Hello Ladies, I just wrote a long post to all of you, and hit the wrong key and I logged off. Grrrr. I'm not very knowledgable with these gadgets. I need some training on them.
Neanderpam, I'm so amazed at you. You have lost over 100 pounds. What a feat that is. WoW! Your amazing.
I was going to have Bariatric surgery 2 years ago. I went through all of the test and the doctors wanted to do a Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass. 2 days before surgery I canceled. Gosh, I wanted to be able to enjoy a salad, & veggies. Can't do that with this type of surgery. I wanted to lose this weight, but not with 1/2 my stomach gone. I know a lot of folks who had the bypass surgery. Some are doing well, other's aren't. Dumping is a large problem with some people, plus I have a friend who had it done in her 50ties, and now she is so thin it sad. She can't get her weight up and she is malnurished.
Last year I tried once again and went to a hypnotist. It was a group session. The instructer gave each of us a C.D. to take home and to play it every morning and every evening. I did as I was instructed, but gave up because I never lost the craving for foods (mostly carbs) and went around hungry. That little venture cost me $400.00. The good Lord has truly blessed me with finding this forum and all you wonderful people. To find people that react to foods like I do, the bloating, swelling, cravings, to name a few of our problems. It's amazing, I've only been on this program just under a week, but I'm able to cook for my husband and when the grandkids come over, I have heaps of yummy foods, and so far, I'm able to walk away from it. I made Baklava yesterday, and I'm not tempted to eat any. I made spaghetti for my hubby, and only ate 1 tablespoon at the most. I just wanted to make sure I had all the seasonings right. Oh, passing up the pasta was hard. I could eat pasta every day. However, I'm getting the strength to walk away, because I have the daily support from you blessed people.
The swelling in my feet have gone down a little. Hey, That's progress!
Neanderpam, may I ask what autoimmune disease has plagued your family, and how are you disabled? I'm so sorry you lost your family. By all means, show my post to your clients. I hope that it will be beneficial. Please let them know that I feel (within days) so much better. I feel alive and I'm starting to write a short story and plan to send it to Readers Digest and some other magazines. More than likely, it won't get printed, but I will have the adventure of doing it just for fun. As long as I have breath in my body, I will continue to open new doors, explore what's behind those doors, and do my utmost to be healthy and not in this state of morbid obesity.
Janet, thanks for your input and good advice. I am chuckling right now, because I'm sending my hubby to Walmart to buy some unsweetened Almond Milk & canned coconut milk. My phone will be ringing, and he will be flustered, where do I find that blankety - blankety milk? LOL. I'm going to make that cauliflower and coconut milk soup tomorrow.
teresaw, I can hear you singing, gooood, morning, goood morning, how sweet that is. My husbands family is from Sicily. They have all passed on by now. We are now the elder's. My hubby was born in the USA. My father-in-law came over on the boat and went through Ellis Island. What an adventure that had to be for him and his parents. How beautiful it is where you live. My lady friend and I chatted over the phone yesterday. We want to make plans of visiting each other, and we said we would do that as soon as the weather breaks. She laughed and said, with all this snow and ice, we will see each other in June. LOL. We laugh about it, because there is nothing we can do about it.
Bye for now, Love to all.
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