A message from Startears
Hi everyone,
Firstly I want to say that I hope all of you reading aren’t taking my posts too seriously. During the fast, I made a post about how hard it was. I just want to clarify that I was not posting this to scare any of you who are coming up to this phase of the journey. I’m an honest, straight forward, person. If I’m having a hard time, you’ll hear about it, and if I’m having a Great time, I’ll give you an ear full there to!
The liquid phase was hard for me. I hadn’t mentally prepared for how life changing this surgery was and emotionally and physically I was in shock for the first 4 weeks. I wrote those posts to make myself feel better, or to maybe hear someone else say “yeah it was hard for me too" so I didn’t feel alone.
The goal of my post was not to scare any of you in this journey. The liquid phase is not easy, but was it worth it?
Absolutely!
I lost 20 pounds during the fast. My liver was safe enough for surgery (which is the most important part), and I had a great head start to my weight loss.
Today, I am almost a month out and I’m feeling great. I lost 32 pounds so far,.I feel normal again and the fact that I can’t eat like I did before no longer bothers me. I bought myself clothes yesterday 2 sizes lower than pre op and I can move so much easier.
A lot of you are coming close to beginning your journey and I really hope that my posts did not discourage or scare you, because it was certainly not my intention.
I do not regret my decision at all and I am happy I did this surgery.
BUT I really have to stress that this is a life changing experience. I used to stuff my face as much as I could and as fast as I could and one day it was taken away (by my own decision!), so for sure there were a few bad days.
I’m happy to report though that now I couldn’t be happier and everyone else will do great!
See you all on the loser’s bench soon!
