took a nap ;0) Hungry - want some veggies - had popcorn for lunch- I know not healthy but it was quick and filled the need. These contacts are a pain in the tush - my right eye is fine - but it's the left eye that sucks..

Joyce - Janet Wright on fb At dinner - just make sure you take tiny bites, chew and eat very slowly... That usually works for me and if I do have to pb I just say I have to use the restroom - for me I can feel it coming on - it's not immediate - but again everyone know's I'm banded.. Enjoy and don't worry - that may help too :0)

Good Morning Gang... Had fun at my concert Friday nite - had the funeral yesterday - it wasn't too sad - great memories and gotta see pple I haven't seen in year. The flowers are silk - not real :0) - I have ton's of silk flowers - everyone at Costco who saw them in my cart just went gaga over them.. Jodi - You are one busy lady - and yes you get what you pay for - you need to post pic's so we can see you :0) - Judy - Yep girl when you make up your mind - it's a powerfull thing - Keep up the good work Peaches - Welcome to the thread - I'm going to kick your butt into gear - No more excuses - you know what to do - you just gotta make up your mind.. One day at a time.. (girls I know Peaches - she's a Lucky 7 - so don't think I am talking to a newby meanly) WTG on your calories - You just have to find other outlets for your stress - and eating isn't the answer.. It's one reason I am on the computer so much.... It keeps me out of the kitchen.. FB farming is a great stress releaser ;0) Jessica -or was it Jodi who recommeded gatoraide?? I never cared for it in the past - I will look for some lite today - I did have one little episode last night but it wasn't too bad - again didn't drink enough - I gotta get better at that - I love Ice Tea - think I will make some today Jessica - you will do find - you will learn that pple really don't pay that much attention to our eating - Yesterday at the funeral - no one compented on my food - there wasn't alot of good choices - stuff to make sandwiches = pasta salad- hot wings - ck strips and dessert Had tomatoe - 2 slice turkey meat - 1 ck tender and no dessert - oh ya 1 glass of wine ;0) Julie - glad you are posting - and feeling a little better.. Hopefully that nerve testing will give you some anwers - hope DD is feeling better - And having too much on your plate - you gotta learn the word NO - I understand helping with DD wedding - but the other stuff - some times we have to let other pple step up.. We are have a 70's class reunion - they want volunteers - well I would love to help - but don't want or need the additional stress - Work is enough - I have gym - you guys and fb, bro estate, ranches and regular life -so I am not volunterring to help - then find out it's 11/27 and I may be taking the family on vacation the week after thanksgiving or the week of (got my $$ from Aunt's estate) Great - Glad you found a house - you are going to be one busy lady for the next few weeks packing and unpacking - or do the movers pack for you?? I loved the house on FB would love to see the inside - I love going to look at model homes !!! Well didn't quote - so don't remember who else I am missing need to go get dressed - eye appointment at noon - gotta finish washing - take inventory and see what I need from the stores while I am out.. CBL

Good Morning Gang... Had fun at EWF concert - didn't get drunk ;0) really didn't drink - since I hadn't slept the night before - I had one of my allergy pills - (pesudoaphemrine) and a lite mocha frapp w/3 shots - so Friday nite didn't' go to sleep til 3 - then slept til 9:30-10 yesterday - photo shopped the wrinkles out of the pic I am going to try and post - I love photo shop - it makes me look like I think I look (no wrinkles) Then had the funeral to go to yesterday after noon - it was good to see some old friends.. Got home around 6ish - and photoshopped some more (it's very time consuming) farmed then hit the hay around 10 - up at 6:30 - have read the paper - cut my roses (dehead) cleaned up and am washing - it's almost 9 Oh ya talked to my GF Candice on the phone last night and my gf Ann who's having man problems (she the one I went to the concert with) She should have left along time ago but she putting her head in the sand.. Karla - being a teacher - I would end up in Jail.... I would have said Ya so what at least I'm a good one :0) Hows the hand this morning???? Ya aren't we all great at giving advice on our kids but sticking to it or practicing what we preach can be hard - I find if I am pissed off I can - so stay pissed off - I sure wouldn't have her home sitting on her butt all day doing nothing and coming and going as she pleased... I know that kind of thing would totally piss me off - especially after working all day coming home and nothings been done - dinner not ready. I know jobs are hard to come my now a days - but... Either you get out and work somewhere if not then keeping the house up is your work.. DD#5 you didn't see that much of her before did you?? But I know what you mean - even if you don't see them much but they are close by - but when they move away it's awful.. Well have eye appointment at noon - need to go fold clothes and put another load in. oh Food - good - 137 this a.m. so I'm happy :0) Phyl - Glad you are feeling better and had a good time w/GD loved the pic's on fb - she's a beauty... Love the dog sitting - is Earl getting any closer to wanting a dog - or is the dog sitting enough for him?? Candice WTG on your food - one day at a time. You gotta find other outlets for your stress - computer is mine I guess - photoshop - like I said takes alot of time to get the wrinkles out and fb farming - it's mindless work but keeps me occupied - I find if I sit in front of the t.v. or even reading I want to eat.. Ok attaching pic #1 is photo shopped - #2 isn't - #3 is photo shopped #4 side ways isn't - see the diff in Ann(white blouse/jeans - we've been friends since 8th grad) and Debbie (brown - been friends since 9th grade)

