To Deena

[Guest guest]

Although my husband is gentle in his approach, he annoys me to no end

when he scrutinizes what I eat. He thinks he's being helpful and I

want to scream! Yesterday we were in the car with the kids and they

were eating fruit roll-ups and I took a tiny little bite of one and

you would think I ate a bowl of table sugar. " I don't think you

should eat that, that's alot of sugar in that, and why waste your

calories on that... " I put my hand on his knee and as nice as can be

I said " I know what I can and can't eat. You do not need to watch

over my food intake. " I believe he got the message and has stopped

being the food watcher.

As post-ops we and only we are in control of what goes in our mouth.

These first few months are a learning period and we may make mistakes

but that is part of the learning curve.

I crave fresh fruit everyday and I eat it 3 to 4 times a day.It is a

very good food choice. I don't eat meat or poultry so I have a

protein shake in the morning then some yogurt later on and sometimes

a protein shake at night too. I get plenty of protein.

As far as his " jab " at weighing twice what you should, that was just

plain mean and you need to tell him that you need his support, not

his criticism.

Toni Lieb

MGB 5/31/00

then 296 lbs.

now 265 lbs.