Originally Posted by Patty47200

I know it is not a diet. I know inwill have to eat this way the rest of my life. It means not getting to eat like everyone else. No pizza, no pasta, no chips, no rice at a Chinese resturaunt. It means not having cake at a birthday party, not being able to eat Christmas cookies brought over by friends etc etc, It means sitting at a table at a luncheon pretending to eat because there was not one thing on the plate that I was allowed to eat. It sucks, it really does. I live among a family that bakes,cooks wonderfully and most of them have nonweight problems , no self control. They can eat a cookie and it doesn't send them on a two day eating binge. So yes, I do feel like I am missing out.