Yep it does go back to your childhood - ck out that book Women Food God - Like I said - I didn't listen to the whole show - but what I did it does have alot to do w/childhood issues - cuz you know we all have a 2 yr old inside of us... Getting ready for my concert - will post pic later cbl Glad you aren't mad at me - I pissed someone off on my I'm here to help thread...

TWITTER UPDATE ;0) Great found a house - a pic is on FB - it looks BEAUTIFUL!!

Update on Julie She's doing a bit better - got another shot - better w/muscle relaxers and pain patch - and got approval for nerve test She hopes to be back in the next couple of days...

OMW a slow day - but that's how it usually is when I am around anymore... Well went and got another set of contacts - I think we finally got it - these. Went to GNC to get Potassium & Mag - the guy said that it's not just from not drinking for one day but from not drinking enough every day - he said it was potas that I need - but I got a pill that has both.. I have taken them - drinking mocha frappe lite w/3 shots - While at Costco - I got the most beautiful flower - and got their American Experss cc - that way I got 2% back on my purchase cuz they (flowers) were very expensive - but I love them..

Phyl Sorry for your bad day and the most recent email about your firiend (the other Janet) who passed away.. Tried calling you on your cell but it just rang... Hugs Hugs Hugs.. Well your hip is most likely like my knee - it acts up when it wants - I had that mri - they never ever called to tell me what it said - but again it hasn't acted up since then - so No news is good new :0)= But they sure sent me a bill - that I haven't paid yet - maybe when they call me I will pay.. Think we finally got the contacts right - I am seeing pretty good - just put them in.. I also got the costco American Express CC - and the most beautiful fake flowers - everyone who saw them in my cart just loved them- they were very expensive - but hell I get 2% back right - and they are absolutely beautiful - I think I am attaching the picture.. So Candice - have I pissed you off - I don't mean to I know I pissed someone off on my I'm here to help thread.. I guess I am just too ridge in my Quest to be healthy - I expect everyone else to be too - Hugs - it was all said with LOVE

Charlene - I'll get some of that too - cuz I can't keep having these - I have had it before and I think I did take both mag & potass and they went away - I need to take my vitimans period and I'm really bad at that.. Jessica - suggestion - take some of your own food but eat a little of the reg food - I know that you are still in your weigiht loss phase but you have to learn to be able to eat a little regular food - you say not band friendly - what's not band friendly - if they have hamburger - I eat just the meat - if they have potatoes salad I have just a little. But I always eat my meat 1st so that I am full and don't have too much room for the junk I will be gone too over the 4th - leaving 7/1 won't be back til 7/5 - it's our Lucky #7 get together - Everett Washington - where Phyl lives - we have a nice little beach house - I think there are 8 of us excluding Phyl's dh - who will be hanging w/us to.. Well never went back to sleep - got the house all cleaned - kitchen - vaccummed mopped - dusted (andrew doesn't dust but does everything else - so I can't bitch) clothes washed - patio washed - now have to get ready to go see eye doc at noon - omg it's 11 - I gotta jam cbl

Nurse Phyl - are you ignoring the brown stuff - you know what brown stuff could be - Please go get your stomach ck'd out Sorry for the bad nite -and you have stuff to do today too - it's not like you can lay around the house and veg Well, I got the house all cleaned floors mopped - house vacuumed & dusted (andrew doesn't dust he does everything else so I can't bitch) wash done - patio rinsed off (hope no more wind!!!) Now gotta jump in the shower and go see eye doc at noon..

