[Mamacita]

Good morning, everyone~~

Hope you're all doing well. I'm back to reading the book from page one...again...maybe some of it will sink in.

Actually, the last couple of days haven't been bad. Last night, while waiting for the chicken to bake, I spied a bag of potato chips on top of the fridge. I thought about opening the bag, then I heard this voice say "How's that workin' for ya???" I stopped, told myself those chips wouldn't work, and walked past the fridge without another thought to those chips!! A teensy-baby step toward success.

I think I'm having a little gall bladder trouble, though...I've had this dull, nagging pain about 2" below my sternum...If it doesn't let up, I may see what the doc says. Do NOT want surgery..that's for sure.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Mamacita

[dixie_chicken]

I have no idea why I am having the problems I am having now. Last week I had no problem going to the gym but I had a huge problem eating right. This week I have had a sick kid so I haven't been able to get to the gym but eating? Well eating hasn't exactly been right--I just haven't been doing much of it period. Since the baby is feeling so much better, I am going to jump back on track today, read the book from page one and get the ball rollin again.

Good luck on the gll bladder thing--ouch!

[Jen]

Hey Mamacita, just wanted to comment about your gallbladder problem (if it is your gallbladder giving you grief). My husband started having problems with his last fall and it took weeks to get a diagnosis. He had tons of pain and could not eat. He ended up having his gallbladder removed because the whole thing was one big huge stone. Because the stone was so big they had to make a larger incision and I feel that his complications were probably because of the larger incision. He was fine for several weeks after but then the pain resumed and it took months before anyone figured out what was wrong. The only good thing out of this, if you want to call it a good thing, is that he couldn't eat and lost about 50 lbs. Not a good way to lose weight but still....anyway where I am going with this is that you don't want to leave it too long as maybe if it is gallstones they could do something besides surgery to get rid of them. This complication post surgery seems to be very common from the internet sites and personal stories I have seen or heard. I would go now to the dr and tell him/her what you suspect and see what tests can be done. My husband's stones were diagnosed via ultrasound.

Good job resisting those chips. Chips are a huge weakness of mine and I never have them in the house anymore otherwise the whole bag would be gone.

[JENNIFER LYNN]

I am just joining in, so I am going to get to reading chapter 1.

[dixie_chicken]

Good luck Jen!

I amstill reading Chapter One (again--I think this makes the 4th time) I have a question for ya'll. Think it is possible to be happy but not confident about your size? I mean, I am not happy about my size, but in general my life is fairly happy. I consider myself to be a happy person. But I am not comfortable in my own skin. I am fat and I hate that. The weight isn't ruling my life anymore though. I feel like I am slowly learning how to take control. But am I confused or is this normal, natural, just life types of things?

HELP!!!

[JENNIFER LYNN]

I basically, feel the same as you dixie chicken. I have a wonderful life, but I am not happy with my weight. I think we're normal!

[dixie_chicken]

Makes me feel better to know I might be somewhat normal in this. It has just een a thought that has ben bothering me lately. I am happy and content, I am in school full time and am doing pretty good (well...ok--it is not my favorite thing in the world) Usually I am pretty casual when I dress, but in school there are all these little tiny girls, walking around in their cute clothes, showing a little skin, yadda yadda yadda. Seeing these tinny women walking around makes me feel so self concious. The reast of me is completely happy though.

Oh well, as you said, we are normal, I can handle that.

[Jen]

Dixie, that is about how I feel too. Generally I don't think about myself as being overweight. I have a good life and I'm happy most of the time. Then I will see myself in a mirror or a picture and am reminded just how overweight I really am. That really gets to me.

[happyterror]

I am off to buy this book today.

[HunnyBee]

not sure where I am in the book... right around the place with goals... ewwwww.....