MM - BBGC - Life After WLS

Stress = hiccups.

I have noticed that if I eat too much or stress eat (Hello, it's Friday - and the boy pulled a quick one on me tonight - and I now have five kids in This Very Small House!) I hiccup.  Forget that excitement over my buck fitty nine earlier, I'm probably regaining it as my dinner metabolizes over here.  ****er****er****er****ity****.  There, that's *hiccup* better.

Friday.

Thanks to Meagan G. for the protein bar booty she sent up to me.  We thoroughly digested them.  Bob ate all the penis butter ones, and I ate all the chocolate.  Thank you for feeding me, they're totally gone now.  I will send you some chocolate.  ;-)

Weight

• 159.  Um, hooray and stuff.

Ate

• There is no excuse in the mothereffing world for this "breakfast" at 7:45am: 
  
  • Three donut holes, actually two, because by the time I started chewing the third - I said, out loud, "What The **** Am I Eating?"   They were not purchased by me or anyone in my household - so it was totally a drive-by carbing.  And, yes, while it is very wasteful, get used to it - they are in the trash, outside, under a poopty diaper, one that contains, undigested bits of CORN.  Are you still hungry?
• While grocery shopping, 9:30am:  1/2 slice of lowfat cheese that was given to as a sample -T and I shared it.  (40 calories)
• At the mall, paying my credit card billz, 10:45am: 1/2 tortilla with cheese (150 cals) 3 hour blood glucose, because I thought I was starting to feel symptomatic sitting here writing this:  82 mg, 1/2 hour later, 79 mg.  Guess I have to eat again.  ARGH.

We interrupt your work day for this wicked important announcement.

Beth, is less fat.  A buck fitty-nine, or 159 lbs. this afternoon.  BMI 27.7, still overweight, but less obese!

Dr. Phil on Childhood Obesity today...

I have to reserve a lot of judgment on these issues, because, everyone in my household is technically overweght or obese, including myself and my husband, still... but... I'm getting very angry at my television right now.

I feel guilty saying anything - because - Who am I to say anything if I can't explain my own children's weight issues, and the fact that they still exist?  But, whatever, it takes a village, blah blah blah, and when your kids are not in your care and with others, they get what is allowed.  That makes me nuts, but I can't stop it - and it is a lot better than years past, but....

"Obesity is a huge problem for adults in this country, but now it’s becoming an epidemic among young children. Dr. Phil has advice for placing your child on the pathway to health.

Morbidly Obese Toddler

Barbra says her 3-year-old daughter started gaining weight at 6 months old and now weighs 80 pounds. She and her aunt, Dana, are baffled by what they believe is a medical mystery because they say the child doesn't overeat.

 

Is Barbra contributing to her daughter's weight gain?

 

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Refrigerator Bandit?
Misty doesn’t know how to stop her 7-year-old daughter, Kaylie, from sneaking food at night. Kaylie weighs 145, pounds, and is the butt of cruel jokes at school.

 

"Food is her best friend."

 

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Mom in the Middle

Tammy and her two kids are obese, and she says she can't change their eating habits. Her sister, Debbie, says the boys' portion sizes are too big and the family is just lazy.

Can Dr. Phil get Tammy to stick to a nutrition plan?

 

 

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Fowl Play?
Tonya is desperate for help because she can't get her overweight 2-year-old to eat anything but orange chicken.

 

 

 

Can Tonya teach her tot to tame his taste buds?

 

 

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Deadly Eating

Jessica says her mom, Angie, is blind to the health issues of her 351-pound sister, Jaleisa, who is only 15. Jessica says her mom never buys healthy food, and she fears her mom has Munchausen’s syndrome. Angie says she can’t monitor Jaleisa’s eating habits all day.

 

Can Angie turn this situation around, or is it too late?

Carnie Wilson Update, you been waitin'!

According to lots of recent keyword searches, lots of you out there in the internets are looking for an update on Carnie Wilson.  Well, you're in luck - she's on Entertainment Tonight, uh, tonight.  Sure, she's there to pimp her new CD, but she's also sharing a little honesty regarding her weight gain and whatnot. (Note:  Pregger weight gain after WLS is like glue, I tole ya.)

What?  Well, she's still chubby - much like most of us!  I'm guesstimating she's 180 lbs.

Here's the new album (with a scary hair-do!):

From ET:

"I've been through morbid obesity where I was going to die," says Carnie, who underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1999 when she weighed an estimated 300 pounds, "to a very, very healthy weight, in a size six or a size eight, feeling so great -- back to 240 pounds after I had [my] baby. It's never going to be what I want it to be, always when I want it to be."

Carnie says she's "struggling with 30 [pounds] now," and in announcing it to the world she's hoping people with similar struggles can find power in her own fight. In fact, she has a great Web site, www.LiteandHope.com, that addresses all sorts of weight issues.

"What I've realized now is that I am really blessed, because I have the ability to reach millions of people," she says, "and millions of people are really suffering from this disease and they need my help."

Examining the core reason why she would overeat, Carnie reveals, "I'm an addict, and I've been in recovery for over three years for drugs and alcohol."

Admittedly once drinking 10 martinis a day, Carnie says she has been clean and sober for over three years. And fueling her positive direction is the love she gets from her 2-year-old daughter LOLA and hubby ROB BONFIGLIO, who engineered Carnie's new holiday CD, Christmas with Carnie, in stores now.

"Most of the songs were recorded in my pajamas on my couch in our studio at home," says Carnie, adding that Lola even gets into the act. "[Having her is] the most incredible thing I've ever done, and it just changes your perception of love, you know?"

Watch ET for more with Carnie!