Good Morning Gang Had major leg/feet cramps last night didn't get to sleep till after 3 - I am not going to work today - waiting to call my supervisor in a few.. I use to have some potassium pills - but couldn't find them last night - The night before I thought it was lack of Water but yesterday I drank water - I had been eating alot of spinach and drinking OJ but haven't lately - nor eating bananas - at one last nite - but it didn't help - I was on fb at 2 a.m. that's sick but sitting up helps - it's when I lay down that they start cramping and it's my feel ankle area - (sides of legs) Well just called in - I have had 2 cups of coffee - nothing - I don't really like this Kerug - I like strong coffee and it doesn't do the job - but gotta use it cuz the kids gave it to me - I guess I will add some of my starbuck instant to it to make it stronger.. Karla - I think you are avoiding the inside of the house - that would be where I started - the yard would be my last concern - but I guess you need the fresh air - becareful of your inners ;0) Candice - I really dont mean to harp on you - but for some reason that I dont understand and I don't think you do either - you keep reaching for the junk - I know we will find the answer.... I love you just as you are but that being said - I think you can do more and deserve more - another 30 lbs at least - it will make a diff in how you feel.. Phyl - has Earl changed his mind on the dog issue :0) babysit more and maybe he will - you and that dog look so cute together... Well I just called in - don't really want to waste the day sleeping - think I will try more coffee - have eye appointment at noon - may take a little nap this afternoon.. Got wash and some cleaning to do - who knows.. cbl

Judy - I didn't mean to offend you - I was just repeating a what you told the group of us in Fl - I apologize - if you thought I was being mean - that wasn't the point - the point was that we can never let our guard down or our addiction will come back to bite us in the butt.. Nor was this something you told me in private that I am repeating to the world - again - sorry Hugs Janet LauraK - that's how mine are it's my feet and the sides of my legs - as long as I am sitting up it's not bad it's when I lay down that the really start acting up.. I have had them the last 3 nites - but last night was the worse - I thought it was lack of Water the other night cuz I hadn't drank enough- but yesterday I did and took my vititmans - I use to have some potassium vit - but I guess I threw them out cuz I was looking for them last night - No I don't eat banana every day - did you know dates are a good source to (lol my dad was in the Date business and I remember him always telling me this ;0) I had been eating spinach and drinking OJ at night - but havent lately - Will be getting some potassium today for sure - I didn't go to sleep till after 3 - at 5 set the alarm to go off at 6:30 - don't think I am going to work - I am pooped I think I am going to call in in a few then go back to bed for a couple hours - I have eye appointment at noon.. Then concert tonite (Earth Wind and Fire) Linda - nope like I stated above- I usually do eat foods with potassium but haven't lately - so like I said I will be getting some today :0) - it's a bitch when you are trying to sleep and your feel are cramping up.. Well gang - you will be hearing from me today- since I'm not going to work :0) lucky girls :0)

can't sleep got bad leg cramp (really feet/ankles) alarm is going off in 3 hrs..

Karla I've been thinking about our addiction - and you hit the nail on the head - yes we are addicted to food - but you know what we aren't addicted to healthy foods - it's the bad food - there is not Healthy Drugs either - well vitimans ;0) - but you know what I mean So ya we are addicted to sugar and fats - those things we can avoid - we are stronger than them. So as long as we avoid them - and don't allow that devil to tell us it's ok - we can win.. Heck girl you have had a day off ;0) you played hooky.. Tomorrow nite - Earth Wind & Fire for me - so that means come home get dressed and make sure house is picked up..

Hi Sue How are you doing ??? Ok Gang - it's been suggested that we have a $$$ beat - and that may help you get motivated - I know it will w/Phyl cuz she's competitive ;0) So who want's in ...

