Re: The affair, revealed - Mister Starchy

[Guest guest]

Or in my case, Mistress Starchy, " Beat me, whip me, make me eat

cchips! " - LOL!

Tim

>

> Hi, everyone. Great responses to my post about the affair. The truth

> follows.

> I got an email from a postop, the usual story: This lady was totally

> miserable preop. Postop she'd worked hard and done really well. Then

> she started snacking, experimenting, etc...and now she's regaining.

> She says " I don't know what happened " . She says she can't help it.

She

> says she tries, but ends up eating. You know the story, and you know

> all the reasons.

> I flashed on this thought: We value faithfulness in committed

> relationships. If one of us had an affair, we'd be all over it.

Well,

> how is this so different from a sexual affair? We " married " our

> pouches and promised to be faithful to our meal plans. What if we

> thought about our food habits the way we think about sex?

> So I created the story of the affair as a parable. Read it back to

> yourself: Your responses were beautiful, supportive, and clear. Lots

> of energy there, lots of anger and sympathy. Now what about the

affair

> that all of us are at risk for, the affair with the seductive Mr.

Starchy?

> Martha

>