The doctor scared me today!!

I went to my GYN today for my yearly check up. My doctor is about 40 and about 4'10" and 100 pounds. She so pretty. She had 4 children and looks like she is their sister. She said it was time I quit fooling around and get this weight back off!! I said you have always been little and she said it was because she worked at it everyday of her life. She said she eats like a person that just had weight loss surgery. She said to go back to eating the same foods I did when I first had surgery. She said I wasn't going to die, but my quaility of life was going to be so awful. She said my cells would start breaking  down in my legs and I would have cellulosis (?).  She said at my age (60) I can't keep doing what I'm doing . I already knew this, but her saying it to me made me step back and take a long hard look at what my future holds if I keep eating like an idiot! I feel so bad and I can leave the carbs off for just a few days and I feel like a different person.
Please pray I can do "right"    Judy

judy-you can--you just have to do it...i know- sounds easy......
you are in my prayers....................

JUDY, YOU CAN DO THIS! WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU??? I think you REALLY need to reconnect to the surgery, sweetheart. Do you feel like you're thinking and behaving like a person who never had the surgery? Do you feel more like a person who is simply overweight - living an overweight or obese life - the same way you did before your surgery and loss of a lot of that weight? Do you feel MORE like that person than a person who had the surgery, went through all of what that entailed, went through that JOURNEY - have you LOST TOUCH with your journey??? That's the path you need to rediscover, Judy. This is so, so, so, so hard... Love you, Reenie

I also went to my gyn yesterday and gained 3 pounds since last year.  He did not comment on my weight since I really didn't gain all that much and is still within a normal range, however, he did tell me that at my age  (52) even though I am exercising and (basically) eating healthy, I should try to take in about 400 less calories a day.  He said as we age, our bodies burn calories slower and to maintain a normal weight, or the same weight, we have to eat a little less. 

It is easy for your doctor to say to go back to eating as if you first had the surgery.  Obviously, she does not know much about your anatomy after the surgery or she would not have said that.  Personally, I can't sustain myself on a half a cup of yogurt and a half a cup of cottage cheese a day.  That's what I ate for the most part after surgery, with a few protein bars thrown in.  I don't know how much you've gained or how over weight you are, but your doctor sounds like a bit of an alarmist.  Leaving off the carbs is not the answer.  Healthy, well balanced eating is.  And, of course, some form of exercise. 

Take care, eat healthy and be well!
Joanie

Joanie, welcome "home" - how was the cruise???

We had a really nice time...had some rocky seas but it was fun.  The important thing is that I found it very easy to eat healthy.  Protein filled breakfast, nice salad bar for lunch and also very good sugar free desserts.  I did eat a little more than usual, however did not gain (yay!)

what's doing around here?
Joanie