Judy Welcome home - one day at a time... xoxox J

Deb - I love Denzel... NYC is a place I would love to visit - now that we have Jodi - Maybe we should go there - I think it's best to go somewhere where you have someone to show you around.. I would love to see a Broadway show.. WTG on your food & exercise.... You are living the lifestyle Yep a good bra will feel so much better and even make you look thinner. I found these Dr Rey bra's I love them - wide on the side and back - very comfortable and gives my 34 B saggy boobs GREAT CLEAVAGE. My 1st one was in a snake print - then found a beige one in the same style - so I got it . I hate spending $100 on a bathing suit - and that's how much the cost - I get them now at Marshalls or Target - I have a couple so I really haven't been bathing suit shopping this yr - heck the pool still to cool - think its 76... I like about 80. Apples - ck out the Dr Rey bra's - they sell them at Sear's Jessica - you are going to have to find something to keep you busy during the summer.. Yes I have no doubt that those 2 lbs will be off real soon - keep up the good work.. Phyl - Do the laptops work as good as a desk one - I don't know - my computer is about 5 or 6 yrs old - I know I got it right after I moved in here - so it should be fading soon - but hopefully it won't - Andrew goes thru computers about every 2 or 3 yrs.. Plus I didn't like the keyboard on my bros that I have - I would like one of those little notebook ones.. I figured Big Mike or Casey - So I wasn't shocked - I voted for Lee - 20 minutes and never got a busy signal - they must have added phone lines.. We will continue that discussion on our thread ($$$) Ya you were at that support group meeting - hell it was the only one I went to lol Glad you are having a good time babysitting :0) Joyce - I'm so stupid - I don't know why I thought you lived in OK - well isn't KS next door to OK ;0) or real close :0) I give myself credit - but I guess not enough - he brought it home when he said the junk wasn't in the house cuz I choose not to buy it anymore.. But what he doesn't understand either is that I do still want to buy it - but I don't but sometimes - he's black/white - he doesnt' understand being a food addict - he thinks it's easy to say no.. I don't know what I was thinking - cuz I keep saying well if there was a choc cake on the table I would eat it - but you know what - ya I may eat some but I would throw most of it away.. Yep I watched a little of the Oprah show - and like I have said - this isn't a diet to me - I don't diet - I just eat healthy.. I have suggested the book to a friend of mine who's struggling.. I agree - we tell each other stuff we don't tell pple in our day to day lives - I think a big part of that is that no one understands a fat chick like another fat chick does.. ok this weekend - my gf Candy and I stopped at Von's we were hungry and got hummus crackers salami cheese and chips and those cookie I have come to realize that I am afraid to be without food of some kind within my reach - We didn't eat anything but the cookies and not even all of them (3 yrs ago I would have eaten it all ) but I need to know that I have food to eat should the urge hit me- Don't ask me my I have never went without food - but it's my security blanket I guess And I am still a fat chick inside a thin person's body - I accept and love how I look - but I still crave - need to have food around me - if you looked in my pantry - it's way over stocked for 2 pple.. You would think that sometime in my life I was starved.. I think it may be from my childhood when I was put on diets - but all that did was start me sneaking food.. so that didn't work.. Yes - this is my support - in fact at work yesterday I was explaining to the girls in the lunch room why I needed support - cuz one girl ask - why do you need a support group - (she's one who thinks the band did all the work) - I told her I am a food addict - just like a junkie goes to NA - I go to LBT ;0) Linda I can accept a complement ;0) but agree - maybe I don't give myself enough credit - but I sorta am afraid to - I don't want to get to cocky ;0) cuz like Judy said she got too cocky after she got to goal and had her surgery - she thought she looked too cute and started snacking and going back to old habit - thinking that she had it all under control - well 40 lbs later she realized she didn't - That's what I am afraid of - so I keep telling myself that you can't have to much of the treats - that you have to focus on eating healthy - I think that fear is what has kept me from going back to the darkside - I don't ever want to go back there - I am afraid at times that I will be that person again.. So the fear keeps me on the straight and narrow - but again - I am not dieting just very very careful of the treats.. Haven't watch Biggest loser lately - it conflicts with the other shows I am recording ;0) Charlene Hugs on Mom - but sure glad not in the hospital!!! Prayers.. How do you like this type :0) Laura - I am in the ass kicking mood right now - so much so that I may just be a little to freaking blunt... And I don't want to shame anyone (that's what they talked about on Oprah yesterday - I didn't catch it all - but I am so blunt that I think I may shame pple and I don't want to do that) But #1 you have to remember why you had the surgery - why you wanted to lose the weight and for me - I finally got it - this isn't a diet and that's what this Women Food God books author says too - just like beck - even though she uses the word diet which turns me off - but anyway - this truly is a lifestyle change in our eating and exercise - if you want to be healthy you have to eat healthy and move your butt - you have to love yourself enough to make the time to do these things for you - we do have to put ourselves 1st sometimes.. I never finished the Beck book - but this new one seems to go more into why we eat - the emotional parts - not super sure - cuz like I said I didn't watch the whole program.. I agree cancer suck !!! Just you and dh going (date weekend ;0) or the whole family - going to use that credit at the restaurant aren't you ;0) Cheri Yep Crystal has a quirky personality - and I think she will win - but I love Lee and Casey is so cute and I normally don't like blonds.. Well gang been on here for at least 1.5 hrs trying to post please don't let it get lost ;0)

