Negative Nelly

I confided in my aunt that I am going through for this procedure.

A couple weeks later i get a barrage of text messages saying this person gained all there weight back.. this person did too.. so did this person etc etc etc.

I asked her what program they followed to loose their weight.

Her response was "ooooooo they all had gastric bypass surgery"

It made me feel so ducking miserable and I felt such a lack of support. 

I was on such a high knowing that I am being given a tool to help me manage my weight long term, and know her comments make me feel that I will fail regardless.

Just needed to vent.

I'm sorry you have to deal with this.it unfortunatly is a common occurance where people tell us that so and so gained all of their weight back and that it was a failure.there are too many good things to out weigh the bad.you will always have someone trying to bring you down by saying this.

having said that.this is a tool and will only work as well as you want it to work.personally i am almost 2 years out and have lost 130 lbs.i have regained my confidance and soo much more.i personally know someone who this has failed for and am using that as an insentive to make mine work.

so much has changed in the last few years concerning GB  that you can not base your success or failure on what has happened in the past.

i hope that you will continue looking to the positives and not the negitive of your process

sondra

thank you

Amy, there is tons of support out there at the clinic and here to make sure you succeed. I too was told that this 'lady' gained her weight back. From what I've seen being at the clinic and what I read here, they are determined to make sure you succeed. That is why you are having the group session, then the meetings with the 'team' and given exercises and healthy eating tips, etc along the way until surgery....you will be in the perfect mindset for when you have it done. You will have all the necessary tools ingrained in  your brain and the support of all of us here and the clinic. You can do this, you will succeed and we'll all squish over and have a spot for you on the losers bench!!!

Thank you so much. I have been really down on myself lately. About ten years ago I lost 100 lbs and slowly gained it back. I feel that there has to be something wrong with me that I cant get the weight off "by myself". But positive thought is the way to go

I agree that we are being given a tool to help us and the support and education to use the tool correctly!  With this fabulous support network on here we should all be able to succeed!

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