My Goodbye is saying hello to more pounds!

Just remember that you aren't going to be without those foods necessarily after surgery,  just different eating habits.  You can't chow down on a hamburger like we used to, but you can still have one by eating differently.  Don't beat your self up.  I think it's normal before surgery to feel that way, but once you are past that point you will see that it's not all sacrifice.  Before you know it you will be joining us on the losers bench !!!!!  Patsy

 

 

Aww sweetie, like you in February I began doing very well. I began falling into “band" habits and I was doing great. I was getting ready for this life changing experience and I was super excited. I wanted to make the Doctor proud and I got 10 pounds below my consult weight. I wanted to show him I was serious about this and that there was no way in hell I would fail this band, even if I had to job a 5k a day.

 

Then once I found out that we were in the dark still and that he wasn’t beginning in March like we were told, I also fell off the wagon. Being left in the dark and not getting any answer was very hard for me to deal with so the next thing I knew, I was eating fried foods again.

 

I know I gained some weight since the consult, but like you he didn’t weight me at first consult, and it’s been 8 months so I mean I may have gained 5-10 pounds.

 

Keep your chin up. Remember that while you may be losing a “best friend" this so called friend was not a very good friend at all. It doesn’t make you happy and is it slowly killing you. If it were a person in real life, you would kick it to the curb and never look back, it’s our time now Rachel to kick that awful bad influence friend to the curb.

 

I’ve been pretty good. I’m not grieving really because I felt like I have been for like the last 8 months. Not knowing when my surgery was going to be always kept me on my toes. Each time I went to my favorite restaurant I thought it would be the last time I would be able to eat for $30.00.

 

Now that my 2^nd consult is approaching, I’m too happy to be sad.

 

I’m ready for this now and you are too. Don’t see it as a death sentence, but more as a new life.

 

A life were food is not a friend or an enemy, but a fuel.