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Awwww! Can I steal her?? Look at that sweet face. How can anyone stay angry with her ever? <3

My younger son is adopted. I believe both his parents live near us. Unfortunately I couldn't leave well enough alone and I found his birth father on Facebook(I knew his name). I found some pics of the two of them and saved them for my son in case he asks later what they looked like. I think some day he will want to know. I can only hope they registered in the adoption registry so that he can know they wanted him to find them. Of course now I feel guilty that if have pics that I haven't shared with my son who would KILL to see them, but he's 13 and I don't want him to want to contact them at this age, and be rejected. I really wish I'd never looked him up, but at least I have pics for my son for later. I know I contributed nothing toward a solution for your question, but I don't know that many others who have adopted or are adopted so thanks for letting me share.

You know what? I honestly can't. Never thought I could do this, especially with 3 flare ups. I'm so happy about it

Here's another example. I took a client out for dinner tonight. The poor waiter must have come by three times and we still hadnt looked at the menu. Normally I might have looked at it before I went to the restaurant! Then he rattled off the specials. I so didn't care I didn't hear a word he said. I smiled and nodded but my head was elsewhere. My client insisted we try the Burrata. I love Burrata and this was very, very good Burrata. I ate half with a lot of enjoyment, he ate the rest. I ordered an appetizer for an entree (meat and cheese plate), I ate two slices of cheese, 1 salami and I proscuitto, and I was done with dinner. Such. A. Relif.

1.7 today for 58 total. Two more miles to hit my stretch goal. I think I can, I think I can...

That is very true of my experience with folks. Godless heathens tend to be socially liberal for sure, and often financially liberal as well (but not always). I do associate fundamentalists with social and fiscal conservatism but they could just be the tea party spending lots of money to publicize their politely agenda, but mixing it with their "godfull, non-heathen" message.

Hello hello! Yes we did miss it

What I'm finding is that I constantly re-set the goal line. First it was onederland, now I am 191 but want to hit 185. I think while frustrating, it also all serves to motivate us, and gives us small goals to work toward so maybe that's a good thing.

Curious if the hospital had any help to offer with your son? Tomorrow's the big day right?? Good luck with everything and please post when you can. I am sure that others who read this thread are also rooting for you as I am. Sending positive vibes for your well-being as well as for your son.

That's because I spend waaaaaayyyy too much time on this forum

I too hated food before even though I really loved cooking and feeding people, and tasting it. I hated it because I knew every bit of it made me fat, fat, fat. If I ate it and enjoyed it, I then felt guilty because I knew it was going to make me fat. Now I eat food and it nourishes me. It keeps me from getting cranky. It keeps me from passing out. And by golly, it still tastes sooo good. Everything tastes as good as it did before. We so thoroughly enjoy the few bites we eat. And I still love to cook. Like the poster above, I too cooked for my kids immediately after and I still got a lot of enjoyment from watching them inhale the food. I still felt good when they told me I was a good cook. And I didn't mind that they had eggs while I drank a shake. Now, I spend my time crafting sleeve-friendly recipes and sharing them on my blog. Food is still tasty--I just eat a lot less of it, and I feel ZERO guilt. For that alone, I would consider the sleeve.

I don't think your calories are too high. I'm 5'6 and started at 230. Am now 191 and I am eating about that many. Depending in your height and weight that may be too few. Can you share those stats? Sent from my iPhone using VST

This is true of me too! Used to be my husband and I could waste 30 minutes wondering where to go for dinner or what to make because I'd keep changing my mind. It used to drive him insane! Now, I'm like, why waste time thinking about it? I'm going to eat 2 ounces of whatever and be full anyway. I'm a lot easier to please now

Thank you so much for the pics! You look amazing. Very sexy and very well proportioned. I agree with Laura. Need to schedule you some beach time to show off that body.

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On my blog I have lots of full liquids that are high protein, meat and vegetable soups. Search for "full liquids" on there and you can find chicken and mushroom, shrimp and lobster bisques, egg drop soup etc.

All dog stories MUST be accompanied by said dog pictures. I love seeing pics of people's pets

Yay! And happy birthday in advance! Hope you have a wonderful day

Thank you so much for the pics you shared. I'm sure you're loving your new body. Good for you!