Good Morning Louisiana! Question of the day!

First I would like to say good morning and hope that y'all have a wonderful day. Question, As a Bariatric Surgery Patient, What have you found to be the hardist thing to overcome? For me it was to actually see myself as the person that I had physically become. It was not until my husband took a photo of me with his camera phone that I realised that I was no longer 420lbs. but a small framed fragile woman now. Have a good one! Sarah

Sarah, that is a beautiful post. For me as an "infant" it just hit me how much of my life was about food. As you know here in LA our whole culture is around food but to begin the realization of not only eating food but the large part of my day that was about planning it, buying it, organizating it, talking about it, fixing it, sharing it, and enjoying it I am in eht eearly stages of FACING it. I am retired and my life is pretty good so I had a couple of lunch dates each week with friends, out to dinner with Hubby a couple of times a week, even coffee every morning after water areobics with the girls, dinner parties, Sunday dinner with my children and grandchildren at my house and just sharing meals with Hubby this is all gone for a while and I have a lot of time to fill. I like your post got me thinkning here. I am going to put these thoughts in my journal. Thanks again! Be strong and positive--bj

I faced that same problem. I still find it hard to host a meal and have to prepare desserts that are not sugar free. I found that reading, writing, and online games helped to manage my eating time. I still to this day do all three.

Sarah, with me almost 1 month out I can't say everything you can!! you look awesome by the way!! But I can say soo far the hardest thing is realizing that I didn't have that HUGE stomach anymore and that now I WAS controlled by my new "lil" and I mean lil tummy,, and that pissed me off to no end!!!! I am soo used to shoving things in and not stopping when I was full, shoot I didn't even know what full was,, and now I have learned what that is and when I need to stop,, now I still am not sure I want to stop when I know I SHOULD, but I am learning and only time will heal me wanting more,, I have to learn its not about living to eat its about eating to live and thats all,, I have learned I need to come up with other things in my life to occupy my time where before all I did was LITERALLY eat and eat,,

Thanks! The head hunger never goes away. EVER! I fight it on a daily basis. Just remember the worst part of eating is knowing what it tastes like to come back up. I had to learn that the hard way! LOL

I think it hit me Sunday when I was looking at my before and after pictures....It was the fact that I let myself get as big as I did. I never realized just how bad it had gotten. Even though, I have always struggled with my weight I was able to keep it in check. I just let myself go and now that I am happy again, it has made me realize just how unhappy I really was. I have not had to overcome any problems like, eating to much or to fast, head hunger or feeling deprived. I just know food is not the same as it was before and I have been so ok with it. I am a much stronger person now 14 weeks later. I honestly think my surgeon did a little brain surgery while he was at it. I woke up a completely different person in that recovery room. Have a good day, Jodi

I am 5 months out and still have a ways to go but for me when I look in the mirror I still see a big woman. I cant believe I am in a size 16 jeans (not stretch) and came from a 22. I look in the big womans clothes still too. Its hard to believe that the weight is coming off and I am starting to get some curves. The hardest thing I have had to deal with personally is losing the hair. I had a head ful of thick hair and I can believe over 1/2 is gone, but I know it will come back much thicker and better. Thanks for this post, its a great eye opener. Denise 250-196-150

I think that is absolutely wonderful. I'm going through the same exact thing. I went from a 22 to a 14. In just 8 months! You can level with me when I say this is the best feeling in the world. And this surgery is the most rewarding and greatest thing I have ever done in my life! Good Luck on the rest of your journey! We will all be successful! Kristen 250/185/145

hi Sarah, nice pics, you look great!!! rhonda