Re: Re: Almost feeling like I'm ready to give up...

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Cathy, for the great tip, as yes, I am

quite confident that I someday again will find myself

at a Mcs.....

Pam

--- Cathy catic15@...> wrote:

> Pam,

> A woman I know who went through WLS pointed out that

> she still has to

> live in the real world - potlucks at work and

> attending banquets are

> part of her job, and she had to learn how to deal

> with them. I

> suspect that that's one reason they make us lose

> that 10% - to show

> that we can deal with that sort of thing. Don't beat

> yourself up about

> going to Mickey D's.

>

> You did better than you would have before, but there

> are choices that

> you could have made that would have been better. . .

> instead of a

> burger and fries, maybe a salad with low-fat

> dressing (and only use

> part of the dressing; it's loaded with calories!)

> Instead of Coke, how

> about bottled water (I think they sell it there?) or

> milk? Or, of

> course, you could have Diet Coke - still soda, but

> at least it's

> sugar-free.

>

> Cathy

>

> I need some

> advise from those

> who have gone through the process, as

> > well as those attempting to lose the 10%...

> Yesterday I went to

> > Mc's with my son so that he could have

> dinner, (real healthy,

> I

> > know), but primarily so that he could play on the

> play structure as

> he

> > had been driving me CRAZY all day long!! While

> there, I ate a medium

> > fries, cheeseburger, (the small version), and a

> medium (regular)

> coke.

> > Granted, the old me would have had a Big Mac,

> fries and a coke, both

> > supersized; but the point is is that I despartly

> want to lose this

> > weight and become healthy!! Sometimes I feel as if

> I should just

> give

> > up and give in, but I don't want to... I really

> want to lose this

> > weight! Any thoughts?

> > Pam

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