Do you feel like your personality or outlook on life changes after surgery?
For me, I have never had a self-esteem issue but I always had a problem excepting compliments. I have had to learn to accept them. I also have had to replace bad habits (over-eating) with good habits (running, biking) but all of that needs to be moderation.
I think successful weight loss is not about surgery at all. Surgery is a tool but like all tools, it must be maintained and used properly. And one tool cannot do the entire job! So, I would encourage anyone who was struggling with self issues to get other tools to help, like counselors, pastors, information, and other healthy outlets to help develop the person you want to become inside and out!
God bless,
Nanci
I think that, once the weight is off, it's up to you on how you want others to see you. People who meet you and never knew you as a fat person take you at face value, and it is up to you to decide how you present yourself -- you can still be a wallflower, you can still be shy, etc. or you can become the woman you always dreamed you wanted to be. Losing the weight removes the barrier you placed in front of yourself, leaving very few excuses for the new you. You have to understand, though, that you might have a big adjustment period, moving from a fat person to a thin one. I am still trying to learn to be comfortable in my thin body, how it moves, what limits I have in sports, etc. There is definitely a mind part in how you feel after the weight loss, but take time to think of who you want to become. Losing the weight levels the playing field on a lot of things. It's a great readjustment to life!
Patricia
Lap RNY 2 May 06
I have not had the surgery yet but have seen and heard how it changes your whole outlook on life. You kinda of rediscover your self.It is a whole new you. You are no longer trapped inside a body that you hated or had low self esteem about.You are so full of life that you find things more interesting out there that you never dreamed that you could!! Alot of people go out and just get an adrenaline rush just knowing you can now fit in a roller coaster ride or that you can bunjee jump and they go and conquer it. Some people do change their personalities and some just have the same personalities that they have had all along it justs depends on where your mental state is.
Hope this helps and if I am wrong,please let me know,Thank You!
(I am not a know-it-all I just have seen it with my own 2 eyes or I have heard it)
With God's Great Love,
Brandy
