Whatever you do... don't get comfortable or lazy...

Mar 09, 2010

In your eating habits.   I did.  I felt I could eat whatever I wanted and would maintain or loose weight.  It's not going to happen.  You will gain the weight back.  This morning I weighed 148.5.  That's 8.5 pounds more than my lowest weight, which was my goal.  I don't want to go back to where I was.  In my support group last month they said that most WLS will gain 60% of their weight back after surgery.  That generally starts around 18 months post op.  I'm 18 months out and it has already started.  I know the rules.  I know what I'm supposed to do, but I'm not in compliance.  I'm one that has had minimal problems post-op.  I can eat anything I want without problems with the exception of sugar.  I sometimes feel like I've been cheated.  I wish I got sick when I ate bread, beef, or anything that was not good for me.  NOT the case.  So I know the battle has really just begun.  I can't let this beat me.  I didn't go into this just to be at my goal for a few months, not for a few years.  I want this to be for life.  I come here so those that are still in the honeymoon phase, loosing the weight... be prepared.  Some of us will get lax and gain a percentage of the weight back.  Don't let it happen to you.

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