Gwen,

I know what you mean about eating healthy.  I have been fat all my life, or at least it feels that way.  This morning I weighed 269.2 down from 346.  I haven't weighed under 300 in 25 years!  In fact I believe I weigh now what I did when I delivered my 31 year old daughter.  Anyway, I am rambling, I have always eaten salads, and tried not to keep too much junk in the house because I did not want my girls growing up fat like I did.  Thank God they are both normal sized people and can actually have ice cream and junk in their homes without feeling like they have to eat everything. 

The house is coming along.  The tree is gone, the out building is gone and replaced with a garden fence.  We plan on planting our garden there next year.  They start the digging for the footings for the new garage on Monday.  This weekend is the Dream Cruise in Royal Oak and my DH's family come out of the woodwork for this event.  Kind of bores me, but I go along.  Then they are all coming over here on Sunday after church for a mini reunion type thing.  So I know I will eat things that I don't normally eat, but darn it I had this surgery so that I could eat like a normal person.  Normal people have a piece of birthday cake when there is a party.  Normal people don't obsess over every morsel they put in their mouths.  They eat party food at the party and get back on track the next day.  So far I have been able to do that.  The restriction helps with that one.  Unfortunately for me I do have a sweet tooth so I know I have to watch it. 

Anyway, you take care and know that you are doing what is best for you, your body and your family

Bernice

 

Thanks Bernice!! It makes me feel better knowing people - someone
all - understand where I am coming from. I am sure people tend to
roll their eyes at this, but I AM a healthy eater. Apparently not
100% of the time since I got to the point I did - but it wasn't like
I ballooned 100 lbs the last 5 years. I eat healthier than most I
know and because of that is why I am worried about this surgery not
working. My problem was portion control. I had watermelon last
night. 4 or 5 chunks. Last year at this time I would have finished
off 1/2 of the watermelon (craved watermelon big time when I was
pregnant). I can't do that anymore thanks to my new tummy (and I had
foamies too the first time I had a bite of watermelon. hmmm - wonder
what it is?)

So this surgery wasn't to break my sweet tooth. I don't have
one....nothing like my DH's at least. And believe me, if I did, I'd
be in a whole world of trouble. Right now he has a Hostess stash of
Twinkies and cupcakes. Milk & Dark Hershey Chocolate bars...some
minis and Fastbreaks too. He has to have those chocolate chip
cookies in the 2 lb tin of cookies from Meijer - so those are in the
freezer. Mrs Smith Apple Pies. Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia & ice
cream bars. Oh yeah, and several types of chips. SO yes, if I was a
sweet eater, I'd be in big trouble!! lol He is 5'5" and weighs 140
lbs soaking wet. This stuff is a staple of his diet. He grew up on
it. I didn't. I can not eat that crap without feeling like crap. I
worry about him BIG TIME, but his whole family are like that and he
sees nothing wrong. (BTW My cholesterol is 167. His is 255!)

My family is overweight - while yes, they are crappier eaters than
me, with the exception of one, we still are prone to eat healthier
foods - lots of veggies and salad. Our problem is our dinner
consisted of meat, potatoes, veggie, salad, cottage cheese, bread and
a big glass of milk. DH's family sees potatoes as a veggie. It is a
given with our meals. That isn't me anymore, but that is how I was
brought up. Potatoes and bread (or any baked good) very rarely graze
my lips. Carbs, while I did eat more before surgery than I do now,
still were something I watched. Even something low carb isn't low if
you have 3 or 4 servings of it.... now I can only have 1 serving or
less so that may be my safety net.

Now onto something different. How is your house coming along? Is it
back together again? I want big trees around us, but we are also out
in the open. Not much barrier from the heavy winds. I guess right
after this house was built, the whole roof blew off in those straight
line winds (yours wasn't from a tornado, was it?)

Take care. Thanks for letting me ramble on!
Gwen