Good Evening Gang Candice - If I was closer I would be at your house right now - if fact if you were on line - I would be skyping you... You might want to get this book too Women Food God No matter how sophisticated or wealthy or broke or enlightened you are, how you eat tells all. If you suffer about your relationship with food — you eat too much or too little, think about what you will eat constantly or try not to think about it at all — you can be free. Just look down at your plate. The answers are there. Don't run. Look. Because when we welcome what we most want to avoid, we contact the part of ourselves that is fresh and alive. We touch the life we truly want and evoke divinity itself. Since adolescence, Geneen Roth has gained and lost more than a thousand pounds. She has been dangerously overweight and dangerously underweight. She has been plagued by feelings of shame and self-hatred and she has felt euphoric after losing a quick few pounds on a fad diet. Then one day, on the verge of suicide, she did something radical: She dropped the struggle, ended the war, stopped trying to fix, deprive and shame herself. She began trusting her body and questioning her beliefs. It worked. And losing weight was only the beginning. She wrote about her discoveries in When Food Is Love, her first New York Times bestseller. She gave huge numbers of women their first insights into compulsive eating and she changed huge numbers of lives for the better. Now, after more than three decades of studying, teaching and writing about what drives our compul-sions with food, Geneen adds a profound new dimension to her work in Women, Food and God. She begins with her most basic concept: The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings aboutlove, fear, anger, meaning, transformation and, yes, even God. But it doesn't stop there. Geneen shows how going beyond both the food and feelings takes you deeper into realms of spirit and soul to the bright center of your own life. With penetrating insight and irreverent humor, Roth traces food compulsions from subtle beginnings to unexpected ends. She teaches personal examination, showing readers how to use their relationship with food to discover the fulfillment they long for. Your relationship with food, no matter how conflicted, is the doorway to freedom, says Roth. What you most want to get rid of is itself the doorway to what you want most: the demystification of weight loss and the luminous presence that so many of us call "God." Packed with revelations on every page, this book is a knock-your-socks-off ride to a deeply fulfilling relationship with food, your body...and almost everything else. Women, Food and God is, quite simply, a guide for life. Library Journal While "God" is in the title of this latest work by best-selling author Roth (When Food Is Love), she touches only lightly on religion, focusing instead on why some people use food to mask their emotions. Overeating numbs feelings and erases unpleasant life experiences, Roth says; eating ends up being about bloating and indigestion, not about enjoying food. Through a series of inquiries, Roth helps overeaters find the underlying reasons for using food as an emotional buffer. Roth also provides seven basic guidelines for eating (which do not include counting calories) and other therapeutic self-help tools. Whether the trap is eating brownies or shopping in excess, Roth's advice could be applied to any addiction. VERDICT This is an excellent book for anyone tired of quick-fix diets. Having experienced the ups and downs of emotional eating herself, Roth offers readers genuine and heartfelt advice. [see Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/09.]—Phyllis Goodman, West Chester P.L., OH More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography Geneen Roth is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestselling When Food is Love and The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It, a memoir. She has been teaching groundbreaking workshops and retreats for over thirty years. Roth is a contributor to many publications from The Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping to O:The Oprah Magazine. She and has appeared on numerous national programs including Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, The View AND NPR's Talk of the Nation . She lives in northern California with her husband. For more information about her work, please visit Geneen Roth, author of Women Food and God. This book tells you - NO MORE DIETS - as I keep saying they don't work - and so does she.. Try this book - it may just make that light blub go off in your head - so you can have your ah ha moment... Cuz that's what it takes I think - Well home from work - cleaned out the fridge - went to target - got it's complicated - thinking of going to watch it tonie.. Food - Jerky for bf - lunch cobb salad - dinner ?? Turkey cutlets - but I don't know what to do with then - or maybe just a salad.. Scales this a.m. 136 and that's with eating biscuits and gravy and cookies this weekend... Go tomorrow to get these contacts ck'd out again - he has a 250 in both eyes - I think they are too strong - I got the 2.25 in my right eye and I can see fine - but my left eye sucks... I am about fed up with these contacts - I like the freedom of them - but at work if the print is tiny or lite i gotta put on my 1.25 glasses.. Phyl - the check is in the mail :0) - It's in an Desert Empire Insurance envelope :0)... oh ya - have my Earth wind and fire concert tomorrow night and the my gf Dad's funeral on Saturday at 2 - so I guess I can't get stupid friday nite !!! lol Well, gotta go ck my other thread - cbl